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Builds, Repairs, Show Your Machines! => Restorations => Topic started by: Ironhorse57 on June 04, 2019, 03:28:00 pm

Title: Re: Jean Comby vertical
Post by: Hero on June 15, 2019, 08:01:24 pm

Not bad for a "grim" engine. Well done!

Title: Re: Jean Comby vertical
Post by: classixs on June 13, 2019, 04:02:24 am

What an amazing transformation, very well done Dave !!!

Title: Re: Jean Comby vertical
Post by: Stoker on June 12, 2019, 02:23:00 pm

Looks to be plenty smooth and stable running on the counter, and beautiful besides.

Nice engine .... really eye-catching!

Title: Re: Jean Comby vertical
Post by: Ironhorse57 on June 12, 2019, 02:02:57 pm

First steaming today, wobbled about too much on the turntable so I've filmed it running on a solid surface:

https://youtu.be/ofAyTbGYwqk

Dave

Title: Re: Jean Comby vertical
Post by: txlabman on June 05, 2019, 02:36:15 am

Great job Dave.

Love the chimney! 🤠

Title: Re: Jean Comby vertical
Post by: therat05 on June 05, 2019, 02:27:34 am

Well spotted Dave, you have made an excellent job shining that up 8) ...one you can be proud of...Steve

Title: Re: Jean Comby vertical
Post by: Nick on June 04, 2019, 08:43:55 pm

Looks Great Dave!  8)

Title: Re: Jean Comby vertical
Post by: Jim on June 04, 2019, 07:07:53 pm

Always impressed with your resto's Dave :)

Title: Re: Jean Comby vertical
Post by: starfire on June 04, 2019, 03:35:30 pm

Nice job wedone

Title: Jean Comby vertical
Post by: Ironhorse57 on June 04, 2019, 03:28:00 pm

Saw this on EBay France, it looked a bit grim sans flywheel and burner but seemed like it had potential, I made the seller a (very low!) offer which was accepted and it duly arrived looking like this:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47911525641_f3cb26aa79_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2fZM6mV)SAM_1665 (https://flic.kr/p/2fZM6mV) by David Hall (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156291290@N03/), on Flickr

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/40944918713_1cbeebbd73_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25oapQn)SAM_1666 (https://flic.kr/p/25oapQn) by David Hall (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156291290@N03/), on Flickr

It was in fact rather better than the EBay photos, all sound and mainly cosmetic work to do.  I machined a Mamod flywheel down by a few mm diameter and depth to match that on my small JC horizontal engine, made a new crank as the original was too short to go right through the Mamod boss, found a burner of unknown origin in the spares box and fabricated a chimney, again based on the small JC horizontal.  Chucked some paint at it plus a bit of brass bling and this is the result:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47993268332_95bb492844_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2g813BE)SAM_1671 (https://flic.kr/p/2g813BE) by David Hall (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156291290@N03/), on Flickr

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47993264207_2b2c7ec205_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2g812ox)SAM_1673 (https://flic.kr/p/2g812ox) by David Hall (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156291290@N03/), on Flickr

Not fired up yet as I want the paint to cure a bit more but she runs quite nicely on air, I will include a 'first steaming' video in a week or so.

Dave