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    PYRTE: 1 The Boiler
    PYRTE: 1 The Boiler
    PYRTE: 1 The Boiler
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    PYRTE: 1 The Boiler

    By George Hughes

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    A full constructional guide on building this easy boiler for PYRTE the Pull You Round Traction Engine, complete with drawings and pictures to build this 1 and 1/2 inch plus scale traction engine.

    It's the most inexpensive pull you round you can build and is aimed at the first-timer with its simplicity.

    Requires the use of a lathe, drill and heating torches/blow lamps.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGeorge Hughes
    Release dateJul 17, 2013
    ISBN9781301766260
    PYRTE: 1 The Boiler
    Author

    George Hughes

    I'm an everyday English fellow in his late 60's who has a passion for model engineering in steam and writing.

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    PYRTE - George Hughes

    PYRTE 1 - Building the Boiler

    Published By George Hughes At Smashwords

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    Copyright © 2013 by George Hughes

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    Contents:

    Building the Boiler

    Tooling required

    Materials required

    The Barrel

    Front plate and anchor ring

    Silver soldering explained

    Joint checking

    Boiler rear end construction

    Pressure testing

    Links

    Contact me

    Building the Boiler

    And just so that we will all be reading from the same hymn sheet, and you will not be confused (myself as well) with regards to the metric measurement system, I shall give the imperial sizes (followed by the metric size in mm – if I remember).

    Building the boiler for this live-steam traction engine PYRTE is very straightforward and requires no professional skills at all, just a little common sense and care.

    Everything is covered below, and there’s even a kit for the boiler (link at the bottom) although postage from the UK would need consideration for overseas buyers.

    Tooling requirements:

    Use of a lathe.

    Use of a blow torch.

    Use of a battery powered drill – preferably with a low torque setting (this is purely for tightening the nuts and bolts to save your finger ends).

    A set of small sockets.

    A bench drill with stand – A hand drill can be used, but the bench drill is a little more accurate.

    One 3.5mm drill (tight clearance size for 4BA bolts).

    One 4BA nut spinner (a bit like a box spanner that fits into a 10mm (3/8ths) drill, just to save your finger ends).

    One 5BA nut spinner.

    The 4BA bolts have 5BA heads, just to make things more confusing, but the 4BA nut spinner has the correct sized cavity for the 4BA nuts and the 5BA nut spinner is the correct size

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