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Another VA-600 Project
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StokerDon
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- Location: PA, Southern York County!
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Gentleman Janitor GJ-5, Van Wert VA-600, Axeman Anderson130 X3.
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Harman SF3500 reduced down to 3 grates connected to its own plenum
- Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
- Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood
Today we got most of the other parts cleaned and painted.
Pot/air chamber and fan housing. I think we are going to leave the fan housing bare aluminum on this one.
Stoker plate.
Ash ring and some ash door handle hardware.
Do-dads.
The doors are ready to go on.
Most of the hardware is cleaned up and ready to go.
I got some door gasket and ash ring gasket today. Its just about time to put it together!
-Don
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StokerDon
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- Posts: 7496
- Joined: Mon. Nov. 11, 2013 11:17 am
- Location: PA, Southern York County!
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Gentleman Janitor GJ-5, Van Wert VA-600, Axeman Anderson130 X3.
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Harman SF3500 reduced down to 3 grates connected to its own plenum
- Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
- Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood
Thanks!
Not much progress today. I put the doors on, just to make it look pretty.
DARN! You know what this means??? We are down to the last Ugly, Rusty Boiler!
-Don
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Rufcar
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- Stoker Coal Boiler: Van wert
- Coal Size/Type: rice
Great job on that Van Wert. Unfortunately when I got mine 40 years ago it was a bargain because it didnt have a dog house. I insulated the old way with non asbestos wet insulation. Not pretty but works well. Yours is almost too nice to use!
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StokerDon
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- Posts: 7496
- Joined: Mon. Nov. 11, 2013 11:17 am
- Location: PA, Southern York County!
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Gentleman Janitor GJ-5, Van Wert VA-600, Axeman Anderson130 X3.
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Harman SF3500 reduced down to 3 grates connected to its own plenum
- Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
- Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood
Thanks!
Don't worry, it will get dirtied up soon enough!
-Don
Don't worry, it will get dirtied up soon enough!
-Don
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StokerDon
- Site Moderator
- Posts: 7496
- Joined: Mon. Nov. 11, 2013 11:17 am
- Location: PA, Southern York County!
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Gentleman Janitor GJ-5, Van Wert VA-600, Axeman Anderson130 X3.
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Harman SF3500 reduced down to 3 grates connected to its own plenum
- Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
- Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood
One last look. Van Wert #2 is headed to it's new home in upstate New York as we speak.
It went in a small enclosed trailer so we had to lay the boiler on it's side. This was a good opportunity to get a pic up from the bottom to see how the boiler walls are laid out.
All packed up and ready to go!
Good luck with your new coal boiler Tom!
-Don
-Don