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marinesteam wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 3:49 pmUsed every bit of the vertical, even with the 4" riser" for the reamer to clear the tube.

So nice to have access to the machine tools at work...

Kelly Anderson wrote: ↑Fri Jul 01, 2022 2:22 pm

marinesteam wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 3:49 pmUsed every bit of the vertical, even with the 4" riser" for the reamer to clear the tube.

So nice to have access to the machine tools at work...

Yes, it is.

Nice setup. Looks like all of the rods were used from step block set and a bit or organic material thrown in for good measure!!!!

Ken

Added a bunch of air to two 4" tubes to make a pair of mud drums. Next comes comes some tube bending.

Cheers

Looking good Ken!

Where are you sourcing your roller from, and how are you configuring the 90° drive for it?

Roller is an E1 from Wicksteed in the UK https://wicksteed.com/wicksteed-product ... expanders/. Purchased extra mandrels as I expect I'll need to trim one to get it to fit into the mud drum.

Thinking of using an extended 1/4" drive, pneumatic ratchet. But that's TBD

Ken

Hi Ken. Any progress to report? Living vicariously through your build

Ken,

Is this one of John King's designs? They are quite elegant.

TahoeSteam wrote: ↑Mon Feb 13, 2023 4:18 am Hi Ken. Any progress to report? Living vicariously through your build

Sadly, no progress to report. Have had a few irons in the fire that had an impact on the boiler design but fell through, so hopefully back to the build once the bathroom remodel is completed.

Ken

S. Weaver wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 5:20 pm Ken,

Is this one of John King's designs? They are quite elegant.

It's derivative of John King's designs, built to ASME code as far as practical (but not a code boiler due to the aforementioned tube issue)

Ken