[Steam-engine] sand blasting a boiler
Eric Applegate
eric at glassactonline.com
Tue Oct 11 11:16:47 PDT 2005
If that is true then that is just one more foolish thing to add to the list. I hope we all learned from that situation. Still I don't think the lesson is don't blast your boiler.
Maybe if you blast your boiler all the rust will come off and then it will leak.
Eric
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: JEFF LUND <lundmachineworks at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Steam-engine mailing list <steam-engine at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 10:22:22 -0700 (PDT)
>I think I remember reading that comment, and it has to
>do with the Medina incident. The safety valve on the
>boiler that failed was full of sandblasting sand,
>apparently.
>
>Jeff Lund
>Lund Machine Works.
>
>--- Richard Strobel <Richard_Strobel7 at msn.com> wrote:
>
>> I couldn't fathom the reason for not sandblasting
>> neither..possibly cause
>> one doesn't have to after the boiler has been fired
>> a few times and the rust
>> can easily be removed with a brush and protective
>> coating applied...just a
>> guess tho.
>> Sandblasting with fine media usually brings out
>> stamping, logo's and other
>> casting marks so this is why I wanted to do it. So
>> far I see none.
>> I just read where steam can be used to clean flues
>> as opposed to rodding
>> it out...it's very old book....and they like the lap
>> seams over butt strap
>> :-))
>>
>> Charlie, this boiler is bare naked..doesn't even
>> have a door, but it's a
>> 48 tuber. has the proper holes in it as far as I
>> can tell.
>>
>> Well enuf fer now
>>
>> Thanks gang
>> RickinMt.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <CopperheadMarine at aol.com>
>> To: <steam-engine at lists.stationary-engine.com>
>> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 9:32 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Steam-engine] sand blasting a boiler
>>
>>
>> > That could be?
>> >
>> > I know when I sand blasted the Titusville boiler
>> I found stampings and
>> > markings that I had not seen before. But I never
>> did find NB numbers or
>> > info so I
>> > was sure it was pre code built.
>> > I think I read somewhere on the net that
>> Titusville iron Co was out of
>> > business early after the turn of the century. I
>> guess that's why it
>> > doesn't have
>> > a fusible plug or a Hand hole in the right place
>> for one? Now that So. Ca.
>> > is
>> > adopting codes That particular boiler is for
>> private use only. But I have
>> > some other code boilers for the school kids to see
>> so it's ok.
>> >
>> > It would take a while but you could use a needle
>> scaler and go around
>> > any
>> > numbers.
>> >
>> > I would like to come up with a better.. easier way
>> to scrape flues on a
>> > vertical. I made a deal with a wire wheel on a die
>> grinder with a short
>> > hose with
>> > the valve at the end. You can feed it up the flue
>> from the fire box but it
>> > is a mess and it kills your arms.
>> >
>> > Charlie
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Eric Applegate
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