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Hello steamers,

I have just come back from a bike ride with my grandson. Despite the sunny weather, it is a bit frosty outside. I don't want to continue working on my long-term construction site Doll 368/2 today. I'm slowly getting warm again. So I decided to put a few more pictures in the forum.

Doll 321/3 - Vertical Machine

When I got the machine, it wasn't in such bad shape. The chimney and the burner were missing. The burner can was rusty. I still had the burner in my pool. I bought the chimney from a dealer for antique steam engine accessories I know. Thorough cleaning and polishing was necessary.

The cylinder's stuffing box was torn out. No problem. After thoroughly cleaning all parts, I reattached the stuffing box to the cylinder with Loctite. I re-soldered the steam line. I removed the water level sight glass and its paneling. I cleaned the threaded sockets and the area around the holes for the glass tube meticulously. When inserting the glass tube, I used thin slices of silicone tubing and liquid silicone as a seal. The screw connection for the cladding of the water level sight glass was also sealed with liquid silicone. I repainted the burner sleeve with heat-resistant brake caliper paint. Finished.

The machine is running!

Have fun looking at the pictures.

First pictures of the condition of the machine when I received it.

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Now the pictures of the restored machine.


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Cheers

Jürgen
(he hopes that he has not bored anyone to death with his contribution.)