Boiler Cleaning - SO MUCH GRIME! ...and A SURPRISE!

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2 ай бұрын

We're working on Ossipee Central 662's boiler today, and we found some pleasant surprises! That, despite the fact that I had to drill out a tube.
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@poowg2657 2 ай бұрын

Not familliar with copper boilers but on steel ones the end of the tubes are rolled and expanded into place. A couple of decades ago I helped a friend rebuild the boiler on his 4-4-0. The staybolts were wellded but the tubes were rolled. We found an article in Live Steam magazine on how to build a tube roller/expander and proceeded to install the tubes. We made two rollers, one for the 3/8" and one for the 3/4" tubes. I've seen pics of some boilers where the tubes are welded into place. Great video, thanks much!

@valeriebassett3107 Ай бұрын

Fantastic video. Your methods of fixing things show that you are smart and can figure out a way to fix things. Keep up the amazing videos. Watching from Ohio. ❤️🙏

@JaredDunbar 2 ай бұрын

While cleaning the boiler and making jokes with Aaron is a lot of fun, my favorite part of this video is that me being tripped by the flatcar made the video at 36:45

@januszjendrzejewski7501 2 ай бұрын

Pozdrawiam serdecznie z Polski (Europa) . Masz bardzo fajną trasę wokół jeziora . Powodzenia z remontem parowozu .

@johnlipsey3866 2 ай бұрын

Great to see you working on the Steam Locomotive! I hope that as the weather improves that you will get to spend a great amount of time on it, and mine! 😅 I’m guessing that track will need to be upgraded for this locomotive to run well. Fun days ahead 🎉😊

@BriggsCanyon 2 ай бұрын

Glad to see you're making progress on the steamer! Can't wait to see her chugging around your track. She'll definitely be much heavier than the 70 and 71! Maybe stay on the track better due to that?

@schwarzermoritz 2 ай бұрын

Probably just push the rails aside rather than jumping off 😂

@BriggsCanyon 2 ай бұрын

🤣

@MillBrookRailroad 2 ай бұрын

She's no heavier than 70 and 71. But they all might stay on the track better as I get more tie plates installed.

@toadjam12000 2 ай бұрын

Did you pressure test the boiler before doing any of this work? Why did you use such a large drill bit on that boiler tube? Are those tubes rolled in or brazed? They look like they are brazed in. Did you talk to Marty Knox?

@ronarant2897 2 ай бұрын

I remember way back in the forgotten days I had a Dos prompt C: …. Ron

@adrtplayhouse4240 2 ай бұрын

Cheap harbor freight sand blaster with walnut shells might have made shorter work of that.

@michaelbrouillette3165 2 ай бұрын

Exactly my thought!!

@MillBrookRailroad 2 ай бұрын

I wish I'd thought of that.

@adrtplayhouse4240 2 ай бұрын

Keep going though. I watch all the videos, but the steam restoration is probably my favorite.

@paulsmith5398 2 ай бұрын

Not getting too overly technical, but is that equivalent to the 1472 hour boiler inspection required by the FRA for full size railroads?

@MillBrookRailroad 2 ай бұрын

Not really. This is more like fixing it only when it breaks.

@paulsmith5398 2 ай бұрын

@@MillBrookRailroad Gotcha! Its like that saying, " if it aint broke, dont fix it"! Is Batcat still around, or did those varmints get him with the chickens?

@JaredDunbar 2 ай бұрын

The cats were still there when I visited in late April

@bradfordthompson8326 2 ай бұрын

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@artillerest43rdva7 2 ай бұрын

like desolves like so a de-greaser solubizes out the grease. leaving “dry crud” that you wire brush or scrape out.

@MillBrookRailroad Ай бұрын

Makes sense.

@paulsmith5398 2 ай бұрын

Use a "cup wire wheel" in a drill, you wont wear out your muscles so quickly.

@MillBrookRailroad 2 ай бұрын

I was being overly cautious, not wanting to make the boiler any worse.

@artillerest43rdva7 2 ай бұрын

So that is a good thing, did he use low carbon coal? or scrubbed it clean every so many miles? using clean water would help with preventing deposits minerals. have a great night!

