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edhume3: Boiler drawing Page 1
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edhume3: Boiler drawing Page 2
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edhume3: Wood blanks for boiler formers
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edhume3: CNC Profiled boiler head formers
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edhume3: Copper blanks for the boiler
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edhume3: Bronze and copper boiler kit
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edhume3: Using an inset vise for angled milling
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edhume3: Vise setup for forming a firebox end
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edhume3: Formed copper boiler parts
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edhume3: Drilling smoke tube holes in the front tubesheet
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edhume3: Brass Washers and screws hold the tubesheet for truing
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edhume3: Centering the tubesheet in a 4 jaw chuck
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edhume3: Truing the tubesheet on the lathe
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edhume3: Drilling the firebox head for the smoketubes
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edhume3: Drilling the firebox door opening
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edhume3: Boring the door opening on the backhead
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edhume3: Setup for boring the front head opening
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edhume3: Boring the front head tube opening
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edhume3: Truing the circular portions of the heads
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edhume3: Closeup of the trued boiler head
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edhume3: Fitting a rib to the backhead
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edhume3: Silver brazing the backhead rib
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edhume3: Solder layout for the sight glass bushing and door parts on the backhead
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edhume3: Solder layout for the top blower bushing on the backhead
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edhume3: Swaging the smoketubes to the firebox end
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edhume3: Silver soldering the smoketubes
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edhume3: Drilling rivet holes in the tube end
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edhume3: Finished rivet holes in the tube end and mating ring
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edhume3: Solder setup for the mating ring
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edhume3: Mating ring and tube are soldered while vertical