Hey folks!
Today I assembled a mini Stuart Double 10V hybrid plant. This plant is very basic but functions as I expected. PM research pipework with PFE tape in between joints prevents any and all leaking under steam. Jin whistle & governor functions as normal, controlling speed. These double 10V engines can run so fast I'd see it breaking apart! It has an oiler but I am not sure who makes it. It isn't a PMR or stuart oiler (?)
I am just using a plastic cup with drilled bore for the oil catch and condensation. I may hook up a chuff pot to it or get a metal condenser tank. I don't plan on adding more to this plant, but perhaps a water pump and another stuart S/V set to 30 psi. (Max psi on a jensen is 25-30.)
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Nice.....now whack a flat belt on her and lets see it doing some work!
Nice.....now whack a flat belt on her and lets see it doing some work!
Will get there… added chuff pot on very interesting use of space.
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Nice ! I am like you , about those PMR fittings . I've spent enough on them to pay off 8% of the national debt ! I really like using them .
Bonjour,
Beautiful static plant indeed, quite easier to maintain than in a hull.
Happy owner of several D10, my preferred steam machine, I have had an issue with one of them which rust because just left without anything done after a navigation.
So my "usual" question is : How do you prevent its cylinders from rust ?
Nice.....now whack a flat belt on her and lets see it doing some work!
@Jim I cleaned up the PFE tape. Took a while. I just left it on the exhaust union, but otherwise cleaned it up everywhere else. I used a scalpel and a scriber and then a blow torch to clean up the stringy mess.
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Nice.....now whack a flat belt on her and lets see it doing some work!
@Jim I cleaned up the PFE tape. Took a while. I just left it on the exhaust union, but otherwise cleaned it up everywhere else. I used a scalpel and a scriber and then a blow torch to clean up the stringy mess.
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Looks fantastic!!!!!!! Yes, when you pull it off it can be a major PITA how it stretches and strings out, blow torch was a clever idea.
Black gates engineering S/V atop the Jensen boiler. Please note: this has been adjusted to pop at 28 psi. These incredibly well made SV’s can be adjusted by turning a set screw on top of the SV. I tested it with a manometer on another boiler and using a scrubber adjusted it to pop off at 28. It can be set as low as 15 psi, and as high as 80.
Shout out to Charlie, he had a few of these laying around and gave me a spare. I’d say they’re the best SV’s to date.
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