"Engage smug mode" Loving the reference there! You're really smashing out these videos lately, I'm like an eager kid outside the sweet shop - spoilt for choice. Keep it up mate!
I have some Patrons for the channel now via "Patreon" so I don't have to do so quite many hours at my proper job, and I can buy the parts I need without getting skint - that's why I can make more videos.
Thank you for your videos. I find them very informative for someone who is a novice such as myself. Have you considered contacting Stuart regarding permission to use there documentation in the video? Seeing as you would still need the castings to make use of them it seems they should not have issue with it.
I agree on the 1" belt sander! I just bought one (I have a 4" belt sander down in the garage), and I love it! I'm really using it a lot. Thanks. P.S. great videos!
I have found when threading soft piping it helps to stick a solid plug/mandrel into the end to support it while cutting the thread. Thank you for your many videos.
The reason you never thought of it was because you were busy thinking of everything else. And sharing it all. A little payback for all those many ideas .
That is looking really good. In this sort of condenser, do they ever fit some sort of baffle inside the cylinder to kind of force the steam stream into contact with a surface? I'm not thinking of anything sophisticated, maybe just semicircular copper plates in maybe 3 places spaced inside the cylinder.
How do you plan to mount it ? I'm sure you must have a plan but I would have thought making the mounting before plumbing it in would make it easier than the other way round.
Keith A tip told me by a old timer for machine copper inc threading now I am not having you on , but cows milk from the dairy is he best tapping /cutting fluid for copper , it works Now for a technical tip told by cu alloys ,I know you hate Ali bronze big time but as you know it will not silver solder , the flux will not whet the joint ,solution 1 teaspoon of common table salt in the flux sorts it out. Just a thought in case you get a rebuild in that has some bronze that will not silver solder Enjoying you Vicky build a totally different approach to my mind set ,but refreshing non the less Stuart
Threaded elbows .... but doesn't Forest-Classics also make "sweat" elbows? (solderable?) Sometimes getting thread elbows to end up where they should be is real tricky, no?
when i first started in machine shop many many decades ago we used various blends of ingredients to make what some refer to as tapping butter, for use on different types of materials. copper and brass we used bees wax and melted with vaseline to make and a small amount of sulfur oil to make a thick creamy paste when cooled or bees wax and light sulfur oil heated and mixed to a thick liquid consistency when cool aluminum we used lard oil and kerosene . cast iron we cut with various types of blends depending on the type and grade of cast iron. and as you mention here the soft copper was done with two or three passes with the it set in progressive cuts from loose to final fit.
Keith Appleton Yep, just me. Rebooted my battlestation (the best tech 2008 had to offer ;) ), and now all is well. By the way, yes, I do find this useful. My wife says I find it too useful.
You really do the most amazing work and I thank you for letting me see a true artisan working
Smooth mode engaged!
I would like to say, all your videos are highly informative ! You show great skill and ability in your work, thank you!
"Engage smug mode" Loving the reference there!
You're really smashing out these videos lately, I'm like an eager kid outside the sweet shop - spoilt for choice. Keep it up mate!
I have some Patrons for the channel now via "Patreon" so I don't have to do so quite many hours at my proper job, and I can buy the parts I need without getting skint - that's why I can make more videos.
Nice Red Dwarf reference :D
Thank you for your videos. I find them very informative for someone who is a novice such as myself. Have you considered contacting Stuart regarding permission to use there documentation in the video? Seeing as you would still need the castings to make use of them it seems they should not have issue with it.
I agree on the 1" belt sander! I just bought one (I have a 4" belt sander down in the garage), and I love it! I'm really using it a lot.
Thanks.
P.S. great videos!
I have found when threading soft piping it helps to stick a solid plug/mandrel into the end to support it while cutting the thread.
Thank you for your many videos.
That really is a great idea, I never thought of that - I will try it - thank you :-)))
The reason you never thought of it was because you were busy thinking of everything else.
And sharing it all.
A little payback for all those many ideas .
BTW.......I get to hang around with musicians,........ I'm a drummer...
:-)))
Looks great
The copper pipe tapping is a handy trick.
The rest is just you showing off your toys and being smug. :)
:-))))) I like this steam plant :-)))))
That is looking really good. In this sort of condenser, do they ever fit some sort of baffle inside the cylinder to kind of force the steam stream into contact with a surface? I'm not thinking of anything sophisticated, maybe just semicircular copper plates in maybe 3 places spaced inside the cylinder.
I don't know much about full sized steam engine condensers, but this is just a tank without any internal baffles.
Full sized condensers are generally cooled by water pipes going crosswise to the steam flow.
How do you plan to mount it ?
I'm sure you must have a plan but I would have thought making the mounting before plumbing it in would make it easier than the other way round.
It just sits on the base board between the engine & the boiler plinth. It is a snug fit and doesn't move at all.
Keith
A tip told me by a old timer for machine copper inc threading now I am not having you on , but cows milk from the dairy is he best tapping /cutting fluid for copper , it works
Now for a technical tip told by cu alloys ,I know you hate Ali bronze big time but as you know it will not silver solder , the flux will not whet the joint ,solution 1 teaspoon of common table salt in the flux sorts it out. Just a thought in case you get a rebuild in that has some bronze that will not silver solder
Enjoying you Vicky build a totally different approach to my mind set ,but refreshing non the less
Stuart
nice vid. :)
Engage "smug mode" indeed! Quite right.
Threaded elbows .... but doesn't Forest-Classics also make "sweat" elbows? (solderable?) Sometimes getting thread elbows to end up where they should be is real tricky, no?
I try to avoid soft soldering pipe unions - even on the exhaust, they are easy enough to line up as the metal is soft.
when i first started in machine shop many many decades ago we used various blends of ingredients to make what some refer to as tapping butter, for use on different types of materials.
copper and brass we used
bees wax and melted with vaseline to make and a small amount of sulfur oil to make a thick creamy paste when cooled
or bees wax and light sulfur oil heated and mixed to a thick liquid consistency when cool
aluminum we used lard oil and kerosene .
cast iron we cut with various types of blends depending on the type and grade of cast iron.
and as you mention here the soft copper was done with two or three passes with the it set in progressive cuts from loose to final fit.
Thanks Keith, you missed your true vocation, Narrator and Engineer. Or you must really like music?
Is it just me that's seeing a black screen?
Yes, it must be just you :-))))
Keith Appleton Yep, just me. Rebooted my battlestation (the best tech 2008 had to offer ;) ), and now all is well.
By the way, yes, I do find this useful. My wife says I find it too useful.