steaminon
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NEW TO FORUM---- FIRST POSTGREETING EVERYONE AT THIS OH SO FRIENDLY FORUM. MY NAME IS ALAN, I RESIDE IN BOZEMAN, MONTANA (THAT'S FAR NORTH IN THE USA) AND I AM A CABINET BUILDER THOUGH I AM ALSO FAIRLY WELL SCHOOLED IN METAL FABRICATION AND MACHINING. I MADE THE MISTAKE OF LOOKING UP STEAM ENGINES ON E BAY A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND WAS QUICKLY AFFLICTED WITH STEAMITIS. I HAVE A RATHER DIVERSE COLLECTION OF ENGINES COMPRISED OF GERMAN, BRITISH, AND AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS. I WAS NEVER A FAN OF OSCILLATING ENGINES UNTIL I PURCHASED A FLAT BASE SE2 FROM IT'S ORIGINAL OWNER IN CANADA. I NOW HAVE 4 BOWMANS, 1 MERCEY, AND AROUND 15 MAMODS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAME OVER ME. AT THE VERY TOP OF MY WISH LIST IS AN SE4. (I MUST HAVE ONE SOME DAY). I HAVE LIMITED KNOWLEDGE OF THE BRITISH ENGINES SO HOPEFULLY THROUGH THIS FORUM AND THE KINDNESS OF IT'S MEMBERS, THIS WILL QUICKLY CHANGE. I AM ATTACHING A COUPLE PHOTOS OF A BASKET CASE RESTORATION I DID THIS WINTER. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT MODEL OF DOLL THIS IS? SEVERAL SIMILAR MODELS HAVE SHOWN UP ON E BAY IN THE LAST YEAR BUT THEY WERE ALL SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THIS ENGINE AND DID NOT HAVE THE GUIDE (SUPPORT) UNDER THE CONNECTING ROD. EVERYBODY HAVE A GREAT DAY
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MrDuck
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Welcome aboard from Sweden 
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27ace27
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wow, that is a very nice restoration you've done there! welcome aboard! just a few things first, we need more pictures, and could you turn your caps lock off? I don't like being yelled at. 
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steamyjim
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Welcome to the forum! Lovely engine! I think we need some more of the one thats your profile picture. 
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Ross
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Very nice Job! and that TE1A in you avatar looks great! I would like to see a bigger picture of that!
Welcome!
Ross
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steaminon
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caps lockSorry about the caps, I'll try and do better. Thanks to tech drawing classes long before cad programs I was taught to write in caps. It stuck in my brain and I always write in caps which makes me always type in caps.
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steaminon
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I call this engine the te1 alpha. I'll post more photos later as I have to resize everything in my folders to post them.
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nissan boy
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welcome to the forum and i love your mamod te1a and could you show some more photos of it
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Ross
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Thats a beast! 
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nissan boy
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it look like a american case tractor or a early petrol/gas tractor and i love it 
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Roly Williams
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| nissan boy wrote: | | welcome to the forum and i love your mamod te1a and could you show some more photos of it |
Ditto, ditto and ditto. More details please . Somewhere I've got a picture of a full size version but I can't find it now. 
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Kevin Klein
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WELCOME, from your neighbor to the east.
I take it you do REAL pin striping
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steaminon
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It's actually a te1, not a te1a.
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Les
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Two fine engines you have there, welcome to the forum.
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IndianaRog
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Welcome Alan, some fine work there...love the restoration and supercharging the TE1...awesome ! I would love any tips you have on pin striping, it's hard to do well!
From central Indiana,
Rog
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benchmark
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Welcome to the forum and greeting from Denmark. Looking forward to seeing your collection.
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johnreid
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Welcome to the forum from another Indiana member,
I used to own a guitar that was made in Bozeman,.
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Dampfzauberer
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Hello alan,
welcome to the forum.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but i think you bought something off me on ebay some time ago, right?
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Little Bandit
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Nice engines and welcome to the forum
Greetings Dennis
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boxman
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from yorkshire
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Sandman
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Hi there Alan, and a great big Scottish welcome.
You've come to the right place, and I'm sure you'll enjoy talking steam with your brother collectors right here.
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steaminon
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| IndianaRog wrote: | Welcome Alan, some fine work there...love the restoration and supercharging the TE1...awesome ! I would love any tips you have on pin striping, it's hard to do well!
From central Indiana,
Rog |
Pinstriping is very hard. It seems like the harder you try to do a good job, the worse it turns out. If you look at the striping on the old engines, none of it is perfect because it was all done by hand. Practice on a piece of glass and then just wipe it off with a little thinner. I also dip my brush in thinner before loading it with paint and that lets it flow out of the brush easier. Use a very small brush, at least 00
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steaminon
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| Dampfzauberer wrote: | Hello alan,
welcome to the forum.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but i think you bought something off me on ebay some time ago, right? |
I believe I did as I recognize your name but I don't know which engine I purchased.
