[Steam-engine] relief valves

[Beth]

My vote is with both Jeff & Dianne.  I was taught that the lifting of a
safety reflected poor planning & firing, unless there is a delay in the
equipment that you are operating.

In general, we try to watch our engines and hopefully help one another.  If
an engine needs water, we put it in.

Beth
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Smith" <steamenginesmitty at yahoo.com>
To: "Steam-engine mailing list" <steam-engine at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Steam-engine] relief valves


> Ms. Best brings up good points.
>
> I also, was taught to not lift the safety other than
> at the initial steam up for a safety check, and boy
> did they give me a tough time if I did lift it anytime
> later.
>
> As far as the ash pan, as a child I watched my father
> fix drafts around the wood stove and other items with
> extreme heat with fire proof rope scraps from where he
> worked.  They would use this material around their
> boiler lagging to fix cold air leaks because the
> boiler actually extended out the roof of the building.
>  The rope was about 1/2" in diameter.  He made a door
> for a stove and used this rope as a door seal.  It
> worked real well and is still in use today.  I have
> pondered making an ash pan that was like the door, and
> have it seal against the bottom of a dry bottom
> boiler; even to the extent of having it hinge and drop
> the ash into a steel box on the ground.  I have seen
> this done without the rope, and I think I can make the
> pan seal much better.  I have even considered taking
> ash pan doors and brackets and running them over a
> belt sander or having them surface ground until they
> were flat.  I may be a bit overboard, but there are a
> lot of old warped doors out there, and those are items
> I have considered to help stop the air leaks.
>
> Jeff Smith
>
>
>
> --- "Best, Dianne" wrote:
>
> > When I was growing up among engineers & engines, it
> > was considered a
> > matter of professional pride to NEVER have the
> > safety lift
> > unintentionally. It was excusable to blow off steam
> > if the separator
> > suddenly threw a belt to the saw mill broke, but a
> > good engineer with a
> > good engine didn't always lift the safety even under
> > those unexpected
> > circumstances.
> >
> > Many engines I see now-a-days don't have the ash pan
> > tightly fitted and
> > the draft doors are a mess, so it is almost
> > impossible to completely
> > kill the draft. It's a shame because draft control
> > should be yet another
> > tool in the fireman's tool box.
> >
> > JMHO
> >
> > Dianne
>
>
>
>
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