Building a Boiler for a 3 1/2" Gauge Locomotive

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Rob.Wilson:
Hi Stew
:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: lookin great, very tidy soldering :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:

Regards Rob

Divided he ad:
That's a mighty fine copper hedgehog there Stew :thumbup:

Looks absolutely solid! Should be a sure thing for the inspection..... Bet you can't wait to get into the pressure testing stages?

:offtopic: I got a whole hour in my 'shop today.... Repaired my dads remote car key, my nephews scooter and did a little on my rocking engine (very little).... Oh to be retired and able ::)

Glad to see your having fun :)

Ralph.

Brass_Machine:
Wow Stew that is coming together very very well! Good job sir! :bow:

Eric

Dean W:
You've sure done a good deal of hard soldering Stew. Bet you've about doubled the value of the boiler by now!
What good experience you're getting. It's a good one for all of us watching and reading, too.

Great stuff, as always!

Dean

sbwhart:
Bin away for a few days with my 85 year old Dad just to give him a bit of a holiday did him a world of good. :headbang:

Soldered the fire box back plate in place, couldn't get hold of John at short notice so press ganged my wife onto the job, she was a bit wary of the roaring gas torch at first, but she soon got the idea and carried out instruction faultlessly with no arguments, which for a strong minded woman must have bin very difficult.

This is the result

Started to mark the back head out for the fire hole and ran into a problem, The drawing for the fire box back plate is wrong it doesn't match up with the position shown an the back head, it positions it too high, I'm stuck with what is a wrong part assembled to the boiler, at the moment the fire door will foul the water gauge, :(

It looks like I'll have to juggle thing around to get things to fit, still thinking the problem through.

Stew

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