Greg Stevens
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 | | 04/29/2008 7:20 PM |
| | I can't find the thread, either here or in the archives, about rebuilding a water column. I think it is made in O by MTH, but could be wrong. Any help out there? Thanks in advance for any help locating this. | |
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Greg Stevens
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| | 04/30/2008 10:04 PM |
| | Thanks Steve. Now all I have to do is find one. The link in that post to krrb is a dead one. | |
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Tom Lapointe
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| | 05/01/2008 1:57 AM |
| I've had one outside for a least a year now:
It's just about visible in the left of the picture (the then-new Bachmann Spectrum Mogul was the main subject). It's located between the 2 parallel tracks of a curved passing siding, so "theoretically" can "service" either track. In reality, it's actual function is to mark the recommended "watering spot" at the summit of my mainline for my Accucraft live-steam Shay , since pumping cool water into the boiler drops the steam pressure; if I add water at the "column", at that point I'm starting back down-grade, so as soon as the boiler pressure's back up to at least 10 PSI (typically within 30 seconds of when I stop working the hand pump), I can still start a "tonnage" train rolling while the pressure's continuing to build. It's survived well outside (although the chain has realistically rusted  somewhat), I just usually try to check it's position before running a train past, in case a gust of wind has caused it to swing out  over either track. Tom | |
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SteveC
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| | 05/01/2008 4:49 AM |
| Greg
Don't know if any of this will be any help, but hey I tried.
MTH O Scale Water Column
(Item No. 30-11007)
Scroll down to bottom of page and click the Find It icon, which brings up a list of MTH dealers, and MTH is listed clicking that entry it shows that supposedly as of 05/01/2008   they have them in stock | | | |
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Greg Stevens
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| | 05/01/2008 12:01 PM |
| Thanks guys,
As always, the MLS Family comes through. I have started my search for one today. | |
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markoles
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Lancaster, PA
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| | 05/01/2008 12:15 PM |
| Greg,
Nice. I did a search too and found I can walk two blocks and buy one!! That's even worse than finding a cheap one on line...
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Greg Stevens
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| | 05/17/2008 6:18 PM |
| | Well, now that I have one of these, it is time to do some surgery to lengthen the column. I checked out the original column and find it is about 13/32 in diameter. A 5/16 brass tube fits over the existing top and bottom, but the spout and counter weight will NOT go over this tube. I can bore out the weight, but the spout is too small to bore out to 5/16. The 13/32 tube is just right, but how do I get the old tube/column off of the top and bottom fixtures. Any suggestions? Again, thanks in advance. | |
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Bruce Chandler
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Burke, Virginia
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| | 05/17/2008 6:33 PM |
| I found it to be closer to 5/16". I used an aluminum rod to replace the original column.
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