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Open your ears Jim, that was the whistle

LOL I watched the video about an hour and half ago

Its just after breakfast time here on Sunday morning.....well that's the excuse I'm going with

Gas may be best from a corrosion stand point. Coal produces a lot of acid.

I think if you did a leak test with soap and water while inflated with air with the PV valve spitting... You could check all the seams. Any visual signs of corrosion?

I'll know more in a month as I will be at Steam School.

What pressure does it steam up to?

Not yet, will have to figure out what is best to use...

When I bought the Burrell there was a fellow in the Midwest somewhere...can't recall his name right now but I will look for the receipt- anywho he had an eBay store(large scale live steam stuff) with good Welsh coal. Haven't found a clinker yet and it burns well. Don't know where he was getting it but...
  If you do run on coal be prepared for the clean-up. I was exhausted after 6 hours running and 3 more cleaning the engine back up. It's super critical to clear that ash out or it will pit the metal in a hot minute. I use shotgun brushes for the tubes and a big pipe brush for the chimney. But I have to say, running on coal is relaxing once you hit your rhythm.

It's almost like a stone. It's from impurities and it clogs stuff up. Burning corn in a pellet stove produces tons of clinkers...

Thanks CB & Benny, I've heard the saying so many times "That's a bit of clinker" etc to describe something subpar but never knew what a clinker was....just that it wasn't something great.

P.s a clinker built boat down here in Oz is one where the hull boards are overlapped, different to a carvel built boat where the hull boards are flush.

Thanks CB & Benny, I've heard the saying so many times "That's a bit of clinker" etc to describe something subpar but never knew what a clinker was....just that it wasn't something great.

P.s a clinker built boat down here in Oz is one where the hull boards are overlapped, different to a carvel built boat where the hull boards are flush.

Say Jim, please let me speak to your boat building use of the work clinker, and let me say that like so much in the English language, that is the same word but of a very different derivation.

A clinker-built boat is more formally referred to as a Lapstrake boat, but the key to the use of the word "clinker" is that it is a corruption of the word "clincher", as when building lapstrake planking the planks overlap each other and are pulled tight together with clincher type fasteners, which are a bit like a cross between a nail and a rivet.

Hope that makes any sense, but there really is no significant correlation between the two different usages for the same word.

Are you going to get rubber road tyres for it? Those rear ones look way to nice to mar up.

I agree, especially all the little cast lugs. If I run in the grass/dirt, it will be fine, but I will put tires (rubber belts) on for road travel

When I bought the Burrell there was a fellow in the Midwest somewhere...can't recall his name right now but I will look for the receipt- anywho he had an eBay store(large scale live steam stuff) with good Welsh coal. Haven't found a clinker yet and it burns well. Don't know where he was getting it but...
  If you do run on coal be prepared for the clean-up. I was exhausted after 6 hours running and 3 more cleaning the engine back up. It's super critical to clear that ash out or it will pit the metal in a hot minute. I use shotgun brushes for the tubes and a big pipe brush for the chimney. But I have to say, running on coal is relaxing once you hit your rhythm.

Haha it does sound like a lot of work, but still something I NEED to try    I can always fire up the 1" on gas more often for "quick steam-ups"

It did come with brushes that I assume were once barrel cleaning brushes.

I would appreciate any tips on where to find the coal if you can find your receipt