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ozsteamdemon · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:42 am Post subject: Bing Dredge a Dredging

Hi all , when my new 1927 Bing dredge arrived , it was apparent that it needed a soldering repair , so i carefully scraped some paint off where the heat would be applied , and applied some liquid acid based solering flux , i then did the soldering job without any problems , it turned out a real good job . I then had to wash the flux off with water , while doing this i had a little play , turning the pulley by hand , and quickly realised it dredges water very well .

Anyway , i then used compressed air then a hairdrier to dry it to enable repaintinting the affected area , i didn`t have the appropriate cream color , so i used white as a tempory measure .
Anyway the washing proceedure inspired this .

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TE1DRIVER · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:48 am Post subject:

that is mighty cool oz
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whistleman · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:49 am Post subject:

my god, that was DREGEful

well done!

IndianaRog · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:58 am Post subject:

Geoff, that was a delightful video. I have never seen one of those dredges in action, let alone moving red water and finally bubbly!!!
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johnreid · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:59 am Post subject:

I heard Steam Dredge a Dredging and waited for the next line Five Golden Rings. Fout Humming Birds Three French Hens Two Turtle Doves and an Ozysteamdemon.
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Bugsy · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:06 pm Post subject:

That was great, Geoff!
Dredges seem to bring big money, look at these!
http://www.dredgebrokers.com/Dredges_Hyd.html

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Wallace · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:06 am Post subject:

Great video mate

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Les · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:16 am Post subject:

I found the trick with these types of toy is to run them slow otherwise they do not have a chance to pick up the water, I loved the video including the bloopers.

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steamgranny · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 3:43 pm Post subject:

That really is a lovely dredge!

Beautifully powered by the Wilesco & pulleys. Looked as though it was dredging red wine at first until all the bubbles appeared - rather too many to count as pink champagne but great fun to watch!

To imitate ochre in my dredge for STWWW I used Taboulet coloured with Turmeric but couldn't get it to start slowly, chucking the stuff everywhere!

Then I forgot to empty it before leaving for UK & found mice had eaten it all upon my return - they sure ingurgitated a hefty overdose of Turmeric!

Celsius 100 · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:33 pm Post subject:

A great dredge. Another to add to your fine array of driven models.

gd9704 · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:32 pm Post subject:

Very neat piece of equipment! Thanks for sharing it with us!