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Start of VFT build
Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 7:42 pm
by tandemcompound
Yay. Tomorrow I pick up steel for tube sheets and take to machine shop for tube holes.
VFT. 24 inch dia; 48 inch tall.
Re: Start of VFT build
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 4:40 am
by RNoe
For a 5 to 8 horse power boiler?
RussN
Re: Start of VFT build
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 6:06 pm
by tandemcompound
yes, hopefully six hp when assembled.
Re: Start of VFT build
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 8:39 pm
by TahoeSteam
Wet leg firebox?
Re: Start of VFT build
Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 11:37 pm
by tandemcompound
yes wet leg Wes. standard VFT 'donkey' boiler. Plate now at machine shop getting tube holes put in. Go pick up 24" gas pipe shell when feeling rich.
Re: Start of VFT build
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 4:59 pm
by TriangleTom
What material/source are you considering using for the boiler shell? I have my eye on A106 Sch 40 pipe right now but that stuff is rare to come by in the small quantifies needed for our launches.
Re: Start of VFT build
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:34 pm
by barts
Looking around,
https://www.trupply.com/ has cut-to-length A106 up to 8" diameter.
https://www.industrialtube.com/tested/ appears to have cut to length service for A106 up to 24" diameter.
I know nothing about either supplier other than what is on their websites.
Another option is talking to a local engineering firm that builds pressure vessels.
- Bart
Re: Start of VFT build
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2021 12:04 am
by Kelly Anderson
I bought my boiler shell cut to length from
http://www.dspipe.com/page.aspx?page_id=16 DS Pipe in Baltimore.
Re: Start of VFT build
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:44 pm
by TriangleTom
I appreciate it, thank you!