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A full guide to producing a very simple model steam boiler, running at 50lbs/sq. inch as used regularly in PYRTE the Traction Engine.
This easily modified 'pot' boiler can be used in many other applications and provides plenty of steam as rquired.
This boiler is gas fired, but can be altered easily to accommodate other heat sources.
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George Hughes
I'm an everyday English fellow in his late 60's who has a passion for model engineering in steam and writing.
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Building an Easy Boiler - George Hughes
Build an Easy Boiler
Published by George Hughes at Smashwords
Copyright 2013 by George Hughes
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This live-steam boiler is similar to one originally designed for PYRTE the Traction Engine, the full design already published by the author, although the boiler itself, with limited modifications - as shown, can be used in many other places around the workshop or for boating purposes to provide the drive for various steam engines.
Other books available by this author can be found at: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/steamdreams
Table of Contents:
Tooling requirements
Material requirements
The Boiler Barrel
End Plates and Anchor Rings
Silver Soldering
The Acid Bath
Pressure Testing
Links
Build an Easy Boiler
OK... So you've taken a shine to building a boiler for your own (or your proposed) live-steam plant or engine and may have been put off by everything you've heard about them being so complicated and dangerous; blowing up with too much pressure, killing people, that type of thing?
These points are true; or more likely, they used to be true years back, especially in the larger scales where older construction methods and materials were used like wrought or cast iron from years ago.
Nowadays boilers are made basically of three materials, steel (for the larger versions - it is less costly for the scale of boiler needed, and copper, used mostly for boilers up to around 6 inches in diameter and 15 inches long, with the final runner-up being brass for the very small boilers running at virtually no pressure at all (and for very good reason).
It has to be said that calamities in the smaller copper versions up to the 6 inch diameter get barely a mention in the news as they are so rare you never hear of them.
Looking at the two main materials, steel has the drawback of rusting over time and an allowance has to be incorporated in the wall thickness to provide a good lifespan for any given design of boiler. Also the joining material of the metal needs consideration, especially the chemical make-up of the welding rod and the way it is applied.
For this reason, you will need to use a coded welder to complete your boiler to allow you to have proof for the insurance
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