Steamboat Amphora with Stuart 5A first Coal firing 270516 

Thank you!

thank you took me 2 years :-)

Thank you :-)

Steam Plants C Schaefer very welcome. Do you still have her and sail her?

thank you and my last videos are better produced :-)

will come

thank you!

thank you and it was build from zero... it took y 5 years... a lot of nights... :-)

thank you

thank you and excuse the unconvenient style... I should replace the camera man, one beer was to much that day... please watch also the movie showing all three maschines running simultaneously ... no seatbelt required :-)

thank you :-))))

Thank you very much Paul for your kind comments. You have very sensitive ears! You are right, but I do not know the reason at this time for it?! In the meantime the boat was several times on water and please listen to the most recent video (up to three maschines running at the same time) starting at 25:29 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4UDuxc5m8Jc.html (steam turbine just shut off) only Stuart 5A and Southworth running... no squeaking sound... I think one reasone could be that the steam plant was in the old video 'brand new' and all the connection has to 'worn out' in the new adjusted mechanical arrangements. Now it runs like a swiss clock . Also the mechanical lubricator provides oil to alle major journals by pipes. I recently replaced some glands in the water pump due to leaking at higher pressure conditions over 75 psi. I also had to replace the brass gear in the steam turbine and the chinese producer was so kind to made me new ones made of steel :-) I tested finally all the maschines parallel which worked :-) and now all is fine. AMPHORA will see the water early next spring because I cleaned the boiler for the winter period. Than I will see if it also pumps water directly from outside under the hull... Cant wait to cruise!

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Steam Plants C Schaefer your wellcome!

thank you :-)

thank you. It is a two tube design I developed during my vacation in greece at the beach (a bit boring only sun)... see this special video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WBVqkxo2ceM.htmlOne bigger big brass tube contains a smaller brass tube with wholes at the bottom (they are silver soldered to a brass base plate).... the water runs from the top into the center One which contains special fabrics which binds oil as a filter and the water flows at the bottom of the center One to the outer tube where it goes finally back to the hot sink... the fabric is taken out after a while and may be burned in the coal fire... To your first Question where to by phosphate or soda... unfortunately I cannot open this questio or read it fully... please ask again sorry ;)

Thank you :-)

I asked Steven Spielberg to improve the video, no response yet ;-)

Und falls es mit dem Rumpf bzw dem Maschinenbett zu sehr rappelt empfehle ich die berühmte Bitumen-Antidröhnplatten aus dem Karosseriebau - einfach da einkleben wo es keiner sieht :p

Danke für die netten Worte (ich liebe halt Messing/Bronze ;-) ) und auch für den Tip... im Wasser ist es ja etwas leiser und der Abgleich Pumpenkolben (voll innnen) versus Zylinderkolben (voll unten) hat viel gebracht und die Maschine läuft sehr viel ruhiger (balanciert)... in diesem Video war sie noch nicht justiert...

not a gear... it is a duble cardan coupling,,, I protect it by the wood tunnel from fingers...

Is the engine run at 1 to 1 with the prop shaft or is there any gearing? I build Models and was asked what to do when you cannot increase the propeller size, I suggested gearing the ratio between the two, having the prop run at twice the engine speed and as wondering if it is done with full size boats.

I run it 1 to 1 and the speed you see in the video shipping on water is at 50 psi pressure. For me this was fast than enough. If one would run it at 80 psi with more heat it would almost leave the water :-) So I don't see a reason to increase the speed by a gear... you would loose some of the power in the gear and generate also more mechanical noise. My prob has an diameter of 30 cm with a good pitch...

thank you :-)

as soon the water pump is pumping against the boiler pressure you may hear some 'knocking' sound but under lower workload is runs quite well. It is not a table top version it already pushes a bit of metal and I wonder how it sound after a few miles on water... by the way I adjusted a rather earlier timing in the maschine/valve. I learned during the building phase of the plant that also the resonance is changing with the amount of metal is grouped around the Stuart5A which is named in physics 'selfresonance' and audible at a certain speed/rpm.

In the meantime I arranged the timing of the maschine in the following way. Stuart 5A piston full down, the waterpump piston full in... this reduces the knocking completely exspecially when the metals are warmed up (less space between the metal joints and more balanced mechanical workload)... this was the trick

Matt Seymour I start always with the sulfur and gas containing locomotive coal and later add some anthracite coal at lower percentages as 30% ... the anthracite coal generates more heat but needs the locomotive coal to keep glowing

@@The123pcr makes sense and will try that so the anthracite takes hold better.

Polish steam locomotive coal 70% and anthracite coal 30%

Start with polish coal and add later a mix...

@@The123pcr will do that, I have the Russian steam coal but will use that then the Welsh. Is it the same for a 3.5 inch loco?

@@mattseymour8637 I have no experience with a 3.5 inch loco, but why not and usung a nut cracker and make fingernail big pieces :-) and mix it also with grill wood coal at lhe beginning... I think Keith Appleton knows iz very well... Stay healthy and enjoy the winter :-)

@@The123pcr thanks for the advice, I actually have the right size already in small sizes and tend to mix it 50/50 standard steam coal and Welsh steam. But wondered what you suggested. Stay safe too and keep steaming!

Thank you

thank you very much

Thank you... it is polish locomotive coal 60%, a mix with pure anthracit coal 40%... I get it in switzerland at the rhine river harbour Basel ...

Cool. Does it burn well and give good heat mixed like that ?

This video is 3 years old and in the meantime the boat is driven and runs like a swiss clock ;-))

Yes!

Thank you and sorry for the neck pain...

the new videos are better recorded :-)

no problem a lot of oel and steam... ;-)

firetube 15 tubes

@@The123pcr thanks

yes

please see the end of this video ;-) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5qzVlZFUTb4.html

yes... if it would be pure gold the polishing would be easier :-)... Do you have a pump linked to it, than balancing of the load (cylinder piston fully downside at the same time pump cylinder fully inside) could be a way to reduce noise and running the maschine for a while help also a lot... anyhow the sound is really very much the same in AMPHORA, thank you for sharing it!

My waterpump is a cross head pump so cannot amend, my knocking is more likely main bearings. Someone cannot remember the name did gold plate their fittings!! Have you been out on the water steaming much?

please see the video me steaming the first time, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-W-26I2FtpfM.html now I finished the Southworth pump which will be tested soon on water again...

It is a mix of 33 percent anthracite and 66 bituminous... polish locomotive coal... Zeche KWK Myslowice Wesola Steinkohle vom Typ 32,1 Körnung 40-80 mm Heizwert (Qri) MJ/kg 30-31.5. Asche (Ar) 3,0-5,0 % Schwefel (Srt) 0,4-0,60 % Wasser (Wrt) 4,0-6,0 % Flüchtige Bestandteile (Vdaf) 32,12% Sinterung (RI) 22 Chlor (Cla) 0,27% the bituminous coal generates enough gas to keep the fire burning and burns the anthracite part... kind regards Christoph

Sorry what air flue?

Would you rather like a beautiful recording of an ugly work ? Please see my latest videos I am constantly learning :-)

@@The123pcr Maybe beautiful work with decent recording ?😊 However, poorly recorded video does not diminish the success of the overall project !