| Archive for Freesteam For collectors and enthusiasts of all steam engines |
| Nick |
Hello from MinnesotaI suppose I should introduce myself to those of you that don't know me.I am Nick from Minnesota, USA. I have been collecting steam engines for a couple of years, but in the last 6 months my collection has really grown. The first steam engine I ever saw was my grandpa's Robert Fulton vertical (runs on sterno), that he received with an erecter set from his older brother. The second one was a Jensen 65 that my dad bought when I was younger. My first engine I got was a Jensen 76 that I found in my great-grandpa's house when we were cleaning it out. Ebay introduced me to the many different brands of engines and I think I'm hooked. The following was my collection in January. I'll let you guys take a look and then I'll gather all my new purchases for an update. (Keep in mind, I have bought several more since this) 
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| joiner |
Welcome to Freesteam | ||||
| Spokesmann |
Glad to have you along Nick.
Great set up there and some very interesting tools! Although not a Jensen man myself, many of the members on here rave about them, so you are in good company. Great to see some images of your kit! Mike |
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| Nick |
I just finished taking pictures of my additions.
They should be up in about 10 to 15 minutes at the most. It was a lot of work to gather them all up, so I must have bought too many. 
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| Nick |
The last pictures were taken on January 29, 2008, and was my entire collection.
Since that picture, I have added the following (I forgot a Jensen 35 and a Jensen 15 generator): 
Close-ups: 
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| Spokesmann |
You've been busy!
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| Nick |
I've been busier working to pay for them all.
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| Mamod Collector |
Welcome to FreeSteam Nick 
You certainly have some interesting engines in your collection Quite a few a recognise and quite a few I dont 
We need a Jenson expert on the forum, so looks like you got the job
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| MFSteam |
Those wooden based Jensens are a joy, what would one expect to pay for good examples? | ||||
| John Chapman |
Welcome Nick, good to see your wonderful collection. | ||||
| Nick |
They can get a bit spendy.
I'll start with the cheapest: I paid under $50 for the 35 on ebay: 
I got this one from an antique shop for $175: 
And I found these two from a guy that had a different engine on ebay. They cost me $1000 for the pair.
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| MFSteam |
the 35 does not really do it for me but the others are really good. $175 sounds reasonable for the boxed one. | ||||
| Nick |
The 35 is only fun if you can regulate the speed, I use a variac for this. There was a cast base/flywheel 25 listed on ebay last night with a BIN of $150. I almost bought it, but didn't have the money. John Reid ended up with it: http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-JENSE...PageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem |
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| MFSteam |
would have tempted me had I seen it. | ||||
| Spokesmann |
The wooden bases look very nice, so much better than the pressed steel types. | ||||
| MFSteam |
and the pink fireboxes
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| Nick |
The pink burns off. 
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| Spokesmann |
Pink.... 
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| MFSteam |
thats no bad thing. I have read somewhere that Forest Classic who import Jensens to the UK have painted fireboxes black for the uk market. |
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| Spokesmann |
Does the black burn off!
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| MFSteam |
What is the general feeling about the Pink on your side of the pond? Is it well received?. its a bit like the current Mamod range, no one seems to rate its build quality. 
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| Nick |
I'm not really sure how people feel about the pink fireboxes. I don't know anyone personally with steam engines.
I personally prefer the flat sided, black fireboxes. You can remove the pink paint before firing it and it reveals a nice copper plating underneath. The original brick embossed fireboxes were just copper, without the pink paint. I'll take a better picture later, but you can kind of see it on this early Jensen 65: 
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| MFSteam |
that looks like a mamod minor 1 vaporising burner in that picture, not the most common of things | ||||
| Nick |
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| John Chapman |
Not keen on Jensen's pink fireboxes myself. My model 60 dis-coloured badly after only two or three firings so I re-sprayed the firebox with high temperature black. I think it looks a lot better than the pink.
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| Nick |
John, that looks much nicer.
Can you post a picture of your meths fired Jensen, so they know what I'm talking about? I'll try and get the burner measurements to you tonight after work. |
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| John Chapman |
Now repeat after me - "Mail that burner to John" - "Mail that burner to John" - "Mail that burner to John"
Here's the engine it is designed to go in the meths fired model 75. 
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| Nick |
Repeat after me - "Mail your 75 to Nick" - "Mail your 75 to Nick" -"Mail your 75 to Nick"
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| Spokesmann |
Black looks far more fetching!
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| John Chapman |
Thanks Nick. If you need any measurements of the 75 just let me know. |
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| MFSteam |
I cant believe how much that Jensen burner looks like this one, its one of my Wormar replicas with a real one. The larger Wormar and early Bowman engines had longer burner tubes. Was Mr Jensen the proud owner of an Early Bowman engine by chance?
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| Spokesmann |
The similarity to a Bowman type burner did strike me too. | ||||
| John Chapman |
It's very similar to a Bowman burner. It will be interesting to see how it compares in size. Sadly my 75 is missing it's burner but it runs beautifully with one from an SE3. | ||||
| newts |
A fine selection of engines & accessories Nick, great to see them all
The early jensen burner is very similar to these 
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| Nick |
Is there any specific measurements you want? Do you want them in metric or standard (mm or inch)? |
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| John Chapman |
Height and diameter of the tank and diameter and length of the tube would be appreciated Nick. Metric or standard, I'm old enough to understand inches.
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| mogogear |
Hello Nick!!Pleasure to meet you Mr Siverson!
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| avenger |
Hi and welcome you have some interesting stuff !!! |