Re: Baker Burner
Posted by:
Ben (IP Logged)
Date: March 21, 2007 01:16PM
Hi Gary,,,It sounds like it COULD be a 23" Ottaway burner,,,There have been plans for both 18"and 23" published in the past,,,The Herb Ottaway burner[14"] was originally made to get more steam out of the early Locomobile ,,BUT they had the disadvantage of hooting howling ,schreeching,,you get the idea,,,one of the things that is dear to my heart is the silence of a Stanley, compared to other period cars,,The black racer makes good steam and only on rare occasions will make any noise other than a hissss,,It lites so quietly, that I can't tell that it has lit,,,have to smell test it !!!,There are some people who like the noise,,I for 1 do not,,,therefore I would reccomend selling it to a likely victem and puting the money in a burner of choice,,Nergaard"s old 735 gets along quite well, climed Mt Washington OK,,and it still has the original style burner, last time I looked,,He takes good care that all is clean, and has both feedwater heater and economiser fitted,,Starts carefully,not to crowd the burner on startup , and thus not soot the economizer which has small fins,,,George Munroe [Fred's mechanic in Story of a Stanley Steamer] is said to have taken great pride in wiping inside the top boiler flap with a clean white hankerchief and not soiling it,,car 1913 607 touring I think,,I think I would vote for the "Baker style" provided you are not going to show the car, AACA judging etc,,We had a tune up project here 6 mos or so back,,Pat will post a key to it I hope,,We coverd a lot of VERRY useful ground ,,Best of luck,,,Ben