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New Jensen 50 and Water tower to feed it
« on: March 03, 2019, 08:04:12 pm »
Now lets see if I can attach a couple of pictures of this recently tuned and modded Jensen 50 drop shipped from Jensen to me and a water tower built to accompany it.

The Jensen 50 basically just got a lot of Temple love...all surfaces refinished to a bit higher standard than Jensen gives them, addition of an older cast iron Jensen 15, addition of a functional exhaust stack with condensate drain out the back and a few more bits/tweeks to bring this Jensen 50 to the standard the new buyer was hoping for. 

The water tower was modeled after one I built for my Jensen 51 replica plant assembled years ago, just a little shorter and a slightly smaller tank.  It was fun to build and good therapy for me as well!!!

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Re: New Jensen 50 and Water tower to feed it
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2019, 08:11:22 pm »
Beautiful Work Rog 
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Re: New Jensen 50 and Water tower to feed it
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2019, 08:16:57 pm »
Thanks Nick...it's amazing how working on an engine and doing a bit of creative stuff can brighten my day.  I must do more of this!!!

Rog

ps...also nice to see familiar names I had kind of lost touch with over past couple of years.
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Re: New Jensen 50 and Water tower to feed it
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2019, 05:08:45 am »
That is a nice job on the water tower Rog.

Is the engine base colour now a different shade of blue on the new Jensens?
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Re: New Jensen 50 and Water tower to feed it
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2019, 05:17:28 am »
A mouthwatering engine for an Aussie!
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Re: New Jensen 50 and Water tower to feed it
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2019, 05:19:42 am »
Nice work on the water tower Rog.
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Re: New Jensen 50 and Water tower to feed it
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2019, 05:34:23 am »
A great engine Rog especially after you worked your magic on it - glad to see you're enjoying the hobby.
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Re: New Jensen 50 and Water tower to feed it
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2019, 06:55:44 am »
Quote from: Jim on March 04, 2019, 05:17:28 am
A mouthwatering engine for an Aussie!

Steven, the new Jensen 50 came painted a slightly different shade of Hammertone blue...but since I needed to match up an old, rusty based Jensen 15 generator, I decided to paint BOTH a shade of blue I had on hand.  It is actually an automotive paint and I prefer it to the new color.  Sooooo, since I was modding the thing anyway, slightly different paint color not a problem!  If you look at the Jensen 50 picture of Carl's unit, you can see the original paint color they now come with.

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Re: New Jensen 50 and Water tower to feed it
« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2019, 07:15:49 am »
Delightful to see you playing around with a Jensen after these many years Roger, great to see you getting steam up again!
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Re: New Jensen 50 and Water tower to feed it
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2019, 10:04:59 am »
Fantastic job you did on that #50...

So cool to see you "back in steam" Rog, you have been greatly missed my friend !

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Re: New Jensen 50 and Water tower to feed it
« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2019, 08:19:30 pm »
As many have stated before me Rog, its good to see you back in your natural habitat working on the "big boys" Jensen steam engines again & letting us in on some of your handiwork , of which I know this #50 plant got lots of TOS lov'in from you. looking forward to many "nuclear" resto's & custom touch's. please carry on my friend  :)
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Re: New Jensen 50 and Water tower to feed it
« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2019, 08:57:32 pm »
Nice work rog,,good to see you here...
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Re: New Jensen 50 and Water tower to feed it
« Reply #12 on: March 09, 2019, 04:38:27 pm »
Those enhancements you did to the pictured 50, Rog;  does all the difference !

I have followed your webpage and participation on the forum since years back; and are happy to see you active again :-)

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« Reply #13 on: March 09, 2019, 04:39:42 pm »
Wow!!! Awsome Rog!
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Re: New Jensen 50 and Water tower to feed it
« Reply #14 on: March 11, 2019, 11:31:07 am »
Quote from: IndianaRog on March 03, 2019, 08:04:12 pm

The water tower was modeled after one I built for my Jensen 51 replica plant assembled years ago, just a little shorter and a slightly smaller tank.  It was fun to build and good therapy for me as well!!!

Rog

Rog how tall is the tower and the size of tank? What type of valve is a gate valve?
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