Boiler Repair
The first Work Weekend of the winter was held this past Saturday at Larson Welding. Jobs to be done included dome valve repair and rolling flues. Here Tom H is working on the dome valve for the new Marion/Osgood shovel boiler. Mark K, Jason O, and Jace M also worked on this project.
The totally re-built dome valve on the big boiler. Nice sandblasting job Jason!
Back inside, Don B was re-building valves that go on the big Marion / Osgood boiler.
Ryan U. ran the drill on the roller as Clayton helped moved the roller from hole to hole and lubricate the rolling tool. When that was finished, they moved the boiler outside and began beading over the smokebox end of the tubes. This is a very noisy process and that is the reason for doing it outside. Ryan and Clayton had 70 tubes done when their arms started to get tired, so many others got to take their turn and learn how to bead the tubes over. So this was also an educational process for many.
The first Work Weekend of the winter was held this past Saturday at Larson Welding. Jobs to be done included dome valve repair and rolling flues. Here Tom H is working on the dome valve for the new Marion/Osgood shovel boiler. Mark K, Jason O, and Jace M also worked on this project.
The totally re-built dome valve on the big boiler. Nice sandblasting job Jason!
Back inside, Don B was re-building valves that go on the big Marion / Osgood boiler.
Ryan U. ran the drill on the roller as Clayton helped moved the roller from hole to hole and lubricate the rolling tool. When that was finished, they moved the boiler outside and began beading over the smokebox end of the tubes. This is a very noisy process and that is the reason for doing it outside. Ryan and Clayton had 70 tubes done when their arms started to get tired, so many others got to take their turn and learn how to bead the tubes over. So this was also an educational process for many.