Building A Model Boiler - Silver Soldering and Pressure Testing! Model Boiler Build, Part 10
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- This episode on Blondihacks, I'm finishing the pressure vessel for my new boiler! Exclusive videos, drawings, models & plans available on Patreon!
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During the pressure test I kept feeling like you were building tension up to a catastrophic failure. I'm so happy to see it working! Can't wait to see it making steam!
Yeah, that's good cinema - eat your heart out, Hitchcock!
I was also thinking that was great editing! I was super tense the whole time, very happy for them that it went well!
lol. Me TOO! Just needed a trailer with the big voice over “…In a world without flux…” 😂
Dude, don't spoil the action!
"A DRO can make any clown into a half decent machinist."
So, what you're saying is that, I have a chance? 🥺
Hey- when you go "CNC" it can make a hack pretty good, too
Yay!! It's Blondihacks time!
Woo hoo!!! [More rejoicing]
YES YES YES IMPERIAL FIST SHAKE OF VICTORY!!!!!!! AYYYY NICE QUINN!!! the relief must have been amazing!!! Great Job!!! And hats off to you for sticking with it, you are an inspiration, so happy it finally came out well for you!!
Congratulations! The first model loco boiler I did leaked on it's boiler test but it was passed anyway. The leak looked like a really fine piece of cobweb floating off the bushing. The boiler testing officer said it would take up after the first steaming and it did.
Regards,
Preso
Great soldering job 👍
I saw in a recent Model Engineer magazine, a two part article on exactly this process. The author showed his first attempt failure ( reheated and dismantled the joints, showing that not enough solder had been used.
In the second part, the author actually calculated the x-section area of ( the solder) each joint, and then determined what size ( and number) of wires were needed for each joint. The joints shown were a strap and butt on a barrel; a tube/tube plate joint, and a lap joint as on tube plate to barrel.
Once again, thanks for your very detailed video.
Regards
Robert
Thanks for the polishing, we love you too...
NICE WORK! Don't you just love Silver Solder when it works!
Very nicely done, Quinn! I also appreciate that you showed us the not-so-good original outcome - and what you learned from it. A lot of "how to" videos only show positive results, and I sometimes wonder what actually happened...
You, and a couple of other folks I watch, have helped to motivate me to get back into the shop to finish a steam engine that I started many years ago, before my job sucked all of the energy out of me. I'm retired now, so no more excuses!
Thank you Quinn, I've never felt loved like this ;-)
And there was much rejoicing.
I must say, I breathed a big sigh of relief when I saw that drop of water coming from *above* the bushing joint. Got 'er done in one shot, congrats!
Great job, Quinn! You dun made yourself a bonafide pressure vessel! 👍😀👍
Fantastic effort congratulations on on your boiler now the fun begins.
I am no expert but you show great perseverence and what looks to be a very good job! Well done.
Blondihacks, good for you! I knew you'd get it right the second time. You are now in a special class of boiler builders! Well done!
After following you along for the whole series, I couldn't help but rejoice with you when the test passed! Congratulations on your perseverance and being open minded enough to look for new ways to do things. BTW as a software engineer, I loved your analogy about SW working the first time and then having to go look for the bug that you know must be there.
Yeah, it's a sign of experience among code monkeys that we don't trust things that work well on the first try. Because there *will* be some absolute bullshit fault in there somewhere, and it *will* come back to haunt you when you least want it!
Pat, I dunno what you mean. My code always works perfectly
until someone else touches it and does some shit that it wasn't designed to handle
@@ianide2480 :-)
Good one Quinn, you have had a win, a win now and again is what keeps us going. The boiler looks a picture, almost too good to use. Jeff
Congratulations! It was a real challenge to get'er done.
I've never had anyone do something half-assed for me because they love me. Thanks Quinn, you're a rockstar!
Great hip action in that victory dance.... The half-assed polish job was cool also.....
