well the boiler I made holds around 2 liters of water, but runs only an inch or so full, plus it has a very inneficent design. so its really only for bursts.
As for the boiler plans I made, I'll see if i can find them. I cant remember if I made them on Auto Cad or not. it was desigend similar to a locomotives, and was ment to run a generator made from an alternator and a turbocharger. However the materials are pretty hard to find...My dad works in the steel busness so we have a plethera of materials around.
this project is on the back burner untill after october. all my time and rescorces are being redirected to the halloween haunt at my frends house
i can put a bunch of copper tubing in a pipe and blast a flame thu there. that means i can have less water to carry, and to heat up. then i can carry more fuel
Yeah I know what slag holes are, but actually I think there more like pin holes....however you would just have to see the welds, there like an inch wide. plus I dont think that the boiler is put under enough stress to cause the welds to crack and if they did crack theres shurely not enough pressure to cause them to rupture.
As they say, "it's your neck". If you feel confident in this boiler, then use it. But I've seen a steam explosion at sub 100 PSI pressures (it was a furnace) and wouldn't tough an uncertified boiler with a 100 foot poll.
quote: Yeah I know what slag holes are, but actually I think there more like pin holes....however you would just have to see the welds, there like an inch wide. plus I dont think that the boiler is put under enough stress to cause the welds to crack and if they did crack theres shurely not enough pressure to cause them to rupture.
Dude, i took a welding class for two years, and Aaron is right. Slag holes are a major welding defect. Slag is there in the first place to protect the weld metal and keep it free from impurities while it cools. When the machine isnt set right, slag gets into the weld metal and severely weakens the weld, no matter how big the bead is. Even if they arent slag holes, and are pin holes like you say, they are just as bad. they make the weld bead not solid and makes it very easy to break. so, seriously, don't use the boiler. find someone who knows how to weld really well and get a new one made.
yeah and i feel confident....i usually use it around 50 psi... its got maybe 10 defects out of all of the welds and most of them are on the tubes that run vertically through the boiler. therefore if there is a break in the weld it will be all inward. My dad is a welding engineer...he just tells me to keep it under 100 psi