[modeleng] Traction engine boiler rivets (a bit O/T)
- From: "R.L. Roebuck" <rlr20@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 13:49:06 +0000 (GMT)
Hi there All,
A friend of a friend (isn't it always the way) is wanting to do a bit of
traction engine boiler building.
He sounds like he is reasonably clued up, well researched and compentent -
so I have no reason to doubt that he will go ahead with his endeavors,
however:-
* He has some rivets for building the boiler with, but he himself has a
friend whose boiler started shedding it's rivet heads!
* On invgestigation, it turned out that rivet heads were being shed as
they had the wrong carbon content (so I'm told) and were intended for
bridge building work.
* The friend of a friend would like to make sure that the rivets he has
are suitable for boiler building before commencing work.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
I have already voiced my opinion to the friend that if in doubt, buy some
new ones from a reputable source (possibly Newtons) as the cost of rivets
must be such a small part of the time and materials involved in building a
boiler - but wondered what other people thought.
I realise that this isn't model engineering, but I hope the group won't
mind my posting this, as it is loosely related (Alan et al - if you're not
happy then feel free to hit the delete key rather than posting it).
Yours,
Rich.
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.
Other related posts:
