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G'day all, thanks for the positive comments, I certainly learnt a lot during this project and would recommend to anyone interested in building a boiler to have a go. Two things that I found immense help were; 1) Being a member of a live steam club. For both advice and assistance. These...

G'day all, have been away recently, hence no recent additions to post. Was lucky enough to get to the annual steam rally at the Guildford MES in the UK, which was terrific. Here are some more images of boiler construction. This is some trial fitting of boiler tubes into the firebox...

Ian, appreciate the input, I would not have started the thread if I wasn't willing to get some feedback. I would have liked to have had a chat to you during my project! I don't have access to my notes at present Ian, but will attempt to answer your questions as best I can from memory. (I...

Stew, a heartbreaking and expensive lesson in that story! Certainly when it came to applying pressure to this boiler for the first time, as part of the hydro testing, we took it very carefully and slowly. Just to be sure everything was as it should be. If nothing else, as you know, these...

Thanks Stew, you are right. I certainly don't want to start a major debate, I do not claim to be an expert, this is just what I came up with based on a number of initial assumptions. Also most of the modern literature understandably concerns boilers used in power generation. Not many...

Gents, thanks for the positive replies, Bob, well spotted with the overalls, indeed they are an old pair of my stoker's kit and I am still a member of the RAN. Are you an old stoker yourself? I like your profile pic of DDG 41, a great ship. Here is a pic of me at sea in BRISBANE as a...

Hi All, I have been reading the various very interesting threads on this forum and thought I might add what I have been doing... I have always wanted to build a live steam locomotive and during the final year of my engineering degree, a couple of years ago, I thought I might be able to...