Here is to our head Mechanical Officer – Matt Baccitich. He is a real team player regardless of the tasks presented, hardworking, fun to work with, and he doesn’t mind explaining things in layman’s terms. In fact, I have learned quite a bit from him over the years, and I appreciate it all. Also, more than being […]
March 18, 2017: We received our first five new superheater units, and there are four of them in this photo. Each unit has four elements (runs) and two ball ends. Thus, each unit contains two riser Pipes with a ball end (steam side and throttle side) and sixteen lengths of tubing. Each flue holds one […]
March 16, 2017: So another quiet weekend. Here’s what happened: Unloaded the first batch of new super heaters and got them under cover. Loaded some more tubing on Gary O’s trailer so he could continue on with the build. That was actually somewhat of a Chinese fire drill, because stuff had been stacked up around […]
3-10-17: So, it was a productive weekend, but not very exciting. We organized our storage area to open up some space and scrapped out some super heaters. We saved the forged ball ends and the forged return bends of the original super heaters (probably from 1938). If you want a ball end or return bend […]
Board of Directors member Jim Vanderbeck is often on hand during work parties to help out. Here he is doing some cutting in the combustion chamber. This cutting is a step in the removal of flue tubes. Thanks, Jim!