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The Regular Stuff: Chat, Buy, Sell, Off Topic, etc. => General Discussion - Model & Toy Steam Engines – Stirling Cycle – Flame Lickers – Small Antique Originals => Topic started by: Nuvolari on September 30, 2021, 03:30:37 pm

Title: Re: 1890-1915 Weeden 16
Post by: RedRyder on October 05, 2021, 06:37:40 pm

Very nice, Danny. I do like your #16...!

Title: Re: 1890-1915 Weeden 16
Post by: Weedensteam on October 05, 2021, 12:39:18 pm

Engine similar to No.7

Valve mechanism explained here:

http://weedensteam.com/brasshoriz.html#7

Title: Re: 1890-1915 Weeden 16
Post by: Don on October 03, 2021, 06:46:52 pm

Thanks for sharing that video, it was well done. Congratulations on a very interesting addition to your collection.

I was wondering if Weeden made any other engines with that unusual valve. I have a mental image of what might be going on in there but i would be interested to know just how it works.

Cheers,
Don

Title: Re: 1890-1915 Weeden 16
Post by: txlabman on October 01, 2021, 04:15:57 pm

Well done Danny!

A very nice job on the video.

Cheers,
Charlie

Title: Re: 1890-1915 Weeden 16
Post by: Paula on October 01, 2021, 01:02:52 pm

Loved the movie, Danny! Though some models are endearingly cheesy, I always think of Weeden as being responsible for bringing toy steam to the masses. Nice work! (Also, some great slide guitar.)

Paula

Title: Re: 1890-1915 Weeden 16
Post by: Earlytimes on October 01, 2021, 12:14:08 pm

   Thanks for the well done video. Nice to see the little Weeden in steam.   

Title: Re: 1890-1915 Weeden 16
Post by: Dampfopa on October 01, 2021, 08:35:16 am

Hello Danny,
A very successful restoration and a worthy presentation of the Weeden.
Thanks for showing.

Title: Re: 1890-1915 Weeden 16
Post by: crazydoug on October 01, 2021, 06:15:06 am

You did a great job with that early weeden. I have experianced 1st hand the burner dilemma you speak of!
Crazydoug

Title: Re: 1890-1915 Weeden 16
Post by: steamerado on September 30, 2021, 04:13:42 pm

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing, Danny.

Title: 1890-1915 Weeden 16
Post by: Nuvolari on September 30, 2021, 03:30:37 pm

The Weeden N°16 was produced between 1890 and 1915 specially for Sears.
And I had the chance to buy one recently and it arrived today.
first started by oiling everything up and lose the stuck safety valve spring so it would function again .
Always safety first.

But when I did put water in the boiler, it soon became obvious that the water gauge was leaking and the steam pipe between boiler and motor was completely blocked.
So I had to unsolder the pipe from the boiler to be able to push through a thin steel wire to unblock the dirt that was blocking the pipe.

Once that was fixed I turned my attention to the water gauge, carefully unscrewed the fastener nuts, and removed what was left of the old sealer gue that was complete gone.
Made two rubber o-rings and some copper liquid gasket sealer to close that delicate seal.

Problem with a lot of these Weeden engines is that they where so cheap made, and pressed together, that they are very fragile to work on.
Lead was used so when you're restoring a Weeden alway think twice before using heat.
Often with Weeden this can leed to real dilemmas to get them fixed.

The engine I bought still did had its original burner, only the, as Charlie pointed out to me, cork lid that's suppose to be in the filling hole has gone.
Quite dangerous having a cork lid, if you ever have a Weeden burner of that design and you want to use it, always drill a small hole in it, so the upbuild pressure of the heated alcohol can get away.
Otherwise the chance of turning your engine into a fireball is very high.
I set the original burner aside and used my universal gas burner, much safer and easy to control.

Anyway, after fixing its issues run its and made a video of it, enjoy…
https://youtu.be/q7B8vPcrHF8

Cheers,
Danny