Recommended pipe size?
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 5:33 pm
Hello everyone,
I am not a complete newbie at this and have built a couple of successful small steam engines and a very small boiler. However I am planning on another somewhat larger boiler to run future engines so I am having to get serious about pipe sizes and fittings. The boiler is a 3" dia upright design similar to the one that MyfordBoy describes in his series of YouTube videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIFHILK256Q&t=14s
I believe a suitable pipe size for the output would be 3/16" however I don't have any MTP taps or dies and am little confused about sizes and method of connection to the boiler. What methods would anyone suggest and what types or fittings, taps and dies would be correct for 3/16" pipe?
Thanks for any thoughts!
Geoff
I am not a complete newbie at this and have built a couple of successful small steam engines and a very small boiler. However I am planning on another somewhat larger boiler to run future engines so I am having to get serious about pipe sizes and fittings. The boiler is a 3" dia upright design similar to the one that MyfordBoy describes in his series of YouTube videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIFHILK256Q&t=14s
I believe a suitable pipe size for the output would be 3/16" however I don't have any MTP taps or dies and am little confused about sizes and method of connection to the boiler. What methods would anyone suggest and what types or fittings, taps and dies would be correct for 3/16" pipe?
Thanks for any thoughts!
Geoff