Russell,

On Tue, 31 May 2005 17:35:16 +1200, Russell McMahon wrote:

> I have a friend trying to implement a 600 mm dia LPG ring burner to 
> heat a LARGE casting to assist in dis-assembly of a very large beam 
> engine manufactured in the 1800's to pump water for Auckland City.
> 
> If anyone can offer any useful comments on suitable burner fabrication 
> it would be appreciated. Details below.

The people to talk to would be the engineers at the Kew Bridge Steam Museum - they have restored (and continue 
to do so) large steam engines, mostly to do with pumping water (the site is a former water pumping station).  
I imagine they have already solved this problem.

http://www.kbsm.org - there is a gemeral email address under "Contact Details"  (Duh! :-)

Incidentally, there was mention of difficulty obtaining sub-millimetre drill bits: Jan-Erik was selling them 
from his web site a while ago - he may have some left!

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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