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I used to do IT support for CA dept of corrections at a prison in San Luis Obispo, CA back in the day (till 2003 when I broke an ankle in a motorcycle wreck) when most of the inmate data was on a HP Mini and we had to train a cop on the 1st watch to do the backups. He (or she) was signaled by...

That SST has got to be one wild ride! ;D

Sri, The Little Machine Shop web site says the stud has a M10 thread. I've bought stuff from them for my mini-mill. First, I'd clamp the assembly in a vise on a work bench. When I didn't have the right stud removing tool, I threaded two nuts onto the stud and used a box end wrench to turn the...

Hi All, I downloaded the .dwg (but can't seem to remember where in the plans section :wall:). I scaled the plans up for 60mm cylinders and eventually plan on reposting the plans when time permits.... I'm looking to build a bigger engine for one of my projects.... Any rule of thumb as far...

My accident on a Hardly Davidson was lot worse in 2003. :redface2: Out of commission for months. Should have bought a milling machine instead... :wall: George

Good evening or morning depending on were you all are, In my house, CFLs emit RF radiation that interfer with the HF bands and the radios I use to transmit on the Amatuer radio bands. And the CFLs are a HAZMAT issue when they burn out, they have to be recycled properly. Just can't throw them...

My school district didn't call me for a job last Thursday and I was able to get a little more work done on the frame and set up the drive shafts (for an electric motor). I'll have to change the gearing at the time I get a steam engine for the CliShay. It was a nice, sunny Southern California...

Eventually there will be a twin vertical steam engine on the CliShay. ;) I plan on designing a mounting plate that will interchange with the electric motor base. I'll also have to consider the fact the electric motor rotates up to three times as fast as most steam engines. So, I'll have to...

Dan, I'll have to give credit for which credit is due. Thank you for your work. I'm still learning about boilers and their design. I picked up Malek's book on Power Boiler Design... and I have the other model boiler books in my collection I've been reading. Getting into this size takes me...

Dan, I'll keep your info in mind. As a DIYer, and finances aren't exactly good right now, the boiler can sit in a corner in the garage out of my way. I'd like to do as much as I can w/o bringing someone else aboard unless absolutely necessary. If the shell is good, I was thinking of reusing...

I know it's better late then never, :Doh: If anyone is interested, I snapped some fotos of the boiler. George

There was a break in the nasty weather today ;D I don't know what I was thinking, but I started building the frame outside atop of the trailer last month. I covered it up with the last batch of bad weather came along, but still managed to get a few drops of rain on the frame anyway. Adding that...

I thought I'd post pics of an ongoing project to build a bigger version of a CliShay. In the spirit of the original project, I'm trying to keep things as simple as possible with the minimum amount of machining nessesary. First set of pics are of the trucks. A friend gave me the side frames and I...

Barry, First of all welcome. There where some comments about metric to english conversions. IMHO, I'd try to stay in the deminsions given on the drawings. It was in recent past that someone couldn't convert correctly between english and metric and we lost a Mars Lander for their screw up...

John, I don't know if I can be of help, but sorry to hear about the problems with your X1. I bought a HF X2 couple years ago (with part of my tax return) and the machine lays idle in the shop till I can find time to disassemble and remove the head to replace the :'( cheap plastic gears that...

Hi Ian, Some days I feel like I'm treading water in the deep end of the pool. ;) The boiler I'm restoring will first hold an air tank and compressor till I can rebuild it to provide steam some day. I think the shell is OK to be reused. I won't know what shape the shell is in until the tubes are...

Thank you everyone for your comments and advice. I'll keep it in mind. George

GWRdriver, The steam motor I'd like to use is a Tiny Power W (twin 2" dia by 2.25" stroke). It is rated at 3 HP. http://www.tinypower.com/store.php?crn=54&rn=254&action=show_detail&PHPSESSID=2a0ec6fb6a8d2892c3537a0bbfdafb10 If I figure a factor of 2, I'll need a vertical boiler capable of...

Thanks for the comments. :big: Boiler is all steel, must have been used in some commercial fashion where it might have been bolted into some sort of stationary plant. My original idea was to convert it to a mobile vertical fire tube boiler to go aboard a 2.5" or bigger NG Clishay. But as I'm...

Rather than hijacking another thread, I thought I'd start a new one *discussion* It's been over a decade since I acquired this vertical boiler. A while back I thought I'd take a closer look at it and see if it would hold water and hydro the thing. To make a long story short, water leaked out...