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Builds, Repairs, Show Your Machines! => Videos The Office of Steam Cinema => Topic started by: St Paul Steam on July 17, 2019, 06:17:09 am

Title: Re: Jensen #55, "riveted boiler" , brass tag, live steam engine
Post by: St Paul Steam on July 17, 2019, 04:18:15 pm
that's probably going to be the case with a lot of my Creations nowadays Nick, all the more to add to the uniqueness of this thing we call ...collecting steam engines.
I make no pretense at all about what I make or what I sell. I also don't presume for a second that every engine I buy is completely original either 😉👍
Title: Re: Jensen #55, "riveted boiler" , brass tag, live steam engine
Post by: Nick on July 17, 2019, 03:51:48 pm
Someday down the road you’re really going to have confused a lot of Jensen collectors :D

They’ll be talking about how Tom Jensen Sr must have found a riveted boiler in the back corner and used it up on this 55 😂
Title: Re: Jensen #55, "riveted boiler" , brass tag, live steam engine
Post by: classixs on July 17, 2019, 01:45:02 pm
That sure is a neat looking plant, well done Bruce !!!
Title: Re: Jensen #55, "riveted boiler" , brass tag, live steam engine
Post by: St Paul Steam on July 17, 2019, 01:25:46 pm
thanks for the kind comments folks, this engine has a special place for me. 😊
Title: Re: Jensen #55, "riveted boiler" , brass tag, live steam engine
Post by: Stoker on July 17, 2019, 01:03:21 pm
On a scale of 1 to 10 ........ that steam plant is at least a 14.

Gotta love a #55 with its even power application and slow speed performance, not to mention self starting capability.

Well, I guess YOU don't have to love the Jensen #55's, but I certainly do, and that one even more so!!!
Title: Re: Jensen #55, "riveted boiler" , brass tag, live steam engine
Post by: jkbixby on July 17, 2019, 12:57:56 pm
Great looking engine Bruce - the boiler really sets it off.
Title: Re: Jensen #55, "riveted boiler" , brass tag, live steam engine
Post by: IndianaRog on July 17, 2019, 12:32:27 pm
Wow, what a stunning engine with it's brand new boiler.  That is simply beautiful art in motion.  Boiler is definitely of a higher caliber than what ever left Jeannette...the finish took a lot of work to be so mirror bright.

Nice work Jed and Bruce!

Rog
Title: Re: Jensen #55, "riveted boiler" , brass tag, live steam engine
Post by: Nick on July 17, 2019, 08:51:00 am
Awesome Bruce!  8)

Wish they would have continued using the rivets even though they were no longer necessary.

Love the tick-over speed at the beginning of the video
Title: Re: Jensen #55, "riveted boiler" , brass tag, live steam engine
Post by: Swift Fox on July 17, 2019, 06:53:18 am
Great to see Jed's boiler as part of that lovely engine which really sets it off a treat!

Thanks for sharing Bruce!
Title: Jensen #55, "riveted boiler" , brass tag, live steam engine
Post by: St Paul Steam on July 17, 2019, 06:17:09 am
here we have a 1950's brass tag riveted boiler steam plant, the brand new construction boiler was custom made by Jed Pusczykowski (YouTube under the same name) Gearhead Jed on this forum, & is near flawless in quality & implementation, all bushings/fittings are custom made, this boiler while having rivets also has more modern fittings on top to be used in such a way as I did here. the firebox & chimney stand were bead blasted & repainted with VHT gloss black paint (inside & out), & a replacement chimney was made , the engine was cleaned, tuned & runs very well in either direction, the plinth is original.

(https://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z440/bruceang1/20190716_205347_zpscsjzfmrv.jpg) (http://s1189.photobucket.com/user/bruceang1/media/20190716_205347_zpscsjzfmrv.jpg.html)

(https://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z440/bruceang1/20190716_205222_zpsx4xl5nz4.jpg) (http://s1189.photobucket.com/user/bruceang1/media/20190716_205222_zpsx4xl5nz4.jpg.html)

(https://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z440/bruceang1/20190716_205444_zpsaipc9utg.jpg) (http://s1189.photobucket.com/user/bruceang1/media/20190716_205444_zpsaipc9utg.jpg.html)

(https://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z440/bruceang1/20190716_205524_zpsqlezpa7p.jpg) (http://s1189.photobucket.com/user/bruceang1/media/20190716_205524_zpsqlezpa7p.jpg.html)

https://youtu.be/hMAuvh1NTwY