Lubricating Under Carpet/Slider Plate on Pocono?

 
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Post by Ed.A » Fri. Nov. 14, 2014 5:33 pm

The Coal dust will actually replicate the graphite lubricity...not to the same extent but you're basically accomplishing nothing...like pushing rope. :D


 
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Post by heatwithcoal » Fri. Nov. 14, 2014 5:57 pm

Well coming from a design engineer, there is no such thing as a 'former machinist'. You guys have saved my @ss many times.

 
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Post by 404 » Fri. Nov. 14, 2014 6:41 pm

Since there have been no disaster stories about lube so far, I will try some tests.

Thanks everyone for your help.

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Post by Flyer5 » Fri. Nov. 14, 2014 7:50 pm

You can try smoothing the edges of the carpet. They are CNC punched so they may have a bur somewhere. I have not heard my carpet moving on mine.

 
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Post by Uglysquirrel » Fri. Nov. 14, 2014 9:27 pm

404 wrote:Since there have been no disaster stories about lube so far, I will try some tests.

Thanks everyone for your help.

Regards,
404
An accurate test but not the only test could be a carpet push and pull test measured from the rear of the stoker with an digital spring scale. It would replicate the force that the rotating arm is subjected to using no lubricant or the lube of your choice. The tests could be conducted like a long term wear rig graphing the force as a function of stoker run time though you would need to consider normalizing the feed rate for all testing as a control. Also keep the coal the same level in the bin since to some degree the weight of the coal upon the carpet may affect the wear rate.

Man o' man, foe an old man like me, all this lube discussion is pretty exciting in my otherwise droll existence .... :lol: :lol: :lol: .

 
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Post by 404 » Fri. Nov. 14, 2014 9:35 pm

Flyer5 thank you. I broke some sharp edges with a file. Keep in mind I am not complaining about the stove, my goal is little improvements that are not cost effective for the factory but that might make my stove last forever.

Uglysquirrel, my what big teeth you have..white, and sharp too. I agree with your test method. I am going to try a shortcut first my stoker motor load meter in my other post. I appreciate your kind offer to share your precious bodily fluids. I will send you a vial in a SASE that you may fill at your leisure. :lol:

Regards,
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Post by Lu47Dan » Sat. Nov. 15, 2014 12:18 pm

heatwithcoal wrote:Well coming from a design engineer, there is no such thing as a 'former machinist'. You guys have saved my @ss many times.
:doh: :woot:
I stated "former machinist" as I am now a Steamfitter and a "hobby" machinist. :)
Dan.


 
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Post by 404 » Sat. Nov. 15, 2014 1:19 pm

Lu47Dan wrote:
heatwithcoal wrote:Well coming from a design engineer, there is no such thing as a 'former machinist'. You guys have saved my @ss many times.
:doh: :woot:
I stated "former machinist" as I am now a Steamfitter and a "hobby" machinist. :)
Dan.
A steamfitter as a job? That is interesting. Is that boiler plant piping nowdays?

Regards
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Post by Uglysquirrel » Sat. Nov. 15, 2014 1:43 pm

404 wrote: I appreciate your kind offer to share your precious bodily fluids. I will send you a vial in a SASE that you may fill at your leisure. :lol:

Regards,
404
404, I'm so old it took me 5-6 hours of pondering in the sunshine along with a cup of joe to understand what you were implying and I guess I wasn't really thinking to lube your Poke with my Squirrel Juice.

I have met my decrepit match. Congratulations. :D

 
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Post by 404 » Sat. Nov. 15, 2014 2:28 pm

Uglysquirrel wrote:
404 wrote: I appreciate your kind offer to share your precious bodily fluids. I will send you a vial in a SASE that you may fill at your leisure. :lol:

Regards,
404
404, I'm so old it took me 5-6 hours of pondering in the sunshine along with a cup of joe to understand what you were implying and I guess I wasn't really thinking to lube your Poke with my Squirrel Juice.

I have met my decrepit match. Congratulations. :D
I am honored, Sir. :)

 
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Post by Lu47Dan » Sun. Nov. 16, 2014 11:56 am

404 wrote:
Lu47Dan wrote: I stated "former machinist" as I am now a Steamfitter and a "hobby" machinist. :)
Dan.
A steamfitter as a job? That is interesting. Is that boiler plant piping nowdays?

Regards
404
404, Steamfitter is the accepted name for my trade, I do pipe fitting in commercial buildings chemical plants, refineries, powerhouses (coal, NG and nuclear) and government buildings. Not a lot of work around right now.
Dan.

 
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Post by 404 » Sun. Nov. 16, 2014 5:40 pm

404, Steamfitter is the accepted name for my trade, I do pipe fitting in commercial buildings chemical plants, refineries, powerhouses (coal, NG and nuclear) and government buildings. Not a lot of work around right now.
Dan.
Hi Dan,
How does the Steamfitter job differ from that of a plumber? Sorry if this is an ignorant question.

Regards,
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Post by Lu47Dan » Mon. Nov. 17, 2014 12:35 pm

404 wrote:
404, Steamfitter is the accepted name for my trade, I do pipe fitting in commercial buildings chemical plants, refineries, powerhouses (coal, NG and nuclear) and government buildings. Not a lot of work around right now.
Dan.
Hi Dan,
How does the Steamfitter job differ from that of a plumber? Sorry if this is an ignorant question.

Regards,
404
The old saying is plumber hang pipe with a pitch and fitters hang pipe level, also you can tell a fitter from a plumber by looking at his hands, plumbers do not bite their fingernails. :o
But in a technical sense, plumbers do drain (human)waste and vent piping, Domestic hot and cold water plumbing and natural gas piping.
Fitters work on process piping, ie steam lines, domestic heating lines, piping carrying chemicals, generally any piping that does not include DWV and drinking water. Also plumbers follow a code to install the piping where fitters work to a drawing done by an engineer to install the piping.
Drain piping also takes priority over all other piping in a faculty, the drain piping has to be installed at a certain pitch so the material does not build up in the piping.
Dan,

 
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Post by 404 » Tue. Nov. 18, 2014 1:40 pm

Thank you Dan, that makes perfect sense. :)

 
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Post by 404 » Tue. Nov. 18, 2014 1:41 pm

plumbers do not bite their fingernails.

Just figured out what you meant.. :lol:


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