Where do you buy steam boat stuff

Where do you buy steam boat stuff?

Many of the things that are required to build a steam boat are not available at the hardware shop or the discount boat store.

Finding things often means spending hours calling firms listed in the Yellow Pages only to be told that "we only have that in 6m lengths' or "we only sell by the sheet" (1.2m x 2m) or "we haven't stocked them for thirty years" or "the cutting fee is $50.00" or "we only sell by the box "(100)

This page is designed to assist people building or re-fitting steam boats by listing known sources of things uncommon in steam boat sizes in the real world.

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This page was initiated on 27 November 2004

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Date	Item purchased and what is it for?	Supplier	Approx. Cost	Recommended by
Nov 2004	25mm Kaowool blanket for lagging engine and boiler	Field Furnace Refractories Pty Ltd 8 Arnott Place WETHERILL PARK NSW 2164 (02) 9729 1799 http://www.fieldfurnace.com.au/	$16.00 per 600 x 1000mm piece	Peter Cowie
Nov 2004	Safety Valve for boiler. Set at 200lbs, 1/2" inlet 1" outlet. They also stock gauge glasses, valves and other interesting stuff	Austral Engineering (02) 9874 0211 Ermington, Sydney and other state branches http://www.spec-net.com.au/company/austeng.htm	$230.00	Peter Cowie
Nov 2004	1.6mm x 150mm seamless stainless steel tube 1.2m long for the boiler flue (inner funnel)	Midway Metals Sydney 9757 1400 Branches in other states	$110.00 incl. delivery	Peter Cowie
Jan 2005	Spares for "British Seagull" outboard motors	Not strictly steamboat but some of us do carry one as a back up... Apparently the following are the sole Australian agents: - Minards Diesel 15 Sara St Toronto NSW 2283 Ph 024950 4565		John Shoebridge
Jan 2005	24ft.fantail hull	Debco Boats, 11 Torrens St.Port Lincoln S.A. 08 868 26 981		Jim Hammond
	Stainless Steel fabrication ( Hot well, make-up tank etc.)	Klitland Fabrications, Manly Vale 9948 9411		Jim Hammond
	Timber - teak mahogany etc.	Anagote Timbers 144 Renwick St.Marrickville 9558 8444		Jim Hammond
	Water Gauges etc.	Klinger P.O.Box 7363 Baulkham Hills 2153 8824 3930		Jim Hammond
	Bronze fittings etc,	Briggs Marine (Adcast Consolidated P/L) 23 Stafford St. Huntingdale Vic.3166 03 9544 1229		Jim Hammond
	Boiler Water Treatment	Tandex Chemicals C9, 101 Rookwood Rd Yagoona NSW 2199 ph: (02) 9793 7218 Tanblend Boiler Treatment, Polyfloc defloculent www.tandex.com.au		Jim Hammond
	Brass "D" section (Rubbing strip etc.)	Marine and Engineering Industries P/L 1-3 Endeavour Rd. Caringbah		Jim Hammond
	Adhesive tape (Boot top)	Spandex - Asia Pacific P/L P.O.Box 575 Hornsby N.S.W. 1630		Jim Hammond
	Engineers Supplies (brass fittings, tools etc.)	Mitchell's Engineers Supplies P/L 4/1 Leighton Place Hornsby 9482 1811		Jim Hammond
	Non Ferrous Castings	Godfrey Castings P/L Unit 7 32-38 Anne St Marys 9623 9267		Jim Hammond NB: they cast the skeg, rudder and staunchion bases fro the "Witch of Endor"
August 2005	Bearings, seals etc.	North Shore Bearing Co. 12 Leonard Street Hornsby 9482 3977		Jim Hammond
February 2006	For those steamies over here in the west (W.A) I have found a manufacturer of aluminium and bronze fittings for boats	Ausco Products 273 Camboon Rd MALAGA W.A 6090 telephone: (08)9248 5077 fax: (08)9248 2737 auscoproducts@bigpond.com		Mike Williams (Non Member from WA)
August 2010	Small Injectors	Scale Model EXchange		Terry Lance

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