On the occasion of my marriage, I moved to a newly constructed homestead and it was time to design and construct my Mark II donkey boiler:
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Saturday, 16 November 2013
My First One Drum Boiler
When the latest version of our classic design of Rhodesian boiler stopped working, during my teens, I got to thinking about making improvements on this classic design. Time was limited (I wanted a hot bath), and there were neither text books nor the web to assist me in those days.
Variations and Efficiency of the Rhodesian Boiler
Those of you from colder climes will be wondering how these open air, wood burning monsters survived for so long. The design of the Rhodesian boiler must, however, be evaluated in the context in which they evolved, and from the origins of its most primitive ancestor:
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