Boiler cladding material

Boiler cladding material

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8 April 2011 at 09:12 #66681
Tony Martyr
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To clad my boiler using one sheet of 26swg brass sheet it would need to have dimensions of 13″x13″ and I can’t find a supplier who sells any of that size. – Reeves 2000 sell a 12″ square but that is shorter than the circumference so I can’t use it in two sections.

So what do you guys with bigger boilers than my 3 1/2″ loco use and where is it obtained?

Presently I am finding that soldering up side tanks so that they are water-tight is not as easy as it might appear!
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8 April 2011 at 09:12 #5475
Tony Martyr
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8 April 2011 at 09:21 #66682
Nicholas Farr
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Hi Tony, I think that the 12″ X 12″ profile seems to be a postal standard size, you can often obtain larger sizes at the various exhibitions, especialy if you ring any of the suppliers a week or so in advance and ask for them to reserve it for you.

Regards Nick.
8 April 2011 at 11:23 #66685
STERNGLAND
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Hi Tony

Reeves sell cladding on the roll The length you require at 12″ wide

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8 April 2011 at 11:23 #66686
STERNGLAND
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Hi Tony

Reeves sell cladding on the roll The length you require at 12″ wide

Sterngland
8 April 2011 at 16:51 #66690
JasonB
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If the roll is 12 ” wide it won’t be much good as the OP wants 13″ wide

College Engineering will cut whatever size you need, as will several other of teh ME suppliers, the 12×12 is just a standard stock size that is easily posted.

You could also try MJ Engineering, thats where I got mine for my Fowler, Alan may also be able to roll it for you.

Jason
8 April 2011 at 17:52 #66696
mgj
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And Live Steam Models. I got all the 16 and 20g sheet for the TEs tender and boiler cladding cut to size and posted. tehy have also sent me steel sheet over 12×12 too.
9 April 2011 at 10:38 #66717
Martin W
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Tony

Just done a quick search and found this supplier of various sheet material and they have sizes going to 1000mm x 2000mm in various thicknesses of brass sheet. That said they are quoting in metric so obtaining equivalent to 26SWG may be difficult. No idea of cost and usual disclaimers apply.

Cheers

Martin

Edited By Martin W on 09/04/2011 10:45:05
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