Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 5:33 am Post subject: The Resurection
I started with this which i won on TradeMe
It is a early David Auld
after a little bit of cleaning and a new base
note we still have no safety valve cap
all we needed was a solid pieces of brass turned and drill
then apiece of rubber inside the hole to seal against the thin shaft you can see on top of the boiler
Looks a lot better now Dennis. A competent runner too! What date are we looking at with regard to its manufacture. I assume these are quite rare, I knew of the mobiles but not the stationaries. _________________
according to what we can find out he started about 1966 and went until 1988/89 we think his early ones were copper boiler then he progressed to brass. the safety valve is a dangerous affair if held down and twisted it seems to lock onto the rubber insert and when engine in full steam if you tap the valve it leaps about 2 feet into the air
steam pipe enters boiler at 1 end (nearest burner tank) from underneath then runs along underneath boiler to other end so is super heated . then up and over firebox.
As for reference to bowman I don't know as don't have one.
and as for safety valve/cap how do you think i know
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