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I went through the same thought process you described - I was looking for that Jensen 55 boiler for $196. I placed an order direct with Jensen, and got a call from them a day or two later. They told me that they were running way behind and had no boilers available, that everything they had were going into complete plants. That was a couple of months ago, so maybe they have caught up, but I doubt it. They said a backorder could take 3-6 moths to fill.

So I started calling around.  I found a stripped boiler from Ministeam (his last one) and ordered the rest of the parts needed to assemble the boiler from Jensen. The boiler has worked well for my modest needs (a PMR #3 and #7 engine) and will hold me over until the larger MSM boiler finally gets built and shipped from down under.