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Title: Re: Grungy Jensen Steam Engines #50 Cleaned-up and Steamed-Up for a First Run at the Office of Steam
Post by: RedRyder on April 08, 2023, 03:04:41 pm
UPDATE.....

I located a table top bakelite receptacle on ebay.
It is the absolute correct period part for this engine.

The brown cloth cord is an incorrect modern reproduction that will be replaced when I locate my new old stock cloth cord.

Gil



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Title: Re: Grungy Jensen Steam Engines #50 Cleaned-up and Steamed-Up for a First Run at the Office of Steam
Post by: IndianaRog on April 04, 2023, 09:29:47 am
Gil, you did wonders cleaning that one up....what a mess as received!

Rog
Title: Re: Grungy Jensen Steam Engines #50 Cleaned-up and Steamed-Up for a First Run at the Office of Steam
Post by: RedRyder on April 02, 2023, 12:34:41 pm
The wood shows 100% the original finish. I added no wax, tung oil, or anything similar.

I was able to deep clean the surface using original GoJo hand cleaner. (the smooth kind, no pumice or abrasive)

I rubbed it by hand with 00000 steel wool (5 zeros) and the GoJo hand cleaner. This technique also works great for cleaning old painted surfaces. I used it on the cast engine base as well.

Of note, if you clean a surface with GoJo, it may soften the original paint and you want to avoid touching it for a day or 2. 
The paint will harden up again.

Gil
Title: Re: Grungy Jensen Steam Engines #50 Cleaned-up and Steamed-Up for a First Run at the Office of Steam
Post by: Stoker on April 02, 2023, 09:47:55 am
Oooooohhhhhhh ....... Rivet boiler #50 ............. Aaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!


Nice work, as always Gil!
Title: Re: Grungy Jensen Steam Engines #50 Cleaned-up and Steamed-Up for a First Run at the Office of Steam
Post by: crazydoug on April 01, 2023, 10:45:09 pm
Nice result after alot of effort. How many 50's do you own now?
Title: Re: Grungy Jensen Steam Engines #50 Cleaned-up and Steamed-Up for a First Run at the Office of Steam
Post by: St Paul Steam on April 01, 2023, 09:24:41 pm
Another interesting Jensen #50 project, I'm sure you'll do it justice.
Title: Re: Grungy Jensen Steam Engines #50 Cleaned-up and Steamed-Up for a First Run at the Office of Steam
Post by: RedRyder on April 01, 2023, 09:21:47 pm
And.....

         The video


https://youtu.be/VrxuqXUo6Vk
Title: Grungy Jensen Steam Engines #50 Cleaned-up and Steamed-Up for a First Run at the Office of Steam
Post by: RedRyder on April 01, 2023, 09:13:13 pm
This was a pretty grungy engine when it arrived.
The dust had been wiped away but that is all.

The wood base had glue at corners and some edges.
The seller glued together some of the internal foam support.
He actually did a terrific job of packing it for bullet proof transport.
The glue on the wood was an accident, I'm certain.

Much of the nickel plating had a lot of that God awful green oxidation.

The wood, cast iron, sheet metal and boiler all had silver spray enamel drops in the hundreds.
I scraped them off gently one at a time with the corner of a scraper blade.
A time consuming task but well worth the effort.

There some more work to do at another time.

For this steam-up I borrowed a period correct blue horse shoe generator from another Jensen #50 because the one that came with this piece is unusable as is. You will see why in the video.

Enjoy!

Gil


A lot of the silver dot speckles remaining after initial wipe down.

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I left the silver speckles on the decal as I did not wish to risk ruining one in such good original condition.

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A neat thing here..... The core base wood is a single 18" wide board.

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Worth the extra effort

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