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Nice discovery work there, Travis.

I have found (thanks to IndianaRog and Randy Calhoun) that making gaskets from a sheet of teflon works perfectly and will last forever or close to it.

This photo is of the Prototype Jensen 51 built by Randy Calhoun which has over 8,000 hours on it.
Randy originally called it the RC-50 Power Station #1 and when he showed it to Tom Jensen Sr. who asked him to produce a few of these as the Jensen #51 Power Station. The site glass windows don't leak and have had the teflon gaskets for decades.



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