It is not verbotten at all Al, I just lack the cheek to ask! I do have that nice long length of seemless copper tubing to trade if anyone is interested however .... Is there so much to boiler making though ??? In my naiveity, I would have thought that at the low pressures involved a bit of silver solder would go a long way, and I have plenty of that too! Tony. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allen Messer" <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 7:58 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: Steam engine RPM? > Glad to help out as I don't want you blowing yourself > sky high with an improperly made steam boiler! If > that happened, with whom would I discuss politics? > > Have you though of posting a query on the Modeleng > list to see if any of our listees would build you a > boiler, or is this verboten? > > Al > > --- Tony Wells <oaksfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> A belated thanks for this "headzup" (???) Al! >> >> Tony. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Allen Messer" <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx> >> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 5:11 PM >> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Steam engine RPM? >> >> >> > Tony, if you are thinking of building your own >> boiler, >> > run, don't walk, to your nearest agent for Tee >> > Publications and buy yerself a copy of K. N. >> Harris' >> > book "Model Boilers & Boilermaking" and if you >> want it >> > to look scale, there are several vendors of model >> > steam fittings in Britain that are excellent. >> > >> > Al Messer >> >> >> MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. >> >> To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email >> to, >> modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word >> "unsubscribe" in the subject line. >> > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. > http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.