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Adverts last modified: 3rd October 2024

   For Sale

Vertical firetube boiler

3rd October 2024

This is a powerful little VFT boiler, the pressure vessel of which was built by Franklin & Bell of Gloucester.

It is fully stamped and dated 2001. It came to me with a gas burner ca 2019 when still apparently new, only previously mounted on a frame and tested with a gas burner.

The pressure vessel is 16” in diameter and 14” high packed with 80 x ¾” steel firetubes. I have all the documentation and the boiler is fully ticketed (SBAS) until July 2025 so it’s ready to go into a boat. Currently unlagged I have the timber to do that which will go with the boiler.

The pressure vessel which started the project was designed for operation at 300psi and is stamped as factory tested to 450psi. When I put it through its first SBAS test in 2023 the inspector insisted that since it was effectively a new boiler it should again be hydraulically tested to 450psi. It was rock solid. I didn’t need such a high pressure and it now blows off at a modest 130psi – but with those credentials it could be certified for use at a much higher working pressure as desired.

The pressure vessel sits on a dry, refractory-lined firebox made from a large redundant propane canister and the smoke dome came from the same source. It has a 6” diameter removable funnel. The whole thing, from its flat steel baseplate to the top of the funnel is 5’ hight. It is currently unlagged and will be sold with the fittings needed for use: reflex water gauge, pressure gauge, hand pump, small ‘Double-B’ injector, blower and blowdown (the best way to fill it).

I am not planning on selling the basic wooden trolley with antique cast iron wheels unless the buyer really wants it. It serves for getting it in and out of the workshop and does make it look like a period piece!

This boiler was put together over several years to experiment with grates and fuels and maybe to put in a future boat which, sadly, I will not be building but it needs to go into someone else’s 16-20’ launch! It will raise steam on wood and coal to blow off in just under 30 minutes.

It is shown in one of the pictures temporarily piped to a Stuart ‘Swan’ twin (shown in one of the pictures – a factory built specimen with twin feed pumps and air pumps also available if a complete plant is sought) but it would be equally great with a Taylor twin or a larger compound.

It could happily be steamed by gas, oil, wood or coal – and I have 2/3rds of a tonne of Franks Burston’s best steam coal for disposal if required.

BEWARE! Steel VFT boilers, even smallish ones, are very heavy and this one has only ever been moved around the workshop with an engine hoist (also for sale if required) so transport needs to be thought about before setting off to Farnborough, Hants to pick it up!

£2,500

markrudall at gmail dot com

01252 645486


   For Sale

Wilkie Type S Engine

5th September 2024

 

Wilkie Type S, 3” x 3”, by Sam 

Wilkinson.  Engine No 30 2008. 

Cast cylinder. Radial valve gear. Never steamed so still tight as you would expect and on steam will loosen up.

Plenty of Wilkie engine information to read: Funnel No.130 Pages 35–37; Funnel No.134 Page 55; Funnel No.135 Pages 64-65; Funnel No. 141 Page 55 (see below).  These were usually sold as a part-machined kit and the Wilkie advert can be seen in Funnel No.140, 2009 and other issues.

This engine was fully built by Sam, then inherited by Hugh Mothersole and I bought it from Hugh.

   

   

Price £1,250. Located in Poole.

I can offer various rendezvous options if it helps: I head to South Wales every few months, Hertfordshire a few times per year and our son drives to Plymouth for work.

Rob Holden: contact details in the Membership Directory


   Wanted

Pot burner

18th July 2024

I am thinking of converting my coal fired boat Fionnuala to oil firing. Does anybody have a suitable kerosene pot burner for sale please (and some advice on fitting it to my Twin-drum Water Tube  boiler (Designed by the SBA)).  The engine is a Vee twin. 1 7/8" + 1 7/8" X 2" (Design: No. 8 by: Ray Hasbrouck).

Dick Penny.    

Contact details in the Membership Directory

Email: dick dot penny5 at gmail dot com


   Wanted

1/2" Hand Pump

18th July 2024

I am seeking a small hand pump to prime the mono-tube boiler that I am building.  Alternatively a dimensioned sketch for fabricating one would be useful.

Pete Cuthbert

Contact detail in the Membership Directory

Email: p dot f dot cuthbert at btinternet dot com

Boiler build details at: https://mono-tube.org.uk/

   For Sale

Single Cylinder canoe/small Launch engine

3rd April 2024

This small single (2”x2”) was designed to be suitable for a 12-14' compact steam boat or canoe. It was designed by Dutch engineer PH van Popta and is newly built in the Netherlands by the seller. Largely of brass and 416 stainless steel it has Stephenson's link motion reversing gear with a slide valve made of teflon.
Height 40cm, width 20cm, length 20cm,
Flywheel 20*2.75 cm
Working pressure 50-100 PSI
500-800 RPM
Approx 1.5 HP
Weight Approx 13 KG
Needs intake, exhaust, and oil gear.

