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| Kritika |
Burnac Vulcan……Pictures.I arrived home from my latest Business trip last night, to find the posty had delivered this while I was away. It’s a lovely 1946 and 1949 Burnac. These are a british steam Engine Made by Burnac Ltd of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. Moose man has a good web page on these, which can be seen at this link. http://www.freewebs.com/odilon/otherbritishengines.htm (hope you don’t mind Moose?) Anyway here are the pictures I took this morning when I unwrapped it. 
Going to steam it now. |
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| tmuir |
Nice.
I like Burnacs, they would sit well with my Renowns and Scorpions. |
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| MooseMan |
That's a beauty Steve! If you want to, I have a formula here that'll take the rust right off that burner without damaging the underlying material. | ||||||
| Les |
I hope to get one of mine back next weekend after repaires. Did you know the sightglasses are/were made by Bing?? 
That is a nice example Steve, between me and two friends of mine we have 6 and no two are the same.
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| Sandman |
What a topper Steve.
I look forward to seeing this one run. |
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| made-in-england |
Steve...
I hate to point out but its missing 4 wheels 
Very nice buy! |
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| Kritika |
Disaster
I was preparing to run it but on closer inspection I found the steam pipe has corroded away from the top of the boiler. Any Ideas, I’ve no idea what this joint should look like? I have managed to get it off buts that’s as far as I can go? 
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| Kritika |
Yes Mosse I will take you up on that, I will send you a PM. |
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| johnreid |
I hope you get it fixed quickly and easily. | ||||||
| igy569 |
Nice piece. I hope to add a vertical to my collection one of these days. 
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| Lozza1 |
They are a nice solid engine, aren't they Steve? The last english verticle.
In the 9:00 position, in your last photo, is the threaded collar with the threaded insert still attached. An "easy out" or the tang of a small file , lightly taped into the threaded insert, Should allow you to hold it steady in a vice while you unscrew the threaded collar. The easy out or file tang will only bite into the inside of the threaded insert - where there is no thread or finished surface. |
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| scalex |
very nice Steve
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| Kritika |
Thanks Guys looks like a Forum membe has come to the rescue. I will keep you posted when all is sorted. | ||||||
| Steve_S |
Good luck with getting it fixed. They're nice engines and good runners too. | ||||||
| ijules |
Great engine! Burnac are becoming rarer and rarer... Fortunately, I got one! 
Hope you will sort your steam pipe problem very soon. ++ Jules |
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| Les |
Some of them are, between 3 of us we own 6 Burnacs but 5 of those have a steel base to the boiler which has rusted through.  
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| Lozza1 |
I'm surprised Les. I thought all of the Burnac Vulcans had brass or copper boilers. Mine has a brass boiler 
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| Les |
The boiler barrels themselves are either brass or copper as is the boiler top. It is the boiler bottoms on some engines that are made from steel.
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| Burnmafingers |
Looks nice that but sorry to hear of the mishap 
I must admit, a vertical engine is nearing the top of my wishlist! |
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| Kritika |
He’s Back
Thanks to fellow Forum member’s gallant efforts, all his problems are now well and truly sorted. The transformation is truly amazing, and I for one never believed the burner would come up so well. Well he now runs like a dream…. video to follow….. Just thought I would post a few picks of my efforts to clean him up a little, a bit of a before and after affair. 
Before
After 
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| johnreid |
That one is a true beauty. | ||||||
| IndianaRog |
Beautiful Steve...looks absolutely lovely in bright copper! | ||||||
| scorpion2nz |
that come up very nice !! | ||||||
| metalhead100 |
Dang Steve its looking very nice!
Saved another from the bin! Jim |
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| Sandman |
That has come up a treat Steve.
Well done. 
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| Atticman |
Faantastic job Steve- however did you get the burner back to such a good colour
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| RocDoc |
Fantastic Steve.
The Burnac Vulcan was my very first steam engine. Pete |
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| Lozza1 |
That's come up a treat Steve
I especially like the copper boiler, and the burner looks great
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| Les |
The Burnac is a thing of beauty.
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| xlchainsaw |
what a nice engine. i like the regulator feature.
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| Steve_S |
Great job... it's a real looker now! |