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Looks like a really good job restoring it Bruce but I'm not surprised. Just out of curiosity how did you reattach the dangling cylinder? I would guess by silver soldering but thought super glue might work also.

Larry , I use staybright #8 solder, the highest temp "soft" solder I've found ,probably a little overkill, but I don't want it coming  off again.Jensen didn't silver brazing them on either, they used softer solder than I just did. If you get it hot enough for silver  brazing you will definitely ruin the nickel plating & likely distort the part as well.I Remove the snout and piston so I can use a locating positioning pin in the one steam passage that's available. On a Jensen #20 you can access both ends, all this information is on Roger's "restorers toolbox" thread.