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drdata:
Hey all, my name is Harry, aka drdata, (as I am an Internet tech geek), and I just joined this rather interesting site.
I have always enjoyed tinkering on mechanical things and had the obligatory wood and metal shops in high school. I am decent with hand tools and have been making some Japanese style blades using stock removal, as well as the fittings.
I recently got the steam bug, and this landed me here. I would like to someday machine my own engines, but after looking at some of the projects here I know the bar has been set very high.
I came across that PM boiler and in searing around the net happened across a rather useful thread on the subject, and voila, I decided to join to say thanks and to see what I can learn.
Thanks to Vtsteam for the great write up, and I agree about the valve design:
http://madmodder.net/index.php/topic,9920.0.html
I had just begun when I read the advice in above thread, so figured I would give it a try. I too found the plug wanted to seize, and before I wasted much more time I opted for a pop off valve similar to the one made in the above thread, but constructed from off the shell fixtures. Its too tall as a result, but seems it will work.
Thanks for letting me join that interesting site and am very impressed with the work examples I have seen so far.
Best regards
steampunkpete:
Hello, Harry and welcome.
What part of the world do you inhabit? Are you making traditional Japanese blades, or blades in the style of... ?
mklotz:
--- Quote from: steampunkpete on February 06, 2015, 02:06:37 PM ---What part of the world do you inhabit?
--- End quote ---
Given the title of the thread, I would take a wild guess at southern California.
vtsteam:
Welcome drdata!! :wave:
Glad the thread was of use. I'll be trying out my new pipe engine on the pipe boiler......seems appropriate! :beer:
SP -- we live in different parts of the world and it isn't provincial not to know another area's nicknames -- just provincial to assume everyone knows yours! :lol:
drdata:
Thanks for the welcome!
@ Pete, I'm now in Los Angeles. I can think of many better places to be, trust me. ;)
Japanese style. I have only a small farriers forge and no way to smelt iron ore to make Tamahagane. Happy for now to do stock removal on both 01 tool steel as well as 1080, the latter giving me some kind of hamon, but nothing to write home about, and now, I was not going for all that mune-yaki. ;0
Here is a pic of a recent tanto like object (TLO). The high were done in haste with angle grinder. Now trying to use a scraper approach using a lathe bit in a guide.
Regards
@VT steam: Glad you stopped by! Would like to see the engine. PS> Used to work for a company out of Colchester, but was remote in both Denver and LA. Still, love me some VT.
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