COPPER BOILER BUILD 2 `O`

Here we have another installment in the series where I attempt my first ever boiler build, In this video we continue to machine down the Smokebox Tubeplate "flange" and try to address the trials and tribulations of the method I chose to use in my build.

[@paulrayner4514]

You would have been better pressure turning it. use a steel or ali plate up against your copper face with a dimple in the center then push a live revolving center in your tailstock up against it nice and tight, copper is a bugger to machine it is very grabby.

[@haroldpearson6025]

O dear, you dont really need to make a boiler to that degree of accuracy.

[@masterpiecesinminiature8299]

Hi Harold, thanks for watching and commenting on the video boiler making is (I think)always viewed as a project to be steered clear of, I am following two books
(One by the boiler designer, Martin Evans)

[@masterpiecesinminiature8299]

Hi Harold,Thanks for watching the video and your welcome moment BoilerMaking appears tobea Subject to be steered well clear of with many aspects of "Fit" unsure of with regard to making a successful boiler
I am following two books
One claims the tubeplate should be a tight fit in the barrel and the second advises a 3to 5 thousands of an inch gap between the components to allow for silver solder to penetrate along the full length of the joint
I am also following the advice of a fellow member at my local club ( who now has two successful boilers to his credit)
I hope I can stay the course and complete this boiler which would (I hope) give some idea of the ( FIT) and what they should look like.
Have you experience at boiler building and the "Fit" of parts required and conducive to a successful boiler build
Many thanks for commenting
Andy G