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#Post#: 56548-------------------------------------------------- |
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Chuff Pots and water tanks |
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By: MadeForThat Date: April 14, 2023, 12:04 pm |
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As I am building out a plant with a pm research horizontal |
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boiler, I am looking for options regarding chuff Pots and water |
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tanks. Would like them to match the general look of the boiler, |
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so probably black and riveted. There doesn't seem to be much |
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offering for these components so I am considering soldering and |
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riveting my own. I tend to think myself pretty handy when |
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machining, but for the tank end caps I would like to have spun |
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or pressed to give it a nice rounded appearance to that of |
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DemonOZ's excellent work. I feel fairly confident I can print |
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or machine dies from alum. To press/hammer/spin these end caps, |
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but would prefer to buy something off the shelf haha! Also with |
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how expensive large diameter copper/brass pipe can be, wondering |
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if anyone knows a good place to find a chunk without buying a |
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10' tube! Looking for at least 2.5" diameter for the chuff tank |
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and probably at least 3" for the water tank, but will probably |
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end up making both from the same. Would love to see any examples |
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that people particularly like or have made themselves. Trying to |
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get inspired a bit more!! |
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Re: Chuff Pots and water tanks |
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By: St Paul Steam Date: April 14, 2023, 8:49 pm |
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Here's a few I've built over the years... |
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https://youtu.be/VaQyPtJSoXE |
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https://youtu.be/luGMxCnU-Xw |
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https://youtu.be/iRqiN6g1MFw |
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Several other members have made some really nice water towers |
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also. I find "Duk-it copper canisters" (Ebay) to be just right |
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for this type of application, they are generally a drawn single |
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piece copper canister in many different sizes. |
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Re: Chuff Pots and water tanks |
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By: Stoker Date: April 15, 2023, 12:28 am |
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Each a wonder in its own right! |
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More SPS magic on display!!! |
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Re: Chuff Pots and water tanks |
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By: MadeForThat Date: April 16, 2023, 11:48 am |
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Wow those water towers are works of art! Have any pictures of |
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how you built them? The duk it tanks are just perfect! I'll |
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probably just toss some rivets on it and it will certainly fit |
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the bill! Thanks for that! Any thoughts on chuff Pots? |
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Re: Chuff Pots and water tanks |
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By: St Paul Steam Date: April 16, 2023, 6:50 pm |
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here is a nice example form Geoff (aka OzsteamDemon) |
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https://youtu.be/fCXTN3XtiQI |
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