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Builds, Repairs, Show Your Machines! => Videos The Office of Steam Cinema => Topic started by: txlabman on July 10, 2020, 12:17:52 pm
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Thanks for all of the nice and encouraging comments.
I finally have the confidence to tackle these delicate projects. I have a few more on the list to tackle still.
I did spray the inside of the boiler with some WD40 to try to prevent further deterioration.
Below are a few Before and After Pictures:
Before:
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After:
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Great to see it going Charlie 8)
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Runs nicely Charlie , great job on bringing that back to life...well done.
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Great to see another tin/steel boiler Weeden still alive and running .
I have a different model Weeden with steel boiler that should not exist but it does and no holes .
So they are out there
Cheers
Dennis
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Very Nice Charlie!
I'd guess with a steel boiler, there is no mystery as to why they seem so scarce today, as most of them probably went the way of Swiss Cheese a century or so ago. Nice that you can get that one to hold enough pressure to operate nicely like that ... well done good Sir!!!
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Might be the only one of these we ever get to see running...
Well done bringing it back to life Charlie, and thanks for sharing !
Any hope of finding a whistle, even if nothing else then as a replica?
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I posted pictures of this one in a prior thread:
https://www.officeofsteamforum.com/collections-pictures/weeden-no-26/
The Weeden No. 26 was introduced in 1894 and produced until 1910.
I have never seen one in the flesh; only a couple of pictures.
This was an entry level offering by Weeden.
The whistle was missing as well as the pin that connects the cylinder shaft to the flywheel shaft. I elected to install a standard Weeden weighted safety valve in place of the missing whistle.
I left the paint as is. I did soak the entire engine in Ballistol over night.
https://youtu.be/miV6oYZD87o