Saw this on EBay France, it looked a bit grim sans flywheel and burner but seemed like it had potential, I made the seller a (very low!) offer which was accepted and it duly arrived looking like this:
SAM_1665 by
David Hall, on Flickr
SAM_1666 by
David Hall, on Flickr
It was in fact rather better than the EBay photos, all sound and mainly cosmetic work to do. I machined a Mamod flywheel down by a few mm diameter and depth to match that on my small JC horizontal engine, made a new crank as the original was too short to go right through the Mamod boss, found a burner of unknown origin in the spares box and fabricated a chimney, again based on the small JC horizontal. Chucked some paint at it plus a bit of brass bling and this is the result:
SAM_1671 by
David Hall, on Flickr
SAM_1673 by
David Hall, on Flickr
Not fired up yet as I want the paint to cure a bit more but she runs quite nicely on air, I will include a 'first steaming' video in a week or so.
Dave
Always impressed with your resto's Dave
Well spotted Dave, you have made an excellent job shining that up
...one you can be proud of...Steve
Great job Dave.
Love the chimney! 🤠
Looks to be plenty smooth and stable running on the counter, and beautiful besides.
Nice engine .... really eye-catching!
What an amazing transformation, very well done Dave !!!
Not bad for a "grim" engine. Well done!