New bits from Roy Wood- hole/disc drivers and boilers

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New bits from Roy Wood- hole/disc drivers and boilers

Post by Spule 4 » Wed Jan 09, 2013 3:02 am

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There was some off-board discussion of hole type drivers coming back from Roy Wood, ala the old IP ones. And today, Chris C posted the photo from Roy's site.

Also, Janet/Super Mamod boilers are coming back, and with all fittings at GBP 120, a roaring bargain!

http://www.roywoodmodels.co.uk/mamods
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Post by Chris Cairns » Wed Jan 09, 2013 2:16 pm

a roaring bargain!
Which has been price matched to the Dream Steam offering also at £120.

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Post by Spule 4 » Wed Jan 09, 2013 11:45 pm

...and when I showed my IP boiler to a local boiler maker here in Nashville (Harry Wade) when I bought it during the terrible $2.20-GBP1 rate days of 2008, he was impressed.

When I told him it was around $200 in total cost, he told me he couldn't come close to that price if he were to make one!
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Post by dougrail » Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:34 am

Must say I'm disappointed. When I bought my PPS superboiler in Dec 2010 with all fittings, inc p-gauge, p-gauge syphon, and inline luber and steampipe, it cost me £151.

Still, I made a killing via my gas burner and elsewhere.
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Post by Spule 4 » Sat Jan 12, 2013 5:14 am

dougrail:79151 wrote:Must say I'm disappointed. When I bought my PPS superboiler in Dec 2010 with all fittings, inc p-gauge, p-gauge syphon, and inline luber and steampipe, it cost me £151.

Still, I made a killing via my gas burner and elsewhere.
I think this is just the boiler with regulator, injector, and fittings. The pressure gauge and lubricator would be extras....
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Post by Chris Cairns » Sat Jan 12, 2013 3:37 pm

dougrail wrote:Must say I'm disappointed. When I bought my PPS superboiler in Dec 2010 with all fittings, inc p-gauge, p-gauge syphon, and inline luber and steampipe, it cost me £151.
£120 - RWM Boiler, includes top up valve & higher pressure safety valve.
£30 - 1/2" pressure gauge.
£10 - pressure gauge syphon & banjo bolt (not listed on his website but was what I was charged for mine).
£15 - Janet displacement lubricator with no drain.

£175 - Total Cost - not mentioned on his website is whether you get a steam pipe for the boiler to reverser valve connection (one would assume so).

So that is a 16% price rise in just over 2 years.

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Post by dougrail » Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:57 pm

...I stand corrected!!! Mine was about 152-something when I got it.

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