Excellent restorations
Thank you for your show and tell
Cheers
Dennis
Hi Jürgen, first a GREAT BIG WELCOME ABOARD....!!!
from Connecticut, USA
Your restoration work is terrific. I love the look of the red bases with red and black stripes and accents. There is a lot of warmth in it.
Thanks for posting your mechanical marvels here!
Gil
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.)
I like the paint on that ones base too. Don’t know that I’ve seen them with that white/cream on the top before.
It is a cream-colored white and gives the machine a special touch. That was also the reason why I noticed the machine straight away.
I have a very similar Doll, but on a tin base. Found it at a local antique show marked $20. Couldn’t hand the guy a $20 bill any faster as the safety valve and whistle are worth more than that. Walked away and took a closer look at it, only to find that a previous owner drilled a hole in the bottom of the boiler
Oh well, easy fix and not really noticeable...
I often feel the same way: I am looking for a specific spare part and suddenly I see that an incomplete machine is being offered that contains the spare part I am looking for. But also other parts that you will need at some point. The complete machine is then cheaper to buy than the individual parts. Do you have pictures of your doll? I would be interested in seeing this.
Hi Jürgen, first a GREAT BIG WELCOME ABOARD....!!!
from Connecticut, USA
Your restoration work is terrific. I love the look of the red bases with red and black stripes and accents. There is a lot of warmth in it.
Thanks for posting your mechanical marvels here!
Gil
Thank you, it's an honor to be a member of your forum.
Love the way you managed to clean that boiler up, the bluing looks amazing on it.
Another fine job there Jürgen, well done!