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Dampfzauberer
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| steaminon wrote: | | Dampfzauberer wrote: | Hello alan,
welcome to the forum.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but i think you bought something off me on ebay some time ago, right? |
I believe I did as I recognize your name but I don't know which engine I purchased. |
I think it was the large 135/2 Fleischmann engine with original box
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steaminon
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| Dampfzauberer wrote: | | steaminon wrote: | | Dampfzauberer wrote: | Hello alan,
welcome to the forum.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but i think you bought something off me on ebay some time ago, right? |
I believe I did as I recognize your name but I don't know which engine I purchased. |
I think it was the large 135/2 Fleischmann engine with original box |
I absolutely love that engine. You were very honest about it's condition and I was and still am very pleased with the whole deal. Thanks for that one.
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The Denying Dutchman
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That's a beautiful engine you got there.
from the Netherlands.
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steaminon
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| MrDuck wrote: | | Welcome aboard from Sweden |
Thank you for the warm welcome
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steaminon
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| 27ace27 wrote: | | wow, that is a very nice restoration you've done there! welcome aboard! just a few things first, we need more pictures, and could you turn your caps lock off? I don't like being yelled at. |
Thank you for the very warm welcome
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steaminon
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| steamyjim wrote: | | Welcome to the forum! Lovely engine! I think we need some more of the one thats your profile picture. |
Thank you for the very warm welcome
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steaminon
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| Ross wrote: | Very nice Job! and that TE1A in you avatar looks great! I would like to see a bigger picture of that!
Welcome!
Ross |
Thank you for the very warm welcome
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steaminon
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| nissan boy wrote: | | welcome to the forum and i love your mamod te1a and could you show some more photos of it |
Thank you for the very warm welcome
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steaminon
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| Roly Williams wrote: | | nissan boy wrote: | | welcome to the forum and i love your mamod te1a and could you show some more photos of it |
Ditto, ditto and ditto. More details please . Somewhere I've got a picture of a full size version but I can't find it now. |
Thank you for the very warm welcome
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steaminon
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| Les wrote: | | Two fine engines you have there, welcome to the forum. |
Thank you for the very warm welcome
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steaminon
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| IndianaRog wrote: | Welcome Alan, some fine work there...love the restoration and supercharging the TE1...awesome ! I would love any tips you have on pin striping, it's hard to do well!
From central Indiana,
Rog |
Thank you for the very warm welcome, I've visited your site many times. It's very well done. I have just begun working on my own site and hope to have it up in a few months.
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steaminon
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| benchmark wrote: | | Welcome to the forum and greeting from Denmark. Looking forward to seeing your collection. |
Thank you for the very warm welcome, i just whipped through your site. nice collection. I really want a d32 but wow do they bring some money.
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steaminon
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| johnreid wrote: | Welcome to the forum from another Indiana member,
I used to own a guitar that was made in Bozeman,. |
Thank you for the very warm welcome. Was the guitar a Gibson by chance?
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steaminon
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| Little Bandit wrote: | Nice engines and welcome to the forum
Greetings Dennis |
Thank you for the very warm welcome
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steaminon
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| boxman wrote: | | from yorkshire |
Thank you for the very warm welcome
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steaminon
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| Sandman wrote: | Hi there Alan, and a great big Scottish welcome.
You've come to the right place, and I'm sure you'll enjoy talking steam with your brother collectors right here. |
Thank you for the very warm welcome
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steaminon
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| The Denying Dutchman wrote: | That's a beautiful engine you got there.
from the Netherlands. |
Thank you for the very warm welcome
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dampfmaschinenjoe 1967
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Itīs nice to see that there are some more steam collectors in the US as we know until now : A big welcome from northern Germany, Alan !
cheers Joe
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Stilldrillin
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Big welcome to the Forum Family, Alan! 
Your restoration pics have identified this wreckage which has been under my bench for much too long.
Must do something with/ about it........
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Steve_S
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Welcome to the forum Alan. You have some very nice engines 
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magpie38
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Welcome to the forum mate, very nice engine
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verithingeoff
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G'day mate, welcome to the forum---
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jakesm
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Alan,
from a cool winters evening in johannesburg, south africa.
your restoration and the hot-rodded te1 are both great, look forward to seeing and hearing more from you!
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steam technology
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Welcome & enjoy. Love that TE1!!
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whistleman
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Welcome! from another Aussie.
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ozsteamdemon
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A big welcome from the land down under .
......... You joined 6 weeks ago ?
We can be a bit slow sometimes 
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Stoker
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I'd say, seeing what you've shown thus far, that you've come to the right place! Don't think you really need to thank us all for the welcome, as we are all more than glad you have joined up. You will no doubt learn much from the many very knowledgeable folks here, but certainly we'll be learning much from you as well.
So Welcome, and glad to have you aboard!!!
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Kritika
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Hi there Alan, welcome from the South of England
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