The Unofficial Mamod and Other Steam Forum

pauly · Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 5:13 pm Post subject: steam accidents

last night I was runnng torak and she was going to fast and I was running behind her with my face above the coaches so I didnt get the safety valve in me face (its happened before

) and as she was approaching a curve to quickly I tried to slow her with the regulator but just as she rounded the corner (now picture this in slow motion) 1 of the coaches went onto 2 wheels and caught something which caused the engine to jerk off the track but because the engines stopped going forward I kept going and stopped just above the safety valve now just as that happened the engine lands off the track causing the water in the boiler to slosh about causing the safety valve to prime right in my face OUCH well more of a shock than an injury but it scared the hell out of me and I was wondering if any steam related accidents have happened with anybody else on here.

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madeinenglang · Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 5:16 pm Post subject:

At least you was not hurt

pauly · Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 5:17 pm Post subject:

no just my pride

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Dampfzauberer · Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 5:18 pm Post subject:

When i was net to steam i restored once a carette engine.
I did not have glas for the water gauge, so i took a thic plastic tube...you can almost guess the rest

The fire came a little bit out of the firebox and melted the plastic tube! A big shot of water went all over my desk, luckily did not injure myself + the waterjet blew out the fire, so noting else happened

But sure was a shock, and from that on i never tried to rebuild something with plastic on a steam engine!
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johnreid · Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 5:33 pm Post subject:

I had a brand new Wilesco D10 and the piston shot across the room on the first firing. No real harm, but sure scared the daylights out of me, sounded like a gun going off.
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Nick · Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 5:37 pm Post subject:

I tripped while carrying a lit burner the other night.

The meths flowed from the burner onto my hand. To avoid dropping the burner, I carried it over to a safe place with a flame burning on my finger. It hurt a little, but it could have been worse.

Dampfzauberer · Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 5:44 pm Post subject:

Stupid me, i once shook a tiny bing burner wich was still lit a bit.
Please do not attemp to do this at home

there was a bang and the wick got shot out like a bullet, went across my room and landed...alight and behind my shelf

That was one of my non-inteligent moment....
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DLR · Full member Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 594 Location: Blyth

while filling bertie's gas tank one day the spare gas ignited and singed my eyebrows and hair and burnt the tip of my nose.

tmuir · Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 1:49 am Post subject:

The worst I've done is touch a hot part on th engine and quickly pulled my hand back before I got burnt...but in repairing engines I've twice tried to pick up a part I have just soldered before it had cooled and both of those times it did leave a mark.
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mogogear · Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 2:02 am Post subject:

Oh boy- You are the ones I hoped were sharper than the rest

That means I have some really stupid stories in my future!
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TRAPPERKEEPER · Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 2:20 am Post subject:

Well, once when running my D21 a fire got started on the cloth rag underneath the engine, I got lucky I saw it quickly or it could have melted the base and really done damage. Picked the engine right up and blew it out

Second time I ever ran my SR1a the flywheel flew off and rolled down the drive way, no danger there, but scary as the engine takes off at insane speed without it. THe same thing happened on my Mamod steam car but the flywheel was still on, just not screwed on all the way

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TRAPPERKEEPER · Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 2:45 am Post subject:

Thanks! My uncle who also likes steam gave an SA1 for a graduation present. He didn't know I had just gotten one from eBay. So now I have 2

Probably sell the ebay one, although it is soooo nice its hard

steamyman · Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 3:22 am Post subject:

not steam, but a model hot air engine I was running on meths-

the whole meths burner caught so i quickly grabbed it (still alight- then lid fell onto my bare right foot (I have the burn mark still there- this happened early 2002 I think.

James · Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 2:38 pm Post subject:

Every time I fire the Girth Fleischmann I end up setting me hand on fire with the meths. Ask David (SD) cos he was there last time I steamed it up, meths went all over the engine, all over the table, and all over me hand

Burnt me hand to buggery!

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