@MillBrookRailroad Ай бұрын

Based on the sludge on the tubes, I'd say he used well water, and he sort of cleaned the boiler.

@mustachemike802 2 ай бұрын

You know, there a plating shop in Rutland that will blast and acid wash anything else you're looking to clean up

@JOEMAMA_534 16 күн бұрын

Nice, but using a wire wheel attachment on a drill could save you some time.

@Mikesmith-tm5sh Ай бұрын

Might wanna try WD-40 it dissolves tar.

@RikkiCattermole 2 ай бұрын

There is a method of etching PCB's using hydrogen peroxide, it might be worth trying it to clean up those copper parts.

@DanielUnger-gn9ct Ай бұрын

Vinegar is that white vinegar or is it a different type of vinegar?

@MillBrookRailroad Ай бұрын

It is 45% concentrate distilled vinegar. Basically, industrial strength white vinegar.

@garyduvall7266 2 ай бұрын

try using a wire brush on a power drill

@petercruikshank2618 2 ай бұрын

Did you end up with a plastic tub of weed killer or was the toxic soup too gross?

@MillBrookRailroad Ай бұрын

Weed killer and tie treatment.

@timmc.9478 2 ай бұрын

Stop me if you already did but have you tried a sand blaster?

@MillBrookRailroad 2 ай бұрын

I didn't know the condition of the boiler, so I decided to go on the gentle side.

@schwarzermoritz 2 ай бұрын

So, retubing *and* a new tube sheet? Or was that the only one that had failed?

@MillBrookRailroad 2 ай бұрын

That was the only tube that failed, so just one tube at this point.

@tryingagain14 2 ай бұрын

would paint stripper work on it maybe. might be cheaper

@terriburke2514 2 ай бұрын

I think steam cleaning would work.

@paulsmith5398 2 ай бұрын

As for that carburetor cleaner........my son used to spray that stuff on wasps, hornets, & spiders, then light 'em up, he just didnt like those stinging, biting bugs.

@solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226 2 ай бұрын

How many tubes are there 😊

@solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226 2 ай бұрын

And Arron might want to contact hyce and see what he says about the situation 😊

@MillBrookRailroad 2 ай бұрын

48 tubes.

@solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226 2 ай бұрын

@@MillBrookRailroad 👍

@southern207hobbies 2 ай бұрын

A costic acid bath would have made cleaning the boiler easier and a wire cup in a drill

@MillBrookRailroad 2 ай бұрын

I started with an acid bath.

@user-ub6zt9xl1o 2 ай бұрын

a rifle bore bore brush would be a much better idea.

@MillBrookRailroad 2 ай бұрын

The tube already had two rifle bore brushes broken off inside. The previous owner was cleaning the tube out. Somehow, this one tube was de-soldered and bent in the process of him trying to remove it (after he broke off two brushes inside). So, I drilled it out and went to the next size up.

@barryolson3998 2 ай бұрын

It looks like part of the price of having and using a boiler.

@MillBrookRailroad 2 ай бұрын

It's the price for having an old boiler.

@jessgibson4790 2 ай бұрын

I've seen some stupid methods in my time, but you really take the prize! What happened to wire brushes ffs? Using that drill on the tubes writes off that boiler forever!

@schwarzermoritz 2 ай бұрын

Don't be a dickhead

@robertheinkel6225 2 ай бұрын

He was removing the tubes, not cleaning them. The boiler will be just fine.

@MillBrookRailroad 2 ай бұрын

There was a bad tube in the boiler that was bent inside. The only way to fix it was to drill it out and go fit the next size up. Had the previous owner not bent it when he tried to remove the tube, I wouldn't have had to drill it out.

@user-oc1bd8so4c 2 ай бұрын

The previous owner let me run that locomotive when I was a teenager. I am now 70.

@VelociraptorsOfSkyrim Ай бұрын

Well, to be blunt, had the previous owner taken slightly better care of the Steam engine to begin with, the tube wouldn't have needed to be replaced in the first place.