[Steam-engine] Huber Lives!

[Paul Pavlinovich]

Well done Andy!!

Slow to steam is good - the slower it comes up to pressure the longer 
your boiler will last - slow expansion is good expansion.

Regards
Paul

Andy glines wrote:
> Finally got all of the leakers to a managable level
> and Dad worked on the throttle yesterday so we decided
> to build a fire. Everyone was right about Hubers being
> slow to steam. It took about 2.5 hours for the needle
> to come off of the pin from a cold start. I don't
> guess that was to bad. The throttle seemed a lot less
> leaky when it had a little steam pressure behind it. I
> only steamed it to about 45 psi and ran the engine a
> bit. Next time I build a fire I will run it up to
> 100psi to see how the pop valve will act. I made a
> couple of calls while on the engine and left a couple
> of Whistle-O-Grams on their voice mail
>
>
>   

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