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

This original eBay thread was listed By Jan (classixs) for someone state side to hopefully grab onto....well ,I bit & thought I would take my chances as it had a 1950's Jensen #55 engine & steamline  that I thought might be worth it...I noticed a few other gems in the mix as well, although it had scant packaging ...a couple pieces of bubble pack , nothing was individually wrapped as I had requested from the seller moments after I purchased it.I was fortunate more didn't get damaged.
if you have time....take a look through with me as I open up the contents for the 1st time.



some of the better "bonus" items , folks please help me out with the make/model if you know what it might be

E.P Ernst Plank stamping Mill


German made grinding wheel accessory


Double wheel steam powered horse hair & grinding wheel accessory. I would really like to know what this is, its very interesting to me & looks very old.



Wilesco flex shaft grinder M58 steam accessory


I'll post the Jensen #55 after I repair it.

That was cool Bruce !!!

I think i was just as excited here as you, everytime you dived in for a new piece 

Sorry that the 55 got damaged, but fortunately a relatively easy fix. Otherwise a very nice haul, and all together well worth the investment.

Thanks Jan, even though I had sent a msg right away to please package the Jensen #55 carefully ,as that was the reason for the whole purchase....he didn't, he had a few pieces of bubble pack between the layers & that was it, really a miracle that more damage was not done  , Yes the Jensen should be a relatively easy fix , its in really good condition considering that it was bashing everything else in the box, the Fleischman lineshaft was also petty nice. I need to find out more about that little vertical Weeden , its a parts engine but I can tell it had little use & the electric heater still works. that little alcohol burner is a pretty neat item as well, the wick is held in that apparatus that raises up & down, I'm kind of interested to try that out today.

Thanks again Jan for the tip 

Nice mix of accessories, Bruce. I think the grinder on the wood base might be Bing, I have one like it sans base. I'll have a look through some books for some ID on the other ones.

Here is what I found in my Bing books, first 3 are 1906 and last 2 are from Bing Werke era... most of them have a fancier pedestal and only one looks close...

@Nick & Bruce, the drip oil cups are Doll or Carette without a doubt. Bruce, can you post a closeup of the oil cups please to try to identify the maker.

Quite the nice haul you have made there Bruce .... Congratulations on that one!

Please do realize that those catalog lithographs are not at all like a true photograph, and often are slightly different than the actual item .... artistic license if you will, or possibly drawn from a prototype rather than from a true production model. They are really only a "representation" of the item.

Did a little work on the Wilesco D4 ? (not sure what # it really is, anyone know for sure ?) ended up dissembling the whole thing & making it right.





after a little work...





A short test of the functionality.