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Title: Re: an early Plank beam engine
Post by: St Paul Steam on July 22, 2022, 09:44:53 pm

Quote from: parallelmotion on July 22, 2022, 07:38:06 pm

Thanks Bruce. Hate to do that kind of work but sometimes you can't avoid it. Here's a "before" picture.

Oh my , I gotta say it looks better than a lot of soldering jobs I've seen, but in this case  "more is NOT better"...lol.
Your resolder work is as the factory would have done it.

Title: Re: an early Plank beam engine
Post by: RedRyder on July 22, 2022, 08:42:43 pm

Hi Brent, It's great to see you have given it a new life and good clean-up.

Very nicely done!

Gil

Title: Re: an early Plank beam engine
Post by: parallelmotion on July 22, 2022, 07:38:06 pm

Thanks Bruce. Hate to do that kind of work but sometimes you can't avoid it. Here's a "before" picture.

Title: Re: an early Plank beam engine
Post by: St Paul Steam on July 22, 2022, 07:31:21 pm

I was just admiring your resoldering work Brent, very uniform & even all around, the work of a master restorer.

Title: Re: an early Plank beam engine
Post by: parallelmotion on July 22, 2022, 12:45:02 pm

Thanks guys. I wish it didn't look nearly new but no choice when boiler work is required.

Title: Re: an early Plank beam engine
Post by: St Paul Steam on July 22, 2022, 10:47:15 am

Wow , it looks nearly new,  nice work Brent.

Title: Re: an early Plank beam engine
Post by: skeptic49 on July 22, 2022, 09:41:44 am

Beautiful rehab on the engine. Fun to watch that one running.

Title: Re: an early Plank beam engine
Post by: Stoker on July 22, 2022, 09:29:46 am

Elegant and lovely ..... somehow that rotary valve system seems just right for that engine!

Title: an early Plank beam engine
Post by: parallelmotion on July 22, 2022, 07:43:39 am

This one required some light restoration, mostly removing botched soldering by a previous owner and resoldering all the boiler fittings. The burner is prone to overheating and causing fires as is evident by the charred base.


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