Well done on the demo here! "Butterfly" doors became popular for coal-fired locomotives, as they both permitted a wider firebox mouth for stoking and were safer to control on rough track; most industrial boilers powering stationary steam engines, in addition to earlier locomotives, used side-hinged doors as shown here.
Well done on the demo here! "Butterfly" doors became popular for coal-fired locomotives, as they both permitted a wider firebox mouth for stoking and were safer to control on rough track; most industrial boilers powering stationary steam engines, in addition to earlier locomotives, used side-hinged doors as shown here.
bcschmerker 6 months ago
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Well, Butterfly Doors or slide-doors are most common, thats true.
But this boiler is not scale at all and so its easier to make a side-hinged door (less parts) and though it is less fragile...
tschibba 6 months ago
@tschibba what was that loud noise in the back ground!?!?!?!?
PalomboDylan 5 months ago
Neat-o!! And I don't throw that word around loosely. Where do I get one?
smartestmanonnet 10 months ago
hey, great little boiler!. So did you solder the parts or weld etc.? (sorry if thats a silly question!)
danielwills93 1 year ago
The boiler? Its just scratchbuilt to get some practice in building (coal fired) locomotive boilers.
tschibba 1 year ago
what engine is that from or should be
ShaurntheSheep 1 year ago
How is the fire blown?
Janigut 1 year ago
Wow, that's a nice one!
How big is it? and how much does it produce?
I've been working on a scale model of an industrial steam boiler, you can see the result on my channel.
cheers!
pjmasterzz 2 years ago 2
Are you kidding me ?? wow its so nice well done...
charlesparenteau 2 years ago