Office of Steam Forum for Model & Toy Steam Gas & Hot Air Engines
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: steamguy13 on September 14, 2025, 11:15:15 pm
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Glad you made it over to the forum from YouTube.
Keep checking out eBay, there's some really good (lucky) buys on there sometimes and being in the U.S there's a fair bit for sale on there.
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wow. thank you I just did a wilesco d5 cleaning for some one and they love it. it was sitting in a basement for 40 years it was a lot of fun to clean. thank you so much for your comment and your info.
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I would be very careful and have an understanding with the customer as to what happens while the engine is in transit or in your hands.
I don't offer to repair engines for viewers to my site for that reason, it is not always obvious that a particular part is fragile and easily broken. Some parts are next to impossible to find so I may end up buying an expensive engine just to get that one part.
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yes that makes senses that you don't want your engine to go through that. thank for the info
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An interesting idea, but I imagine most of (being particular) would be hesitant to put a loved engine through the "riggers" of the postal system & very real potential damage . & if it were an engine we didn't care much about, we wouldn't spend the funds (both ways) to have it cleaned by someone other than ourselves.
Good luck.
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i want to start a business about cleaning mini steam engines do you have any dirty engines that you don't want that i could have to practice on and then send them back.