After ordering and picking up the steel, which was already cut to length, the first base goes up on the lathe. I really didn't need the ratchet strap, but I just felt a little more comfortable with the strap holding the "T" nuts in position on the edge of the tube. The face plate is a table off of a floor model drill press.
Nope, you're not seeing double...There are two units here. The one on the left belongs to a member of the Northeast Ohio Live Steamers. His boiler was much older than mine but gave up the ghost on the same day and same track. With the slight (.032) bore on the inside of this tube, the boiler slips right down inside.
This is the top tube sheet. Shown with steel bushing and brass steam dome. This boiler design has 40 tubes and the volume is twice that of the original boiler.
After ordering and picking up the steel, which was already cut to length, the first base goes up on the lathe. I really didn't need the ratchet strap, but I just felt a little more comfortable with the strap holding the "T" nuts in position on the edge of the tube. The face plate is a table off of a floor model drill press.
Nope, you're not seeing double...There are two units here. The one on the left belongs to a member of the Northeast Ohio Live Steamers. His boiler was much older than mine but gave up the ghost on the same day and same track. With the slight (.032) bore on the inside of this tube, the boiler slips right down inside.
