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This just fell out of the boiler
« on: January 20, 2022, 03:46:16 pm »
  I've had an electric Weeden 661 for a while.  I've run
it perhaps 10 times and tip it over to empty it out after
each run. 

  Today, after a good run, I tipped it over, water ran out,
and then this fell out.  A waterlogged kitchen match!  I've
seen plenty of mineral grit and bits of solder and crusty bits
come out of boilers, but a kitchen match?  A first for me.
I'll dry it out and light it up! 

  I've added a couple of pix.  You are welcome to add your
stories and/or pix of what came out of a boiler. 


Happy steamer,
Wayne

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Re: This just fell out of the boiler
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2022, 08:05:03 pm »
On some of my boilers I've had so much crud its amazing it even worked , I've had solder blobs many times , I have an Indy X steam engine I was cleaning the crud out of and when I was scraping the inside bottom out with a long thin screwdriver....I went right through the bottom , in half a dozen places.
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Re: This just fell out of the boiler
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2022, 05:21:38 pm »

Quote from: St Paul Steam on January 20, 2022, 08:05:03 pm
On some of my boilers I've had so much crud its amazing it even worked , I've had solder blobs many times , I have an Indy X steam engine I was cleaning the crud out of and when I was scraping the inside bottom out with a long thin screwdriver....I went right through the bottom , in half a dozen places.

Did you restore the screwdriver Bruce? 🤠
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