She's alive
She's alive
Hi all, Today was a very good day at "Fat guy garage".
The boiler that I designed, machined, and welded myself has successfully been fired today.
The burner I built worked wonderfully.
It is almost scary how hot this burner is, beautiful blue flame.
this is a huge weight off my shoulders to see her come alive.
I want to personally say thank you to Marty for offering up tips and answering my questions on this project
I can take one more item off my bucket list..
The boiler that I designed, machined, and welded myself has successfully been fired today.
The burner I built worked wonderfully.
It is almost scary how hot this burner is, beautiful blue flame.
this is a huge weight off my shoulders to see her come alive.
I want to personally say thank you to Marty for offering up tips and answering my questions on this project
I can take one more item off my bucket list..
Last edited by rmac on Sat May 07, 2022 10:23 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Photo Orientation
Reason: Photo Orientation
If it is not live steam. its not worth it.
Re: She's alive
Outstanding! Beautiful locomotive, love the color and finish. Seems to run very well.
Congratulations!
Pete
Congratulations!
Pete
Just tryin'
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Re: She's alive
Beautiful!! Such incredible amount of satisfaction seeing something you designed and built yourself come to life. Congrats!
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Hello My Friends
Very cool Chris. The stack talk is really the most to say the least. All them evenings and weekends in the shop have really payed off.
Congratulations
Jack
Very cool Chris. The stack talk is really the most to say the least. All them evenings and weekends in the shop have really payed off.
Congratulations
Jack
Re: She's alive
Chris:
A delight to see this locomotive come to life!
I've been honored to witness many stages of this build, and look forward to steaming again with you.
RussN
A delight to see this locomotive come to life!
I've been honored to witness many stages of this build, and look forward to steaming again with you.
RussN
Re: She's alive
Excellent!
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Music isn’t at all difficult. All you gotta do is play the right notes at the right time!
Re: She's alive
What all those other guys said. Very nice!
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Congratulations, Chris! You are more than welcome for the help - I will say that you asked the right questions!
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Re: She's alive
Chris,
This should have made your day, congratulations
Keep on going and enjoy your success
All the best by
Asteamhead
This should have made your day, congratulations
Keep on going and enjoy your success
All the best by
Asteamhead
Re: She's alive
Very neat! congrats! did you make a new frame from scratch or just the tail piece added? I guess water jetted it all for the frame additions?
Re: She's alive
Well done, Chris! Well Done.
Regards, and hoping you have many, many fun hours of running her on the track,
Andy
Regards, and hoping you have many, many fun hours of running her on the track,
Andy