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Re: steam pressure?
« on: September 04, 2020, 06:11:45 am »
Is the safety valve blowing? That appears high for normal running. Most toy steam engines run fine with 10 to 20 PSI.
If it takes that much pressure, you might have binding or valve timing might be off.
I know this engine is silver soldered not soft,so could that be because of higher pressure?