You gonna test fire it before taking it up to the IPP&W to see if it works?
Ken Brunt said:
You gonna test fire it before taking it up to the IPP&W to see if it works?
I think I’d be afear’d to. Fr. Fred is the brave one. Let him take the chances. 
I can have plastic pipe available with various fittings…probably a water supply from a pump…with either a 1/4" or 1/2" supply hose…maybe even a rather large storage tank, that I just have to put ends on…made from some 12" sewer pipe…I have pieces of smaller stuff too.
I’m hoping to have a 9 volt power supply in place too…
Fr.Fred
I’ll test it!
Wear a trench coat, David…and a “Gasp Mask”…!!
Hasn’t Fred already earned the title of Plumbing Quality Engineer down at Ken’s?
Great!!
I’ve added some detail to the roof. I’ll be connecting it to the glonkerlator eventually, I think.
(http://www.jbrr.com/Pics/Structures/SludgeWorks/IMG_1451.JPG)
Meanwhile, I glued the building to the base - put some weights on it to hold it in place while it dries.
I also bought some 1/2" copper pipe and some elbows. It was difficult finding out the right way to connect the glonkerlator correctly while also allowing Fred to hook this up to a pump.
I decided to route the copper pipe through some of my tanks.
(http://www.jbrr.com/Pics/Structures/SludgeWorks/IMG_1455.JPG)
You can see where some of the stuff will go, as I had taped over those spots when I painted the base.
The INTAKE will be on the left side, pass through a couple of tanks, and then EMPTY near the building.
Fred, the pipe is all 1/2" copper. I tried to use 1/2" PVC, but that wouldn’t fit into the elbows; so, copper it is. Hope you can hook up to it!
Good progress Bruce; quite a fascinating project. Will you be "lagging " the copper pipe? That would kind of equalize the look of the run of piping and elbows. I am told that Fred gets a lot of cold weather up there in the frozen North. I am beginning to wonder how he has coped all these years without this apparatus at his home.
Looking great Bruce. I can just imagine Fred out there each Saturday morning polishing the copper piping!
Good use of your vise and 1-2-3 block
Piping looking good
Alan Lott said:
Good progress Bruce; quite a fascinating project. Will you be "lagging " the copper pipe? That would kind of equalize the look of the run of piping and elbows. I am told that Fred gets a lot of cold weather up there in the frozen North. I am beginning to wonder how he has coped all these years without this apparatus at his home.
Lagging the pipe?
I have no idea what that even means, so probably not. 
I thought I had mastered the basic rules of plumbing: Hot is on the left, cold is on the right; crap flows down hill; and righty-tighty, lefty-loosey. Is there more?
Bruce Chandler said:
Alan Lott said:
Good progress Bruce; quite a fascinating project. Will you be "lagging " the copper pipe? That would kind of equalize the look of the run of piping and elbows. I am told that Fred gets a lot of cold weather up there in the frozen North. I am beginning to wonder how he has coped all these years without this apparatus at his home.
Lagging the pipe?
I have no idea what that even means, so probably not.
I thought I had mastered the basic rules of plumbing: Hot is on the left, cold is on the right; crap flows down hill; and righty-tighty, lefty-loosey. Is there more?
Insulation…ya know, like around the boiler on a steam loco…
Gadzookus,office people…
Payday is on Friday…
I think what he means is: Lagging like what they do to a steam locomotive boiler. Adding a metal shell around the insulation. In this case I think he means encase the elbows in copper sheeting to look like the copper pipe.
As a plumbing aspect. If Fred is going to be running water through your pipes, does the copper seal onto the plastic fittings well enough, or are you going to have leaks?
Hi Bruce, sorry to seem critical, but over here an covering was wrapped around industrial piping to protect it, to keep heat in or avoid freezing up. Known as lagging here. It used to be asbestos that was used until they realized guys died from inhaling the dust particles. I am not sure what is used now.
OK, I get it. But Fred doesn’t.
No lagging. I think they are done operating well before the pond freezes over; I don’t expect him to use the Sludgeworks if they’re not running trains!
I’m not sure how well the copper seals into the fittings; probably not well. I am planning to use some E-6000 to help seal the joints. It won’t be under pressure, so shouldn’t be a real problem - except knowing my work, it probably will leak.
That’s always been the problem when using a Glonkerlator in a Sludge Works.
Our best engineers continue to drink beer when they should be solving problems.
Thanks Bruce for your understanding reply. I am sure of you pay the guys a bonus they might be encouraged to solve any issues.
I paid them a bonus, but they just bought more beer.
Actually I think a few leaks would just add some ambiance !
…Egads…it actually looks like there is hope…it just might work…we should be able to produce, er…pretend to dispose of hazardous waste, with great fanfare…we might even win some sort of “Mobile Prize” for the best representation of waste dissipation, within the smallest area of space…it might even start the need for more tank cars to haul the extra waste produced to another plant at the other end of the railroad…there’s lots of money to be made transporting waste…money wisely spent on bheer for the masses…happiness is a full bladder, and a waste factory to dump it in…er…“Leak” it into…!!!
There is fun ahead, for sure…GREAT Progress, Bruce…you sure have your thinking hat on…
Alan…We gave up on Winter operations long ago…learning that there is more fun keeping one’s hands warm in the sandhouse, sucking on a good bheer, rather than out in the snow and ice, where more damage is done trying to throw switches, frozen with ice. Running a train around in circles gets boring, and during the Winter up here it gets rather cold…not fun…
The plumbing will be drained before the Winter freeze-up…