Thursday 29 August 2013

Burner

Having had a couple of people take a look at the boiler I have for the Britannia, I have decided not to go for closed flue firing and instead use the Stephenson's approach with a blower. Seeing as no-one else has the same boiler and firing method I am somewhat starting from scratch here, however, I have effectively made a much larger version of the Dee burner, with two secondary air holes. Copper sheet and tube, silver soldered throughout. Ceramic grate at the top. Finished this evening and yet to test it!





Wednesday 28 August 2013

Tender side frames and dragbox

Tender side frames - these are the third set! I drew these in a CAD program and included holes for brass rivets. They are bolted to the dragbox and buffer beam to allow for easy removal/maintenance