Member postings for peter hobbs 2

hi paul

thanks for your reply

this the second tube failure in 8 years and yes a perforation not a joint failure

with regards to lay up over the winter i,m not sure of the best solution whether to have the boiler

full or empty last winter i had it full .

i,m not sure which way to go with replacement tubes i will decide when when i have the old ones stripped out

its a lot of work which ever way i choose

regards

pete

hi mike

i steam up today and a single tube started leaking when it got above 30 p.s.i

this the second time it has happened in about eight years but it is a total strip down

to remove the tubes as i wouldnt just replace one tube because others could fail

with regard to copper tubes my theory is copper expands at a greater rate than steel

thus helping it to be water tight

regards

pete

hi

my 3" burrell has a steel boiler with expanded steel tubes i keep having problems with tubes going.

have been thinking about using copper tubes anyone have any ideas

cheers

pete

thanks jason for the info i think i will try moving it to the horn plate and also fit a back up hand pump

pete

looking good brian i have finally steamed my minnie successfully using charcoal and it steams well .the only thing now is the pump will not work against the boiler pressure,when the engine is cold it works fine.

anyone else had this problem

pete

i will have to try lump wood charcoal and see how I get on

I have thought about gas firing its much cleaner but its where to put gas tank

thanks

pete

hi

I have been experimenting over the weekend and found the smaller the coal the better but I will keep trying I managed to get steam up to find pump wasn't working against boiler pressure so I got another problem to solve all good fun as they say. when I did my brake blocks I used 3 mm thick ply wood and steamed a suitable length until it was supple enough to pull it round the brake drum clamp it until it was dry and that did the job

I steamed it in our vegetable steamer

cheers

pete

hi

has anyone experienced firing problems with Minnie

fire keeps going out ,also on subject of the brake band I used 15 thou steel shim it seem to work well

cheers

pete