suppliers of bronze boiler valves

[wendy jacksonParticipant @wendyjackson]

[wendy jacksonParticipant @wendyjackson]

Hi.i am looking for a supplier of bronze or gun metal boiler valves. This is for a 5 inch gauge locomotive. Anyone know of a supplier.i have tried all the main ones with know luck.thanks.terry

[nigel jones 5Participant @nigeljones5]

eh? what sort of valves and why make them out of such expensive material? just asking?

[wendy jacksonParticipant @wendyjackson]

Its been found at my club that the hard water breaks up the cheap import brass fittings.so its much batter not to use.

[nigel jones 5Participant @nigeljones5]

If you use good quality brass there should be no problem – everyone else does. Im sure no one makes fittings out of bronze as they would be so expensive and no one would buy them. But im open to being wrong!

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

I think most of the fittings from R A Baker are from LG2 gunmetal but are more suited to traction engines than locos. It should only be the ones in contact with the boiling water than may be prone to attack.

[wendy jacksonParticipant @wendyjackson]

I have started to make my own valves.at the moment I have machined the injector and blower valves, and the two fittings for the water gauge. I would like to make a few inline clack valves but dont have any good drawings.michael

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