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an early Plank beam engine
« on: July 22, 2022, 07:43:39 am »
This one required some light restoration, mostly removing botched soldering by a previous owner and resoldering all the boiler fittings. The burner is prone to overheating and causing fires as is evident by the charred base.



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Re: an early Plank beam engine
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2022, 09:29:46 am »
Elegant and lovely ..... somehow that rotary valve system seems just right for that engine!
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Re: an early Plank beam engine
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2022, 09:41:44 am »
Beautiful rehab on the engine. Fun to watch that one running.
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Re: an early Plank beam engine
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2022, 10:47:15 am »
Wow , it looks nearly new,  nice work Brent.
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Re: an early Plank beam engine
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2022, 12:45:02 pm »
Thanks guys. I wish it didn't look nearly new but no choice when boiler work is required.
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Re: an early Plank beam engine
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2022, 07:31:21 pm »
I was just admiring your resoldering work Brent, very uniform & even all around, the work of a master restorer.
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Re: an early Plank beam engine
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2022, 07:38:06 pm »
Thanks Bruce. Hate to do that kind of work but sometimes you can't avoid it. Here's a "before" picture.
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Re: an early Plank beam engine
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2022, 08:42:43 pm »
Hi Brent, It's great to see you have given it a new life and good clean-up.

Very nicely done!

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Re: an early Plank beam engine
« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2022, 09:44:53 pm »
Quote from: parallelmotion on July 22, 2022, 07:38:06 pm
Thanks Bruce. Hate to do that kind of work but sometimes you can't avoid it. Here's a "before" picture.
Oh my , I gotta say it looks better than a lot of soldering jobs I've seen, but in this case  "more is NOT better"...lol.
Your resolder work is as the factory would have done it.
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