See Steamboat ‘Lagom’ (same engine)
https://www.steamboat.org.uk/user.php?id=62003

and   https://steamboating.de/steamboat/steamboat-lagom.php

This is a new engine, tested with compressed air only.

£1,450 o.n.o.

Contact:Willem-Jan Renger

Email: 2lostris at zonnet dot nl


   For Sale


Twin Cylinder Launch Engine

29th March 2024

 3x3x3" hammer frame twin with Stephenson's link motion reversing gear. Runs well and a video of it in operation is available if required. Described by owner, David Lee, as 'a bit like a Stuart Double 10 on steroids' (!) the overall dimensions are: height 46cm, width 30cm, length l47cm, the total engine weight being 53 kg. Would suit a 20-25' launch.

Price: £1850 ono

David Lee: dave_lee at fastmail dot co dot uk


   For Sale

Twin Cylinder Simple Engine

24th July  2023


Newly built twin cylinder 2" bore 4" stroke simple engine. with flexible coupling and thrust bearing Fitted with forced lubrication and a wet sump. Also fitted with an engine driven water feed pump. Can be seen running on compressed air.

Price: £500 

For more information and pictures of the engine please contact 

Douglas Taylor on 01475 687395



   For Sale - FREE!

Steam Outboard - Newcomen's atmospheric principle twin cylinder beam engine

7th May 2023

This experimental twin-cylinder atmospheric engine was built for the SBA Steam Outboard Competition in 2014, described in Funnel No 162.

During the competition, it was supplied with low pressure steam from a launch boiler but a domestic steam wallpaper stripper might produce enough steam to create a vacuum and turn it over.

Due to a house move the engine now needs a new home.

It is offered FREE of charge to a SBA member who would like to experiment with it.


Contact Mike Robinson (Winslow, Buckinghamshire)

Email: m dot j dot robinson321 at gmail dot com

Tel: 01296 712454


   For Sale


1907-built Marine engine suitable for large launch or  steam narrowboat           

April 23 2021

                                                   


I have for sale, in excellent condition, an attractive Finnish-built compound condensing marine engine suitable for a large launch by Tehtaat Lehtoniemi & Taipale in 1907, their no 197. 

Thought to be a rare survivor, the pictures show a substantially-built engine to suit a 30-40’ launch - or maybe a narrow boat -  with a number of interesting features. It has a large (LP) crosshead driven air pump, a comprehensive ten-point drip lubrication system all fed from one cylindrical glass-ended reservoir and, to British eyes, an unusual inbuilt ratchet-driven mechanical lubricator at the hp end.

The engine is owned by a private museum of technology in Germany. Before that, it belonged to a German company for about 40 years but any earlier history is not known to me

Approximate dimensions (located on the euro pallet):
length 120 cm
height 80 cm
width 70 cm

weight about 400 kg

We are looking for around 15,000 Euros  (ca £13k) but this is of course negotiable and there is the possibility of transport from Germany to the UK

If you have any questions, please contact Adam Golly (in English or German)  Email 24.golly@gmail.com 


Wanted

Boiler Suitable for 16' Boat

Sept/20

I have recently purchased my first steam boat project and am looking for a boiler, suitable for coal firing and preferably a VFT (although others considered) to drive a Taylor single engine (2.5" x 2.5" cylinder) in a 16' boat.


Before I dive in and start building a boiler, I thought it just worth asking on here as you never know what people have tucked away!


Not entirely sure what I'm after as there is still some freedom in the boat to move things about, but if you've anything that sounds like it may be of use please get in touch to discuss!


Email: jameshuntley1994@yahoo.co.uk

For Sale

Four Cylinder Launch Engine
(Under construction)

Aug/20

Bob McMillan’s partially built engine designed by Trefor Milns is for sale. He and Trefor were both building them at the same time.


We have all the casting patterns, the drawings etc. Bob had intended this engine to power his 'next boat' which was supposed to be about 36' long.


The engine is a 4 cylinder triple expansion and has already had a substantial amount of work done to it. Rough dimensions are L 100cm, W 50cm, H 75cm.


All sensible offer will be considered.











Sue Stefanik <suestefanik1@gmail.com>

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