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Re: Jim's Table
« Reply #30 on: February 28, 2021, 03:56:28 pm »
Quote from: Woe is me on February 28, 2021, 12:21:12 pm
Great table Jim, always a pleasure to watch your videos mate. Your Doll overtype is amazing.

Thanks Tommy :)
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Re: Jim's Table
« Reply #31 on: February 28, 2021, 03:59:23 pm »
Okie doke not a lot different from the previous video, but it does (at least to me) look like a completely different engine with the canopy off.

Wilesco D406 Black and Brass Steam Traction Engine on a rolling road with the canopy off and boiler fired using hand sanitizer in a modified Wilesco Burner Tray. I silver brazed up a copper section that fits inside the burner and allows enough hand sanitizer (75% alcohol based) for a good steam run.

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Re: Jim's Table
« Reply #32 on: February 28, 2021, 04:12:48 pm »
Excellent engines there Jim.
I have had no luck with the Aldi hand sanitizer, do they have different types?
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Re: Jim's Table
« Reply #33 on: February 28, 2021, 05:26:57 pm »
Quote from: Steam Technology on February 28, 2021, 04:12:48 pm
Excellent engines there Jim.
I have had no luck with the Aldi hand sanitizer, do they have different types?

Thanks Dave, this is the one from Aldi that I'm using -

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Re: Jim's Table
« Reply #34 on: March 01, 2021, 09:53:15 am »
Great display, Jim...!!!

I really like the rolling road set up under the traction engine.

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Re: Jim's Table
« Reply #35 on: March 01, 2021, 10:38:40 am »
Quote from: Jim on February 27, 2021, 04:45:34 pm
...Really like the hand sanitizer, doesn't last as long as Esbit but its easy to refill the burner tray. The modded burner tray allows me to put extra in.
Have been using hand sanitizer here for this purpose for about a decade now, since i couldn´t find any gel-fuel up here, back when that stuff suddenly stirred a major interest on the Mamod board.
I find that as long as one goes for the high alcoholvolume products, they´ll all work well for heating, but some of them does have a less intriguing smell.
My current batch is 85% (155 proof), which puts it very close to the concentration recommended by several toy manufacturer recommendations back in the day, when it comes to watering down alcohol for liquid fuel burners.

Particularly find it useful with Wilesco´s, with their relatively large and deep burners. There´s quite a bit of room in those "buckets", once they´ve been sealed with a couple of layers of aluminum fuel.
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Re: Jim's Table
« Reply #36 on: March 01, 2021, 10:43:43 am »
Quote from: Jim on February 28, 2021, 03:59:23 pm
Okie doke not a lot different from the previous video, but it does (at least to me) look like a completely different engine with the canopy off....
A very nice engine that one Jim  :)

Agree completely, they do feel quite different without that canopy...and much easier to run, as everything is so easily accessible.
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Re: Jim's Table
« Reply #37 on: March 01, 2021, 11:15:16 am »
Great video Jim 👍 with that custom stack, it definitely looks better without the canopy  8)
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Re: Jim's Table
« Reply #38 on: March 01, 2021, 11:55:13 am »
Thank you Jim for your videos - the Flame licker makes really fun
and the Wilesco Test Stand - thats great and useful.
Greetings to Australia, Arnold
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Re: Jim's Table
« Reply #39 on: March 01, 2021, 04:14:18 pm »
Quote from: RedRyder on March 01, 2021, 09:53:15 am
Great display, Jim...!!!

I really like the rolling road set up under the traction engine.

Gil

Thanks Gil, a very simple DIY but jeez I have had a lot of hours of use out of that thing.
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Re: Jim's Table
« Reply #40 on: March 01, 2021, 04:17:31 pm »
Quote from: classixs on March 01, 2021, 10:38:40 am
Quote from: Jim on February 27, 2021, 04:45:34 pm
...Really like the hand sanitizer, doesn't last as long as Esbit but its easy to refill the burner tray. The modded burner tray allows me to put extra in.
Have been using hand sanitizer here for this purpose for about a decade now, since i couldn´t find any gel-fuel up here, back when that stuff suddenly stirred a major interest on the Mamod board.
I find that as long as one goes for the high alcoholvolume products, they´ll all work well for heating, but some of them does have a less intriguing smell.
My current batch is 85% (155 proof), which puts it very close to the concentration recommended by several toy manufacturer recommendations back in the day, when it comes to watering down alcohol for liquid fuel burners.

Particularly find it usefull with Wilesco´s, with their relatively large and deep burners. There´s quite a bit of room in those "buckets", once they´ve been sealed with a couple of layers of aluminum fuel.

This is all new to me Jan as I have never used esbit or sanitizer before. I'm really surprised just how good this stuff is.
Also this is my first Wilesco mobile. I use a gas burner setup for my Mamod mobiles.
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Re: Jim's Table
« Reply #41 on: March 01, 2021, 04:19:21 pm »
Quote from: classixs on March 01, 2021, 10:43:43 am
Quote from: Jim on February 28, 2021, 03:59:23 pm
Okie doke not a lot different from the previous video, but it does (at least to me) look like a completely different engine with the canopy off....
A very nice engine that one Jim  :)

Agree completely, they do feel quite different without that canopy...and much easier to run, as everything is so easily accessible.

The canopy ads a bit of a headache when it come to refilling the boiler, oiling etc. Not as easy as a Mamod's that comes off a lot easier. I think I like the look of 'canopy off' Jan.
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Re: Jim's Table
« Reply #42 on: March 01, 2021, 04:19:58 pm »
Quote from: Nick on March 01, 2021, 11:15:16 am
Great video Jim 👍 with that custom stack, it definitely looks better without the canopy  8)

Thanks Nick I agree, I like it with the canopy off and that is one nice looking stack!
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Re: Jim's Table
« Reply #43 on: March 01, 2021, 04:20:45 pm »
Quote from: tenniV11 on March 01, 2021, 11:55:13 am
Thank you Jim for your videos - the Flame licker makes really fun
and the Wilesco Test Stand - thats great and useful.
Greetings to Australia, Arnold

Thanks Arnold, just finished the walk through with you of your steam room and office :)
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Re: Jim's Table
« Reply #44 on: March 01, 2021, 10:49:15 pm »
What a great GPU....thanks for the memories


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