PYRTE: 1 The Boiler
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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.
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
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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