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In lugnet.boats, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> James is right, but I still like the way they look. L, you're right,
> those star wars elements even kind of look like a grate looking into the
> firebox. I could see using these boilers inside a small machine shed in
> an older factory.
Oh, I would say they look _great_ as far as a small boiler goes...in fact,
they look a lot like a boiler I may get the chance to help retube at
school...but it supplies steam to a 15 BHP engine...so not all that much
power...and our steam car boiler/engine is at least 15 BHP, and much smaller
(16" dia, about 2' tall, with 298 firetubes)
James P
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| (...) Yeah, I figured they were way too small for a ship by themselves--my thought was to install a dozen or so (for a whopping 180 BHP)...but the problem with the three-deck model is that the ship isn't full-hull, it's waterline. I wish I could (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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| James is right, but I still like the way they look. L, you're right, those star wars elements even kind of look like a grate looking into the firebox. I could see using these boilers inside a small machine shed in an older factory. The problem with (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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