[TheForge] NJMT

[Bruce Freeman]

Okay, let me nip this in the bud.

The "no prior experience" quip was completely uncalled for, and a great disservice to NJMT.  I'll thank respondents to READ my emails, and not start rumors circulating based on what they THOUGHT they read.

NJMT DOES know what they're doing with respect to boilers.  They are state qualified and state inspected.  Unlike some of our midwestern states, NJ has VERY strict regulations regarding boilers.  Furthermore, NJ makes certification in these areas of knowledge quite easy * I could take a course (2 semesters, I think, maybe 4) in my local adult education program to get certified in the inspection and operation of low and high-pressure boilers.  (Yes, NJ requires certification for LOW pressure boilers, too.)

The question had nothing to do with boilers, per se, but with the exact procedure for setting hot rivets.  Period.  A simple procedural question.  It seems there's not much documentation on a subject, and they're interested in learning more.  I'm guessing that much of the documentation might have been in the form of literature from the manufacturers of rivets or rivet tools (some of which were quite elaborate).

A wise man does not assume he knows everything, but seeks out more knowledge even when he, perhaps, knows it already.  Only the fool refuses to admit he might have something to learn.

Bruce
NJ

>>> osan at netlabs.net 3/7/2005 6:03:55 PM >>>


Walter Mullett wrote:
> I don't think I would like to be around a boiler that someone made who had
> no prior experience. 

	Coudn't agree with you more.  What's odd is that I thought I understood 
that the shop at Pine Creek was FRA certified to do boiler work.  If 
that is so, why are they asking for riveting information?
I probably misunderstood.

The Grand Canyon RR runs two steam engines and is in the process of 
restoring a third.  THey just finished their large steamer and the 
boiler rebuild cost something like $2M and was done by a specialty shop.

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