Steam Car Blog

The Baker boiler.
 Today I finished the pressure vessel. I still need to design a firebox or base to mount it on.
 I finished it without the cleanout system as I went by the drawing I had.
 
A friend sent me the drawing back in 2013. I was unable to find more details on it but finely decided to go ahead as I needed a project to keep busy.
 
There is one measurement on the drawing of twenty-two inches. Using that as a scale the pipe sizes are estimated to be
 
The main drum 4 inch pipe size about 4-1/2”
The out side riser 1-3/4 inches
The bottom two coils 2 inches about 20 feet
The six coils above that 1-1/4  about 200 feet total
The 12 superheated coils one inch of 170 feet
The 6 economizer coils one inch of 85 feet.
The bottom diagonal pipe two inches about 20 inches long
This is just a rough estimate. It would be nice to know if the casing is off a boiler. What the actual pipe sizes are.
 
Attached are a few of the final photos of the pressure vessel and the drawing I went by.
 
Rolly

​I started work on building a model of the Baker boiler. I have had some plans for several years, but was reluctant to start as some photos I had were different then the drawings. I am not sure if they were all built the same. The Patent drawings show a cleanout system to blow the tubes inside the drum and the only construction drawing shows no system on the top of the drum, just a welded top plate. I know there are about three Stanley’s running and using a Baker boiler but I have seen none without the casing on.
 
Have you seen one striped down? Or do you have any photos of one striped down with no casing. 
Rolly Evans

Check out this video of Bill Lloyd talking through and firing up his 1924 Doble E11 Steam Car.

​Thought I might share some updated pics with the group of my R  at Don Bourdon’s. All my best, Jordan