[Steam-engine] Wachs Engine and Boiler update

[Richard Strobel]

  G'day all;
Thought I'd jump in for a sec. and give an update.

  Friend and I had the priviledge to run a small vertical this past summer. 
We learned A LOT as newbee's, were supervised well and have somewhat "the 
warm fussy now."

  Last weekend we went to a small auction and picked up a nice cast, octagon 
base and grates which will fit our boiler nicely....also the stack flange. 
The boiler was toast.

  Calculated "Heating Surface Area" on our boiler and came up with 89 square 
feet....yesterday ordered the pop off and fusible plug.  In case you don't 
remember the chief gave us 100 psi on our VFT, 2 row rivet lap-seam.

   So life is good in "The Big Sky," will continue to pipe the boiler to 
engine and also the feedwater circuit.  Plan is to use Sch. 80 as rumors 
have surfaced that they may require that in the future.  We also got our 
second Penberthy 1/2 inch injector and am cleaning that up now.

   Well enough for now..hope you all are having a great time with your 
steam...we sure are.

Best Regards,
RickinMt.