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| davidcurtis021 |
perseus first run on steamwhile i was in the garage i thought i'd pipe up the perseus and give her a run. Bit dissapointed with the pipe bending as i couldnt avoid kinking. i'm hoping to try out some liquid metal net session to see if i can overcome that. here is a short video
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| belugawhaleman |
Did you try annealing the tube before bending? | ||||
| davidcurtis021 |
yes i aanealed and used a pipe bender so maybe liquid metal will be the answer, otherwise it's wider radius bends |
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| MooseMan |
What sort of pipe bender do you use David? I've got one of these, never let me down.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2805991...:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 |
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| belugawhaleman |
I usually don't use a bender. I do it carefully by hand or over a rod . But I think i'm used to smaller tubing. I use 1/8" or 5/32" copper tube. BWM |
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| davidcurtis021 |
i've been using these the smaller sized ones have always worked great this is the first time i have used the 5/32" one http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LIVE-ST...hash=item4d01e76971#ht_500wt_1413 |
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| Swift Fox |
Good to see it running David, i'm glad you are enjoying your Cotswold engine & boiler setup, hope you manage to sort the pipework out ok. | ||||
| xlchainsaw |
very nice david.....its always a pleasure to see such a fine engine running on steam 
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| IndianaRog |
David, I have a Perseus just like yours sans the boiler setup.
I have only run mine on air so was looking forward to seeing yours on steam. Was it a video oddity or did that need some oil, sounded squeaky to me 
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| MODmanMax |
I have one of these benders too but it does not like tight radius bends. I just bought a Dubro bender from a hobby shop and it does a much better job, on the test piece I can get a 180 degree bend in 10mm! I have seen one foe larger diameter tubing which I will buy next time I am in there. http://shop.dubro.com/products/pr...t_number=785/101.0.1.1.0.0.0.0.0? |
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| davidcurtis021 |
No it was'nt a video oddity for aminute or so there was a squeeking despite having used copious amounts of lubricant. the video was made on it's very first few seconds on steam and it had previously only had about a minute on air. the squeeking did stop after about a minute so i put it down to the engine being a bit tight. ceasing after expanding with the heat |
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| Sandman |
What a cracker David.
Thanks for posting. |
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| Celsius 100 |
Good to see it in action. | ||||
| benchmark |
Lovely setup as usual David . | ||||
| Les |
I enjoyed that a lot, glad to know the squeak has stopped.
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| Centrifugal Governor |
Great to see your Perseus running on live steam off the Cotswold boiler.
If you don't have any luck with the pipe tool Dave, the bending springs are a good alternative. I think mine came from steam4fun. 
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