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

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madjackghengis:
Hi Stew, thanks for the picture of the engine it will be feeding, it looks great and of course now I'm looking forward to seeing it with the boiler steaming it, and wheels turning. That boiler looks great where it's at too, almost like it belongs :jaw: I noted the discussion of "model engineers" and their abundance, have you ever noticed most of us can't spell? I noticed among electronic technicians in the Corps, about one in five could learn to troubleshoot, and become a real highly qualified technician, with the rest never getting past the stage of just being able to align and adjust a unit that was not too far off right. Of those who turned out real technicians with troubleshooting skills, most had real problems spelling, and didn't care, while most of those who never could figure out how to "think out of the box" or from the outside in, had no spelling problems at all. I think dyslexia is a sign of a mechanical engineer's way of thinking, and just means our brains are wired differently. It certainly seems to play out here on the forum. I'm really looking forward to the tubes and stays going into the boiler, and seeing anything regarding the actual ispection that takes place. I have no idea how such is done or even whether it's done the same on this side or not. Thanks again, mad jack

sbwhart:

--- Quote from: madjackghengis on May 27, 2010, 10:24:57 AM ---
I noted the discussion of "model engineers" and their abundance, have you ever noticed most of us can't spell? I noticed among electronic technicians in the Corps, about one in five could learn to troubleshoot, and become a real highly qualified technician, with the rest never getting past the stage of just being able to align and adjust a unit that was not too far off right. Of those who turned out real technicians with troubleshooting skills, most had real problems spelling, and didn't care, while most of those who never could figure out how to "think out of the box" or from the outside in, had no spelling problems at all. I think dyslexia is a sign of a mechanical engineer's way of thinking, and just means our brains are wired differently. It certainly seems to play out here on the forum. I'm really looking forward to the tubes and stays going into the boiler, and seeing anything regarding the actual ispection that takes place. I have no idea how such is done or even whether it's done the same on this side or not. Thanks again, mad jack

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How very true well observed, I gave up many years ago trying to spell and just got on with life, it use to piss me off at work though, their was always some smarty pants who could spell, but could do little else, and they loved to pull people up about their spelling, I learnt to bide my time and then really rub their nose in it when they came up against something they couldn't do, and remind them it hurts to be constantly reminded of your weaknesses. When the chips were down and a job needed to be pulled out of the mire it was the natural engineers who were always called on, it was only late in live that I learnt to exploit this and bang the table for recognition, my company loved smooth talking, suited engineers that could only look nice, the real guys who who were rough at the edges but did the work, were kept hided away where they couldn't contaminate the companies image.

Any way thats enough of putting the world to rights:- back to the job in hand.

Another master class from John on silver soldering.

This is the set up for soldering the flue tubes to the firebox tube plate, stepping the tubes worked great in prevent the tube plate slipping down, I cut a bricks to length to give a bit of support.

Some rings of solder were made by simply wrapping the rod around one of the tubes and snipped them off, the tube ends and tube plate were fluxed, and the solder rings placed over each of the tubes.

One things John has taught me is that you don't directly heat up the solder you start by adding background heat to the job slowly bringing the flame up to where the joint is to be formed this way you gat a uniform heat in the joint. We worked with two burners one each side of the job as the solder started to melt we moved the torch slowly around so that each ring of solder was melted in turn.

With the tubes fixed and after a spell in the pickle the rapper was soldered to the tube, this time the job was flipped over so that the tubes were on top, again lengths of solder were placed along the joint, and additional solder fed into the joint as it melted.

Here's the job before pickle.

And after

Cheers

Stew

Rob.Wilson:
Looking great Stew :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

:offtopic: but i have just switched to Google chrome ,,,,, cos its got a built in spell checker ,,,,my lack of literacy really bugs me when i am trying to type up a post :bang:

Anyway carry on Stew ,,,,,,,,,, its going to be a fine engine, looking forward to seeing it steamed up and on the rails :thumbup:

Cheers Rob

Stilldrillin:
That`s sweet work you`ve done there Stew! :clap: Again...... :D

Incidentally...... I could always spell very well...... I was always the back up, to my oppo.....

He worked out the way to go. I went/ followed on......

As a pair, we were devastating when any new product came along, and production needed sorting. :thumbup:

He can`t spell to save his life...... ::)

Eeee..... I do miss him! :lol: :lol:

David D

Bernd:
Hey Stew, nice soldering job. Looks real good. :thumbup:

Bernd

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