Congratulations Quinn
Thank you for persisting with this. A well deserved victory.
I knew you would eventually get it just right. Keep on keeping on.
Im learning to silver solder. I joined 2 Empire steam engines together for a twin. Im making all the parts for left engine. I just won a Bill Harris steam roller that needs a boiler. So Im studying your great videos. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I am very amazed at the complexity of building a "Serial Number One" boiler. Needless to say, all the lessons that you learned would and could be used on subsequent copies. I sincerely appreciate your attention to detail, and your problem solving expertise.
Thanks for your dedication and hard work.
Scott
Smells like success to me! Great job Quinn!
"So everything's all fluxxed up." All by itself that's worth more than the price of admission, even if there was a price for admission. Wonderful!
YES! Congratulations! I was on tenterhooks watching this test. What a process!
Woohoo!!! and then some! Glad to see that it worked!
Quinnisms
"Chamfering is what separates us from the rest of the animals."
"Cleanliness is next to Renzettiness."
"I polished it because I love you."
Congratulations on your success with the boiler... you should have had more confidence as you do not strike me as the type of person who is not going to learn and improve from their prior errors.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Heartfelt congratulations on this success.
We used a piece of the correct melting point SS with flux on it to probe joints while the heat was on. A ‘little’ extra solder did the trick.
When I was working as a Millwright, I installed a huge Rotary Screw compressor. at our company. My boss wanted to sweat the copper tubing used to feed the tank, I told him to "flux the flucking pipe and don't fluck it up".We both got a good chuckle when I said that.
A good boiler maker can be the start of a good time, or a hangover. I’m thinking you’ve more than earned the good time recognition award. I’ve silver soldered for years but learned a lot from your attention to detail and esthetics. Congratulations!
Yay! we were all pullin for ya! Keep your stick on the ice.
Honestly i never had a doubt
As with other viewers I also expected some kind of catastrophic failure. Delighted for you that all went well with this inspirational build. Well done. 👏👏👍😀
You explain every process of your work in detail and that makes you a brilliant teacher. Thank you Blondihacks.
Just a coat of sharpie marker will keep silver solder from sticking, a brilliant gunsmith taught me that.
Fabulous results well done 😀 with the big solder ring I use a stainless steel scratcher to run round the joints whilst still hot to examine for bad spots. Bit of 1.6mm tig rod sharpened to a point or similar. Think that is a Kozo tip too. I use a big weed burner nozzle to preheat before using a smaller burner for detail work. Saves the flux. Loving the pink tool chest ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Failure builds character, but is oh so painful. Now the rewards, sweetness of success.
Fantastic job, Quinn! My wife gave me the side-eye when I started doing the Standard Imperial Victory Dance with you.
Really interesting Quinn! It is fascinating seeing these made in miniature at such a high standard as it really goes a long way to explain how their much bigger cousins worked.
~Mike
Congratulations on the silver soldering accomplishments with this project. I spent a whole summer when I was 13 yrs old being a helper to a older fella that was a retired boiler maintenance man. He would take in heat exchangers that needed rebuilt. And I got 4 months of daily lessons of the fine art of soldering. Its truly becoming a lost art here in the United States. And to see how well you did with this project, You definitely have done your homework on how this type of work/repair is done. #Jobwelldone
Not gonna lie...i was anticipating an explosion or something! Glad it all worked out! Fabulous job Quinn! Can't wait for the finished assembly. Take care!!
Who’s a good boiler? You’re a good boiler! Well done!
Epic is the only word I can think of. Thanks.
Congrats! As they say, "Practice makes perfect." Nice work.
Oh brill! Long awaited, and everything crossed! 😬🤞😂
I admire your dedication to making a water tight boiler. Congrats. A job well done. 👍❤
Woooooo!!!! Imperial dance o' victory! Yeah!!!!!
In the immortal words of John "Hannibal" Smith - "I love it when a plan comes together!"
