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Ha ha Bruce! I had nothing to do with this boiler. Too bad, an original destroyed! Had to be a very early Tom Jensen Sr. built boiler. It makes me sad.

As you can see in the picture, I am holding the steam line bushingbback into it's original position.

Lower bushing soldered back in along with the top. I even pulled the dent back out of the top.

Never a dull moment at your place, Jed!
Looking forward to seeing how you install the rivets on this boiler.
crazydoug

Doug, I most likely won't show how I do this. It will be rather crude in terms of locating and drilling the holes. I do not have an indexing head, so it will be doing the math and laying them out.

 

 Charlie, I made my own out of thicker gasket material. Something I bought from NAPA.

Are the rivets just soldered in place and not hammered on the inside? Thanks for sharing Your build

This is my first test.
Then the 5" long 2 1/2 dia boiler.