Office of Steam Forum for Model & Toy Steam Gas & Hot Air Engines
The Regular Stuff: Chat, Buy, Sell, Off Topic, etc. => General Discussion - Dynamos, Generators, Alternators, Magnetos... Scale Models, Toys, Originals, etc => Topic started by: MadeForThat on April 14, 2023, 12:04:13 pm
-
here is a nice example form Geoff (aka OzsteamDemon)
https://youtu.be/fCXTN3XtiQI
-
Wow those water towers are works of art! Have any pictures of how you built them? The duk it tanks are just perfect! I'll probably just toss some rivets on it and it will certainly fit the bill! Thanks for that! Any thoughts on chuff Pots?
-
Each a wonder in its own right!
More SPS magic on display!!!
-
Here's a few I've built over the years...
https://youtu.be/VaQyPtJSoXE
https://youtu.be/luGMxCnU-Xw
https://youtu.be/iRqiN6g1MFw
Several other members have made some really nice water towers also. I find "Duk-it copper canisters" (Ebay) to be just right for this type of application, they are generally a drawn single piece copper canister in many different sizes.
-
As I am building out a plant with a pm research horizontal boiler, I am looking for options regarding chuff Pots and water tanks. Would like them to match the general look of the boiler, so probably black and riveted. There doesn't seem to be much offering for these components so I am considering soldering and riveting my own. I tend to think myself pretty handy when machining, but for the tank end caps I would like to have spun or pressed to give it a nice rounded appearance to that of DemonOZ's excellent work. I feel fairly confident I can print or machine dies from alum. To press/hammer/spin these end caps, but would prefer to buy something off the shelf haha! Also with how expensive large diameter copper/brass pipe can be, wondering if anyone knows a good place to find a chunk without buying a 10' tube! Looking for at least 2.5" diameter for the chuff tank and probably at least 3" for the water tank, but will probably end up making both from the same. Would love to see any examples that people particularly like or have made themselves. Trying to get inspired a bit more!!