Keep em coming!!!!
Very good comprehensive instruction.
Hooray, well done an immaculate looking job. Welcome to the exclusive club of those who have built a boiler and kept reasonably sane.
Congrats to tbe achievement. And to 100k!
Great to see it work! Thanks for all of the pointers.
Standard Imperial Victory Dance brings me so much joy. Thank you so much for sharing your work with all these projects!
Love the empirical victory dance by the priestess of machinist! The holy gauge of pressure and the micrometer scepter of the all important size correctivvisszz.
Good job!!! there was much rejoicing!!
Happy that the soldering worked out this time and passed the pressure test for you Quinn.
Mmm, half-assed polish. Looks great, Quinn, I'm so glad boiler #2 worked for you!
I was half expecting an animated explosion moment as the pressure test clock crept up to 20 minutes. :)
On the software testing thing we mostly practice red-green TDD so things never work the first time - you have to actually implement features to make the tests pass.
Awesome stuff the sense of relief/satisfaction must have been incredible. 👍👍
Woo hoo! Congratulations.
Congrats! What a journey.
That boiler is so beautiful!
IDK why I watched this whole thing through but I appreciated the fun banter :)
Congratulations Quinn.👍👍👍
We LOVE you tooooo! Thanks for polishing
Junior: 'yaaay! my tests went green!'
Senior: 'Ohhhh I'mma be here a while, all my tests went green...'
Thank goodness! So much tension 😂
Yey, what a win, back from the depths. Well deserved, hard work, patience and a massive brain pays off.
Congrats - very pleased for all your hard work paying off this time. You Rock !!!! 🐈⬛
Congrats Quiinn, nice work.
Great job and loved the victory dance 👍
Congrats and nice job on the boiler!
LOL! "Because I Love You I'm going to do a half-a$$ed polishing" Gotta Love Quinn-isms!!
So proud of you, Quinn. Beautiful craftsmanship, start to finish. Love the Imperial victory dance!
Victory dance well-deserved! My goodness that was a stressful pressure test.
You must have been over the moon when the test passed. Soooooo much work to get there and it all paid off. Congratulations! 😁
Yaaaaaaaaa!!!!! way to hang in there.
nothing better than a shiny boiler,you didnt disappoint me,thx.
Congratulations! We have a boiler.
Glad you didn't crack under the pressure!
Great video Quinn! THIS Dad (who tries not to a go a single day without making his child groan) gives a 100% approval rating for the lazy vs hard-working Susan joke !
FANTASTIC!!!! I love it when a plan comes together...
Yes, it is a good boiler. I can understand the the satisfied felling after all the work you did put it. Nice job.
Congratulations! Your attention to detail is fantastic and I love how clearly you show your thought process. Definitely educational, and I will always enjoy the puns and quips. So excited to see the rest of this boiler!
Pretty to watch. Thanks loads.
Congratulations! 🎉
Yay! Know that feeling of "no it can't be working?! Something is definitely wrong with the test" well. 🤣
Nicely done, Quinn.
You’re getting good at this.
Who's a good boi-ler? You are, you are.
Woo hoo onward and upward. It sure look good 👍
Congrats on no leaks. Well deserved for you patience and persistence.
Awesome job! Congrats on your success!
Very satisfying to see you work through the problems and make it work.....great job!
Congratulations! I have thoroughly enjoyed learning from you about the silver solder process. I probably learned more from the early failures than the final success. Again, that is one of the wonderful features of your approach to teaching. Thank you!
Great job! The tubeplate to shell solder joints are beautiful :)
I was worried that by only heating the shell and not the tubeplate the solder would only really stick to the shell, and thought that might be why no solder got through to the inside of the studs, but the pressure test says otherwise!
The tube sheet gets plenty hot because the shell has 100x the mass. By the time the shell is hot enough, the sheet is for sure.
Yay! Congrats mrs hacks!