[TheForge] NJMT

[Andrew Vida]

Really... I just spent six hours in my truck in traffic trying to get 
home and I'm not that wound up. :)

	-Andy



Dan Tull wrote:
> Bruce,
> 
> Chill !
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Freeman" <FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com>
> To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 8:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] NJMT
> 
> 
> 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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