AlbertdeWitte
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Hi Guys
During March I got hold of an incompleted Beam Engine from a guy who again got it from another guy. It was boxed for years. I got it cheaply with the words "its almost ready to run" Maybe one should have inspected the engine before buying it looking at photos only.
I left it in the box till I have completed the Red Wing Project
This weekend I took it out and started to examine my little bargain
Great was my surprise it has a lot of missing links, side valve, nuts, bolts etc.
The main beam and crank is out of alignment. Many parts are not made as per plan.
Well I suppose I got myself a little cat in the bag. I will have to re make a lot of parts including BA 5 & 7.
Seems to be a challenge of a different kind to rebuilt something that you dont know where the previous builder left off.
During March I got hold of an incompleted Beam Engine from a guy who again got it from another guy. It was boxed for years. I got it cheaply with the words "its almost ready to run" Maybe one should have inspected the engine before buying it looking at photos only.
I left it in the box till I have completed the Red Wing Project
This weekend I took it out and started to examine my little bargain
Great was my surprise it has a lot of missing links, side valve, nuts, bolts etc.
The main beam and crank is out of alignment. Many parts are not made as per plan.
Well I suppose I got myself a little cat in the bag. I will have to re make a lot of parts including BA 5 & 7.
Seems to be a challenge of a different kind to rebuilt something that you dont know where the previous builder left off.