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Have some random projects going on and most of them aren't complete enough for their own topic so I'm just going to toss them all into one thread for the time being. If there's any interest in any go ahead and ask and I'll go into more detail about them.
First up is Mike Peterlin's Shay. He's got the electric water pump wth detector working good now. The engine also has a new lubricator setup and a water gauge.
A Marklin boiler with leaky cross tubes. Interesting to see that it's made of brass. The heat exchanger rings are pretty neat too.
First attempts at switch building. This has definatly been an experience.
Boiler for an Accucraft American. Got this far and may change my mind on the design yet. Got put on the back burner real quick.
Duplex pump made with 1/2" Ruby cylinders and stock Ruby cylinders. I think that I have the valve gear worked out just have to build it.
Figured out that I can use my pickling solution plus a little electricity to etch copper. Brass is the next to try and if that works I'm going to see if I can make up some number or builders plates.
And last is a combination. Started accumulating parts for a far and away Big Boy project. So far I've got a tender, one set of cylinders and trucks. The silver barrel is an exhaust pipe mockup boiler.
The boiler is a pretty simple mockup to see if oil firing with a regular jet nozzle would be possible.
Here's the "boiler" with the burner in place.
The testing went ok, but I didn't get the performance that I wanted. Still need to look at the burner design to see if I can scale it down any.
High-Tech test setup.
A bit more flame than I wanted in places I didn't want it...
Anybody else have any little projects but don't want to start a whole thread about them? Post 'em up here!
First up is Mike Peterlin's Shay. He's got the electric water pump wth detector working good now. The engine also has a new lubricator setup and a water gauge.


A Marklin boiler with leaky cross tubes. Interesting to see that it's made of brass. The heat exchanger rings are pretty neat too.

First attempts at switch building. This has definatly been an experience.

Boiler for an Accucraft American. Got this far and may change my mind on the design yet. Got put on the back burner real quick.

Duplex pump made with 1/2" Ruby cylinders and stock Ruby cylinders. I think that I have the valve gear worked out just have to build it.

Figured out that I can use my pickling solution plus a little electricity to etch copper. Brass is the next to try and if that works I'm going to see if I can make up some number or builders plates.

And last is a combination. Started accumulating parts for a far and away Big Boy project. So far I've got a tender, one set of cylinders and trucks. The silver barrel is an exhaust pipe mockup boiler.

The boiler is a pretty simple mockup to see if oil firing with a regular jet nozzle would be possible.


Here's the "boiler" with the burner in place.

The testing went ok, but I didn't get the performance that I wanted. Still need to look at the burner design to see if I can scale it down any.
High-Tech test setup.

A bit more flame than I wanted in places I didn't want it...

Anybody else have any little projects but don't want to start a whole thread about them? Post 'em up here!