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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: Thobbs on September 17, 2024, 08:24:52 pm

Title: Re: Need help identifying please
Post by: Thobbs on September 25, 2024, 08:51:49 am
I was able to purchase both engines and at a great price.  My question on the this one is how much should I clean it?  You can see where I went at the base a bit and it appears to be brass. I assume the boiler is as well.  I want it to retain some of its patina, but also want it to look a bit better than it currently does. 
Title: Re: Need help identifying please
Post by: RedRyder on September 20, 2024, 04:34:30 pm
Nice piece and I agree home made.

I hope you can get it.
Title: Re: Need help identifying please
Post by: Thobbs on September 20, 2024, 12:01:20 pm
I haven’t tested it yet.  I don’t own it, but am first on the list.

I hope you get it.  My guess is pre-1920s.

It does have a number of characteristics of Stevens Dockyard engines.


Thank you for the information.  I am going to check on it today.  There is a Jensen 60 that is with it as well.  Hopefully I can get both.
Title: Re: Need help identifying please
Post by: txlabman on September 19, 2024, 10:11:28 am
I haven’t tested it yet.  I don’t own it, but am first on the list.

I hope you get it.  My guess is pre-1920s.

It does have a number of characteristics of Stevens Dockyard engines.
Title: Re: Need help identifying please
Post by: Thobbs on September 18, 2024, 04:15:12 pm
I haven’t tested it yet.  I don’t own it, but am first on the list.
Title: Re: Need help identifying please
Post by: txlabman on September 18, 2024, 01:15:17 pm
It is a really nice engine, regardless of the maker.

It should clean up well

Have you tested it on air?
Title: Re: Need help identifying please
Post by: Jim on September 17, 2024, 11:29:20 pm
I'm with Daniel, looks homemade to me.
Title: Re: Need help identifying please
Post by: Stoker on September 17, 2024, 09:16:36 pm
I'm rather inclined to think that it is mostly if not entirely Home Made. There may be some few commercial parts included, or it may even have been a kit perhaps.

Steven's Model Dockyard had offerings that weren't too terribly far from that, but none of their finished engines and boilers conform to what I'm seeing.
Title: Need help identifying please
Post by: Thobbs on September 17, 2024, 08:24:52 pm
Good evening,
Any thoughts on what company might have made this engine?
Thank you,