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Anton Bohaboy Engine
« on: June 14, 2021, 05:29:01 pm »
I now have my Anton Bohaboy engine apart for cleaning and adding oil cups. Can’t decide whether to paint it or not.
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Re: Anton Bohaboy Engine
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2021, 06:32:06 pm »
What am I missing here?  The cylinder has a hole in each end for (I presume) a cylinder drain cock. but the cladding has no corresponding hole. Are there other parts that are not shown?

I vote for repaint and polish.
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Re: Anton Bohaboy Engine
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2021, 06:43:20 pm »
Jim, you are not missing a thing. I put the holes in the cylinder for drain cocks and will solder an adapter in each hole that has the treaded hole for the cocks. I have not put the holes in the stainless lagging yet.
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Re: Anton Bohaboy Engine
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2021, 08:06:25 pm »
Nice little Bohaboy!

I have one unpainted.
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« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2021, 09:08:54 pm »
It is nice smooth cast brass, which I am fretting about painting it. Could I polish it instead? I intend to run it on steam, so have to look at what is most practical.
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Re: Anton Bohaboy Engine
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2021, 04:58:18 am »
Hi, at the beginning of collecting steam I always repolished and varnished - but today
I rely on patina. I would just clean, oil and reassemble the engine - without adding any
Paint or polish! Also the value is higher on an untouched model. Otherwise if you
like "kitsch" it's ok to polish - so your decision :D
Have a nice day, Arnold
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Re: Anton Bohaboy Engine
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2021, 07:11:37 am »
I like that patina. It tells a story.
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Re: Anton Bohaboy Engine
« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2021, 08:38:17 am »
Gil, is there paint on the spokes of the cast iron flywheel? Is yours put together with slotted, fillister head screws? I also have a little red paint in the recessed portion of the crank throw. Thank you.
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Re: Anton Bohaboy Engine
« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2021, 09:34:33 am »
I added the ports for the cylinder cocks th the steam cylinder.
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Re: Anton Bohaboy Engine
« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2021, 01:56:12 pm »
Quote from: Brad on June 20, 2021, 09:34:33 am
I added the ports for the cylinder cocks th the steam cylinder.

That looks good.  Did you silver solder or soft solder.
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Re: Anton Bohaboy Engine
« Reply #10 on: June 20, 2021, 02:23:22 pm »
Soft solder. No need to silver solder and put that much heat into the cylinder.
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Re: Anton Bohaboy Engine
« Reply #11 on: June 21, 2021, 09:16:11 am »
It would look great with the castings painted and with a few brass parts left unpainted and cleaned.
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Re: Anton Bohaboy Engine
« Reply #12 on: June 21, 2021, 11:22:56 am »
Right now, I plan to paint the large parts and since there is a patina on the brass and cast iron, I might just leave the patina on them. I guess that Anton made flywheels out of both brass and cast iron. Mine is cast iron. I also see that he started the business in 1920. I have no idea when my engine was made, of course.
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Re: Anton Bohaboy Engine
« Reply #13 on: June 21, 2021, 01:29:49 pm »
Sounds like a good plan.
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