Steamer in progress!

my parents have the same set up? the question I have is how does the steam get up, except for the banging in the morning everything is fine.

Danny Scully said:

Add to the collection!

I wish they still made that type of gauge. Maybe the name on this one describes whoever decided to stop making them....

Looking good @Danny Scully question I know New Yorker used to be rebadged Burnhams but that looks offaly like a Crown Bermuda?

No burner were they still burning coal?? Or using something else for heat besides the old boiler??

Aww, another long lasting Redflash getting replaced by a disposable boiler.

Nothing against you @Danny Scully I know you'll do a great job with what you can get. Just a shame we can't have new boilers built similar. Maybe with a little less water, but good heavy quality iron and 3 pass.

Danny Scully said:

Header prepiped. Now it’s lunch time!

Awfully fast work there @Danny Scully... Umhhh

But nice as always.

You showed us yours, so I'll show you mine. (ARCO pressure gauge)

At some point in the past, someone used a grease pencil on the gauge glass to indicate a threshold point. However, the glass is held against the housing with springs and is able to rotate, so we'll never know what the setpoint was.

Also of note, the wire seen at ~7psi is part of a spring intended to put force on the needle as it rides all the way to 30psi. Chilling.

For other historical interest, this particular boiler has the mounting for a "Shur-Stop" fire grenade directly above the boiler doors, and ash scraper hanging from the ceiling from it's coal days.

Interesting. Is that what the "retard" range on refrigeration gauges means? There's a spring inside to greatly increase the range at the end?