[Steam-engine] Wachs boiler update

[Richard Strobel]

Ok Francis great..I understand and have seen that proceedure somewhere..glad 
I don't have to scrap it!!!..yet:-)

Pictures?..always like pictures!!

RickinMt.
Richard _Strobel7 at msn.com....remove the space


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Francis Orr" <steam.boat at verizon.net>
To: "Steam-engine mailing list" <steam-engine at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Steam-engine] Wachs boiler update


> Richard, Go down to the hardware store and get one of those sanding disc
> arbors that fit on a drill motor. While you are there, pickup some 40 or 
> 50
> grit 3" sanding discs. Punch or drill a hole in the discs to match your
> arbor and mount the discs upside down on the arbor. Depending upon the
> arbor, you may need a couple of washers to get the gripping area on the
> disc. Mount the arbor in your drill motor and you can now do a great job 
> of
> cleaning the handhole gasket surface on the inside of the boiler shell.
> Clean the gasket surface of the handhole plates and you reduce the chance 
> of
> leaks to a minimum.
> Regards the tube sheet leak, you are certainly going to want to check your
> sheet thickness, either by drilling (then tap and plug) or ultrasound. If
> the thickness is OK, you can caulk the tube sheet onto the firebox 
> wrapper.
> If you will look at the edge of the boiler shell where it meets your top
> tube sheet, you will see a groove all the way around. This is where the
> boilermaker forced the wrapper against the tube sheet with an air powered
> tool that looks like a cold chisel with a rounded edge instead of being
> sharp. You can do just that. Round over a cold chisel and with a hammer,
> force the edge of the tube sheet against the wrapper. You can also make 
> this
> up from standard muffler shop tools and use an air gun. Remember. The
> caulking tool goes against the END of the wrapper sheet or tube sheet. Do
> NOT put a groove in the main surface of either sheet. The bad part of this
> procedure is that the hammering can cause other rusted joints to leak and
> you may do some leak chasing.
> Also, this year I put a vertical boiler on line, a little bigger than 
> yours.
> Had to make new stack and ash pan. I can send you the drawings if you are
> interested.
> Francis A. Orr
>
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