Hello Al, Everything is arse about face again, so expect replies to any of your emails at anytime and in any order! In the meantime, this book is out of print, so it will another long haul to find a copy. There is just one for sale on ebay though, that someone has already put a bid in for, so I shall be making a move on that later on in the week, just in case! Thanks to your various postings, including the last one on a vertical boiler, I am now getting a much better feel for the whole subject, and now feel ready to make a start on selecting an engine, knowing that I will be building a boiler for it in due course. Many thanks, Tony. PS, If all esle fails, I now know that I can sell the Myford and buy a Mamod instead !!!! <VBG> ----- 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.