Tony, check with Amazon.com and Wise Owl Publications. They may have an odd copy stashed away you can buy. Of course, it may be that someone on the list may have a copy that would be willing to loan you. Speaking of loan, maybe your wife could get one through the library for you to read. Al --- Tony Wells <oaksfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. > ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! for Good Watch the Hurricane Katrina Shelter From The Storm concert http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/shelter 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.