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The Regular Stuff: Chat, Buy, Sell, Off Topic, etc. => General Discussion - Model & Toy Steam Engines – Stirling Cycle – Flame Lickers – Small Antique Originals => Topic started by: komet163b on January 20, 2022, 03:46:16 pm
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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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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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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