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• Technical Issues

  • Boilers

    • Snipe's Boiler

    • Boilers Featured in Funnel Magazine

    • The Herreshoff coil boiler

    • John Draper's triple coil Mono-Tube boiler

    • Sven Olof Carlberg's Steam Outboard

    • John Emmett's Constant Volume Monotube boiler

    • Designing a Boiler for the Fairlight 406 Canoe

      • 24 July 2023 - Which Design?
      • 12th August 2023 - Arranging the Coils
      • 19th September - Bending Exercises
      • 28th October 2023 - Designing the Casing
      • 10th November 2023 - Planning the Plumbing
      • 18th December - CAD Conundrums
      • 18th February 2024 - Bent Metal
      • 25th March 2024 - Assembly
      • 6th May 2024 - The fiddly bits and final insulation
      • 28th August 2024 - The Manifold
      • 15th October 2024 - More Plumbing
      • 11th November 2024 - Funnel Fumbles
      • 28th December 2024 - More Funnel Fumbling
      • 15th March 2025 - More plumbing or Final Assembly?
      • 7th April 2025 - Funnel again
      • 1st June 2025 - Non-Flexing Rolf Style Pump
      • 19th August 2025 - A little bit of Hydro
      • 5th September 2024 - Pump Problems
      • 26th September - No More Water!
      • 25th March 2026 - Computer Conundrums
      • 28th March 2026 - Ethernet Explorations
      • 29th March 2026 - Back on Track
      • 12th April 2026 - And now for some screens
      • 18th May 2026 - Screens Again
      • 23rd May 2026 - The Multiplexer
      • 13th June 2026 - Thinking about the Pump(s)
      • 20th June 2026 - Batteries and their management
      • 30th July 2026 - Gathering the loose ends
      • 20th August 2026 - Water Control
      • 12th September 2026 - Playing with Water again

    • Mike Tilby's electronically controlled mono-tube boiler

      • Part 1 - Origins
      • Part 2 - Ancillaries & Controls
      • Part 3 - Operation issues

       

    • Dangerous Laboratories - mono-tube boiler build by Dr Erik Hunter

    • Boilers Gallery

    • Fires

      • Using Renewable Fuels

      • Trying Different firebox shapes

      • The Winding Road to Yellow Bricks

    • Ancillaries

      • Ancillaries and Controls Explained

        • 1. Electric Pumps

        • 2. Thermodynamic Steam Traps

        • 3. Safety Valves

        • 4. Whistles & Whistle Making

          • Wheezeless Whistles

          • Seeking a Whistle

          • Internet Whistle Design - a word of caution

        • 5. Making low cost hand pumps

    • Hulls

      • Building Snipe

      • The Fairlight 406 Project

        • 27th October - The propellor

        • 19th November Stern Tube & Prop. Shaft

        • 9th January - Connecting the shaft to the engine

        • 20th February - The issue of Thrust Blocks

      • SL Alba - Barry Watson

    • The Question of Propellers

      • The Issue of Weed

      • The DIY Traditional Propeller

    • Gallery

    • Historical

      • Origins of the mono-tube boiler

      • 1879 Steam Canoe Nina

      • 1908 Steam Canoe

      • 1979 Steam Canoe - Sirius 6

      • The Dutch Canoe Sirius

    • Mono-tube Drools

    • Component Suppliers

    • Interesting Links

    • Downloads

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