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Paul,

The boiler is approx 30" long x 7" diameter running at 90psi for a 41/2" scale engine, so would apply I guess, and a standard design.

I wonder how 5.4.3 affects the positioning of the upper water gauge fitting on the Simplicity roller - the top tapping is fitted to the lower part of the cylinder which connects directly into the steam space between the boiler and the cylinder, leading to the regulator.

Interesting how the general public still use a product that was banned by the MoD back in the nineties.

Mind you, the product they replaced it with - PX24, is about as much use as a chocolate fireguard.

Regards

May have forgotten to convert from Russian Roubles - 14,499 = £170.00, sounds more acceptable - Ish.

Talking about rediculously priced, this **LINK**

has been coming up for several years off and on - delusions of grandeur possibly??

Regards

Why not phone them up and ask

01428 682929
Monday - Friday

Ahh, the benefits of hindsight and photos..

Is this any good? **LINK**

Regards

I've TIG Brazed a couple of copper boilers, but you need to put the same amount of background heat in as normal the TiG unit was used as I didn't have any Oxy-acetylene handy at the time.

The TiG arc is very localised and braze / silver solder won't run into a flange properly unless background heating is used as well, and its quite easy to melt the copper if you're not careful.

Regards

Simon, I think you need these, **LINK** and then plane them down to the required thickness as David suggests

Regards

I just use a twist drill thats been pushed into a wooden file handle - mostly for deburring holes before rivetting.

Cheap and simple.

For bigger holes one of these **LINK**

Regards

I used a phosphor bronze ball in mine.

Regards

+1 for a quarter of the diameter of the ball.

Edited By FMES on 03/03/2019 09:44:57

Please don't do that, these businesses need our support during times of crisis

Regards

Also talking about shimming - does anyone know where I can get some of those u shaped shims that are used to pack DRO scales?

Regards

I visited the shop back in january to collect my Simplicity 4 1/2 boiler, and to say I am delighted with it is an understatement, Its a difficult build at best as a number of the dimensions have to be calculated from the installation of other parts.

Helen coped with this admirably, and when you consider tha amount of work involved and the cost of the raw materials I was more than happy with the price.

Yes, as I mentioned before there was a delay, and a lack of commnications due to an email address change and the sheer amount of work Helen had been asked to cope with, made for a worrying time as I too thought I may have lost my deposit. (thanks to all those on here that let Geoff know I was commenting on the forum, I hope someone pays that forward).

As Dave Halford says it is a tiny business, and one that is practising a dying art, and for all I know, probably the only one of its type in the country, when I visited there was a job in progress for half a dozen of the same type of boiler for a model engineering society all wanted in a very short period of time., its just difficult to envisage, when you are sat at home, the sheer amount of workload that the business carries out.

Regards

A very satisfied Western Steam customer.

Good points Martin,

I'm about 18 months younger than you and have to wait until I'm 66 before I can draw, mine, for my partner, like you born in '54 (?) , she has to wait an additional 5 years and 7 months.

Regards

Ahhh, haven't got a Sieg, so didn't bother reading the thread, does make it awkward when people cross posts.

FWIW I bought my Super Major (standard) with DRO in 2001, and its fine.

Maybe like the Rover V8 engine the same tooling was used throughout the entire production run and might be getting a little tired.

would still really like to know what the problem with roberts machine was - or was just mis measurement??

Regards

p.s. we borrowed a Sieg Mill from Ketan a couple of years back for evaluation, and everyone here including the apprentices thought it was the nuts of the mutt.

Edited By FMES on 21/02/2019 14:10:48

Not really sure how that would help Anna, as there are a lot of people on here that offered help, and surely they would like to know what the problem was.

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Come on Robert, don't keep us in suspense, what was the outcome?

Regards

Why not become a member then and for the rest of the year you get into any venue for nothing, we save pounds.

Same with English Heritage, which also covers Scotland as well.

Regards

Edited By FMES on 17/02/2019 13:57:08