[modeleng] Re: Torches & Boilers
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 13:52:45 -0800 (PST)
Good idea. I was worried about that possibility if I
tried it.
Al Messer
--- Kenneth Swales <kenwillowbend@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I built a boiler for the 1 1/2" scale Allchin 20
> years
> ago and used a oxy/acet burning torch as the heating
> source and found it very effective.
>
> In fact if I still had access to a unit I'd probably
> still build my own boilers as the unit I have would
> take hours to get a boiler up to temperature.
>
> Ther only thing to make sure of is that the burning
> torch lever is locked closed so that you cannot
> accidently use it.
>
> Ken
>
>
> --- Terry Lane <tel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Erm..... I did make mention of it on this list, or
> > whatever list we had at
> > the time, a couple of years back. The tip was
> given
> > to me by the late,
> > lamented Ron Allaway - one of the founding fathers
> > of model engineering in
> > the Bathurst district and Harley restorer par
> > excellence
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > I don't dispute either of you, and I plan
> to
> > look into this matter
> > > further, but still it puzzles me because in 40
> > years of readings of
> > decades
> > > of resources (all the usual suspects) and
> > discussions not a single word of
> > > using a cutting torch for boiler building has
> ever
> > been mentioned. You
> > can
> > > understand my skepticism.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Harry
> > >
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