Office of Steam Forum for Model & Toy Steam Gas & Hot Air Engines

Hi,  very interesting restoration project. You seem to have a lot to correct that was badly done in the first place, but with some effort it should turn into a beautiful steam engine. 
I had a similar project (but on a much smaller scale), an oscillating antique engine with many hand made parts that never were right,  and ended up having to build several new parts to get it to a good running condition. But it was worthwhile and I learned a lot in the process.