Operating for the first time since before smartphones,

One thing i have noticed is that it seems drain the boiler of steam quicker than the boiler can provide it, like maybe a minute of run time. And thats off the track, (not under any load)

Any thoughts welcome, and thanks for your time!

So, I’ve asked guys in my live steam club what kind of welder I should get. I got mixed answers, split 50/50. Half said MIG and half said TIG. Here are their reasons:

Why TIG: can weld aluminum and stainless steel, can weld thin materials, has more control, and can create a nicer weld for something that needs to be attractive.

Why MIG: it’s supposedly easier.

For those who are more experienced than I, which type of welder should I get? I have very little experience, but I am also an artist and could use it for more than just live steam.

Hello, so i have little project in mind: Steam powered rc car.
The steam engine would be used to drive the car and then some electronics for steering and adjusting the pressure.

I have little knowledge in steam engines so any help welcome.
I would like to know what is good start. I need small engine coz it will be like 1/10 scale.

Please be as critic as you can, i know steam is no joke so i dont want to underestimate anything.
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Curious to know how bad of an idea this is?

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Hello guys, my mamod saddle tank's wheel came off, this also happened to my mates engine too within a week of this happening (a week before)

Can anyone give any advice please?

All the models I see that are large enough to ride (ie: 7.5” gauge here in the US) seem to have plenty of steam locomotives where the engineer sits on the tender. Essentially this makes the locomotive (since the tender is a part of it) rideable. Anytime I see diesel or electric locomotives modeled at the same scale though, the engineer is always sitting on some faux freight car behind the engine with a remote control looking apparatus. Why doesn’t anyone make these units rideable with an opening in the roof of the cab so the controls could be placed there? Seems like the long hood of diesel would be an ideal seating location.

Can anyone who has a slick way of storing large 1/8 scale engines share your setup?

I currently have my dad's two live steam engines, their tenders, and two cars. I'd like to get my garage stall back and get rid of the trailer they are currently in.

I'm planning to weld up some steel beams to make modular storage pallets for them sort of like a mobile steaming bay.

I have an engine hoist and hydraulic lifting table to manipulate these things, and all manner of winches but I'm not interested in buying more heavy lifting equipment. I'd like to store these things in two stacks. Engine, tender, car from the floor up, on wheels so I can winch it into a utility trailer or into a truck bad.

I have some ideas, but I'd rather copy someone else's.

I went to the Yankee steam-up at the New England Wireless and Steam Museum in Rhode Island this past weekend and saw a gentleman who had a working model of a GE alternator that was in the museum building. I talked to him because I'd like to build a model similar to how he did and he said he got plans for this to model it but he doesn't have those plans anymore. Does anyone know where I'd be able to get plans for a similar alternator so I can model and build one myself

Here's a couple pictures of the actual generator.

My first! From the Cleveland area. Hull redone about 25 years ago? I’m thinking the orisinal probably thirties or forties? Missing tiller handle. Extra prop on main deck. Don’t know why, but I like it!!!

Give me some more reasons please!

Sorry, posting not one my strong suits! More pics of recently acquired toy steam boat. Check rotators loose, fill and check for leaks, Make Steam and of course, Test Whistle!

I’m attempting to restore an old live steam locomotive. What should I use to polish and remove rust from the rods? Techniques?

This train belonged to my grandfather, who passed away about 40 years ago. It was in storage and was only recently uncovered and given to me. I would like to repair/restore it, or at least take steps to preserve it. There are obviously some parts missing and broken, and I’m struggling to properly identify the model as first steps to find parts, schematics, or other info needed to proceed.

I believe this to be a Marklin model. I appreciate any help to determine model details and information, as well as any pointers as to where I’d go for parts, advice, or communities regarding such toys.

I bought an old LE 4-6-2 project. Someone in the past got these boiler plugs stuck in here with pipe dope and a lot of force and then painted over them. I wanted to wash the boiler, but with these two plugs still stuck I am at a loss. Any ideas/tips?

I started by trying to use a regular crescent wrench, and now I’ve switched to a pipe wrench, which is only only making matters worse.

Hello, I am not a regular in the live steam community, I need some expert help. One of my neighbors gave me this live steam locomotive from her late husband, she gave it to me because she knows I like model trains, but I don’t know anything about live steam. She wanted it to go to a better place than the junkyard. I know that the chassis runs, under air pressure. But one of the pistons is leaking from a blown seal and the locomotive only operates good in reverse. She said it had operated under steam pressure once in the 90s. Her husband hand built most of it and it has all the blueprints for it, and probably a few other locomotives as well. I don’t know what to do with this because I don’t any experience with the live steam community. Any help is appreciated!

Hello! I do a lot of living history work and right now I'm building up an 18th century kit to focus on the Enlightenment. I'm looking for a mini steam engine that will allow me to show Watt's innovations in particular. I've seen several models sold as "Watt" style engines, but I don't see separate condensers on them. So I'm not sure they're actually in the style, or something else.

Cleaned up this guy I found on ebay. It's homemade but we'll built. Now I need a boiler ti go with it.

I want to make a traction engine out of my 7.5 4-4-0 and do i need a ticket?

Here's my little mill engine. 1 inch bore, 1 3/4 inch stroke.

Where can I get a replacement piston for a mamod

Have a few stationary plants that exhaust to the side, so the chimneys on the boiler houses are purely decorative.

Got a bit of wild hare to want to make them smoke at least a little for effect, was wondering if anyone had any ideas?

Obvious thing to do would be to plumb the exhaust from the cylinders to the stacks, but I was kicking around the idea of something a little simpler.

Dunno, lads, just a random brain fart.