drysdam
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My inspirations:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka3wmoI23C4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka3wmoI23C4[/ame]
and
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=focLZTLkcTk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=focLZTLkcTk[/ame]
I finally found some plans here: http://www.steamer.cz/par_min.html
But the plans are in metric and Polish. Some English is given, but not well-translated. So I'm redrawing it in pieces, but not converting everything to especially easy numbers (like the burner body is 57/64" rather than simply 1") except where I'm forced to. The plan is for this one to be a prototype of a small production run to give as Xmas presents this year, so I'm just getting the kinks out for now.
No power hacksaw and I barely trust my bandsaw to cut wood, let alone metal. So after about 40 minutes of exercise, we have two blanks:
Here's the bottom of the burner body. Notice I put a small "indent" in there of about 1" diameter (later widened to 1.5"). I'm going to put a etched brass "manufacturer's logo" in there. I'll post pics of that process too when I've done it.
I wouldn't include this boring picture except I completely forgot to take any pics of machining the lid and I need to show SOME work taking place.
Completed burner base. Total time: ~3 hrs. (Hey, I'm a n00b!)
Completed lid. Total time: ~2 hrs. (I'm getting faster!)
Closeup of flaws. In particular, note my terrible attempt at putting a neck on the base shoulder. I should have used a parting tool rather than attempting to jam a threading tool in there.
But they fit together pretty well. The diameters are right on the nose. There's still a tiny gap between, either because I didn't get the linear dimensions quite right or because of the neck problem.
I was going to order some wick online when a thread here alerted me that cotton rope might work. Don't have any of that either, it turns out. But a snippet of cotton rag works beautifully.
This part isn't quite finished as the boiler supports ride on the burner lid. But I'll drill those once I'm sure I'm able to bend the 3/32" brass tubing I have. Otherwise, I may need to go with a different diameter or material.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka3wmoI23C4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka3wmoI23C4[/ame]
and
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=focLZTLkcTk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=focLZTLkcTk[/ame]
I finally found some plans here: http://www.steamer.cz/par_min.html
But the plans are in metric and Polish. Some English is given, but not well-translated. So I'm redrawing it in pieces, but not converting everything to especially easy numbers (like the burner body is 57/64" rather than simply 1") except where I'm forced to. The plan is for this one to be a prototype of a small production run to give as Xmas presents this year, so I'm just getting the kinks out for now.
No power hacksaw and I barely trust my bandsaw to cut wood, let alone metal. So after about 40 minutes of exercise, we have two blanks:
Here's the bottom of the burner body. Notice I put a small "indent" in there of about 1" diameter (later widened to 1.5"). I'm going to put a etched brass "manufacturer's logo" in there. I'll post pics of that process too when I've done it.
I wouldn't include this boring picture except I completely forgot to take any pics of machining the lid and I need to show SOME work taking place.
Completed burner base. Total time: ~3 hrs. (Hey, I'm a n00b!)
Completed lid. Total time: ~2 hrs. (I'm getting faster!)
Closeup of flaws. In particular, note my terrible attempt at putting a neck on the base shoulder. I should have used a parting tool rather than attempting to jam a threading tool in there.
But they fit together pretty well. The diameters are right on the nose. There's still a tiny gap between, either because I didn't get the linear dimensions quite right or because of the neck problem.
I was going to order some wick online when a thread here alerted me that cotton rope might work. Don't have any of that either, it turns out. But a snippet of cotton rag works beautifully.
This part isn't quite finished as the boiler supports ride on the burner lid. But I'll drill those once I'm sure I'm able to bend the 3/32" brass tubing I have. Otherwise, I may need to go with a different diameter or material.