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  • #113636
    Chris Shelton
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      @chrisshelton11794

      Hope this is OK to post a link for youtube

      http://youtu.be/bybr-4OTxgA

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      #3167
      Chris Shelton
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        @chrisshelton11794
        #114081
        Ian S C
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          @iansc

          Hi Chris, Maybe you could pop a picture on here as well as the vidio, youtube's abit of a bind as I at least am on dial up, and it takes ages to load. Even a photo from a web cam does OK. Ian S C

          #114082
          Chris Shelton
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            @chrisshelton11794

            Hi Ian, hope this helps

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            #114085
            Clive Hartland
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              @clivehartland94829

              Thats novel, using a pressure cooker to make steam. LOL.

              Clive

              #114106
              Ian S C
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                @iansc

                Chris, thats great, I thought of doing that with a pressure cooker on the S9, but my sister desided she needed it more than I did, so it headed off 40 K, but you have reinforced the idea thank you. Ian S C

                #114116
                HomeUse
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                  @homeuse

                  Just one question – "can you cook the spuds at the same time??" – great idea for kitchen mobileswink – This Idea must come from "down under" smile d

                  #114127
                  Ian S C
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                    @iansc

                    No the idea came to me from the top end, WW2 Stuart Turner two cylinder steam engine for charging radio batteries, army pressure cooker, also used for transporting the engine/generator inside it (the cooker was a little larger than Chris's one. Ian S C

                    Edited By Ian S C on 10/03/2013 11:46:47

                    #114129
                    MichaelR
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                      @michaelr
                      #114132
                      SteveW
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                        @stevew54046

                        That is great. While I worry about if I have the right size reamer and if ENxx will be OK you make an engine and have it running. I will try and learn from what you have done – many congratulationsface 1

                        Steve W

                        #114137
                        Chris Shelton
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                          @chrisshelton11794

                          Ian and Steve, I cannot take credit for this, came across while searching for something else on youtube, and thought it would be interesting to other member's.

                          #114143
                          HomeUse
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                            @homeuse

                            Great inovation – did see preasure cooker used to produce steam to feed into low preasure tube which was used for steaming and then bending hardwoods – that was in back garden joinery works in "Aus"

                            They made very high quality small joinery furniture (Dolls house scale 1/12 fullsize)

                            ?Any one else knows of use for pressure cookers (Not Food Cooking)?

                            #114165
                            Jens Eirik Skogstad 1
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                              @jenseirikskogstad1

                              You can whisk the sauce with steam engine while you are pressure cooking the food. laughlaugh

                              #114190
                              Ian S C
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                                @iansc

                                I'vnot see it done, but I'v heard the suggestion to use a coffee machine, don't know much about them, I think they have some sort of boilerin them. Ian S C

                                #114202
                                Sub Mandrel
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                                  @submandrel

                                  Some, but not all, cappuccino machines have a boiler. the lid contains a safety valve and there are two 'take offs'. One uses steam pressure to force hot water through the coffe, the other is a steam jet for milk frothing. The former is no use to us, but the latter is a good source of steam at a fair pressure for small engines – just put a silicon pipe over the end.

                                  They can cope with being boiled dry (having thermal cutouts) and have a design so that they cannot be over-filled, the only limitation is the relatively small water volume.

                                  I have one of these boilers, removed from its case, the only reason I haven't done anything with it yet is the need to make an (electrically) insulated container that is also waterproof.

                                  Neil

                                  #114205
                                  Speedy Builder5
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                                    @speedybuilder5

                                    Hmmm = I wonder if an electric shower could be re-worked into a flash steam boiler ?

                                    #114211
                                    V8Eng
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                                      @v8eng

                                      wink

                                      I'd love to see the club Boiler Inspector's face when presented with these.

                                      I couldn't get the smiley to go at the end of my post.

                                      Edited By V8Eng on 11/03/2013 18:47:11

                                      #114255
                                      Ian S C
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                                        @iansc

                                        Thanks for that Neil, now I know a bit more about coffee, I use a spoon of instant in the cup, have got a plunger thing for when I have that sort of coffee, the only thing I'v had to do with perk coffee was making a sort of weight thingy out of a bit of 303 stainless for my brother in law, but I'm still at a loss to know what that was for. Enough about coffee, it will keep me awake. Ian S C

                                        #114261
                                        Sub Mandrel
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                                          @submandrel

                                          I'm an expert barrista.I usually drink tea instead of coffee because of the effect on my waterworks, but my wife insists on a fresh cappuccino every morning!

                                          Neil

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