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tmuir

A Renown Vertical Resorection (How to solder bushes)

A while ago I bought a Renown vertical that was in bad shape just to 'steal' parts of it to fix another.
I did take the SV and the SV bush for my other engine and then decided to keep the rest as I thought it was worth restoring.

This is how I received it a while ago.

Whistle and whistle bush missing, overflow plug bush desoldered and plug stuck in bush, piston and cylinder missing but faceplate and spring still there and a desoldered steam pipe.
It looks to me like someone tried to run it with petrol and the resulting fireball just melted all the solder on the small parts and they fell off.






This thread shows the parts I made
http://modelsteam.myfreeforum.org/about9936.html

Chris needs to refit the overflow plug to his Renown so here are some photos of how I refitted all the bushes.

I decided to fit my new overflow plug and bush to this engine and save the original ones for my windmill which is coming.

Firstly I got some W&D and wrapped it around some scrap 1/8 inch rod I had and used that to clean the inside of the hole in the boiler.
I gave it a good going until it all looked clean.
I then threaded some wire through the overflow hole and out the safety valve hole.
I then fluxed the hole and the bush.
I next slid the overflow plug bush onto the wire and using tweezers pushed it into place.
I then realised the tweezers were the perfect tool to hold the bush in place for soldering as seen in this photo.



Then with my small butane blow torch and some fine solder soldered it in place. It was much easier than I thought it would be.

Next came fitting the SV and whistle bushes.

I cleaned up the boiler.


Fluxed the boiler and bushes and sat them in place.


Then just soldered them in.


Next came the steam pipe.
I had previously removed this as it was loose.
I heated up the faceplate and using steel wool removed all the old solder.
Next I used my 1/8 inch scrap rod with W&D around it to clean the hole in the boiler and then used W&D on the pipe to clean it up.
I always thought the pipe was brass but it turns out it is copper which should make it easier to get some more.


Then just the blow torch again and a little solder and it was all fixed.





Note the repro safety valve was just in for the photo as it has no spring yet. Swapped to a working safety valve and fired it up.
I managed to get an original Renown cylinder and piston by pure luck a few months back that was missing the trunnion bolt so used this with the parts on this engine to make one complete unit.

I've decided not to polish or paint the base of this engine as it's had such a hard life I think I will let it keep it's battle scars and scorching.

Vid to follow.
toxx

... great work, mate! That's one fine machine!
Congrats!
IndianaRog

That is some excellent metal work there Tony...your new equipment is really yielding some nice parts!!!
oldstuff

Great work, Tony. That last photo showing the completed job reminds me of
those funny robots seen in some 50's sci-fi movies. Is it ready for a vid?
tmuir

oldstuff wrote:
Great work, Tony. That last photo showing the completed job reminds me of
those funny robots seen in some 50's sci-fi movies. Is it ready for a vid?


It certainly has its own unique look, kind of an ugly duckling thing, but I like them.  

I've got a vid up, it requires some fine tuning before it is a great runner but I'm just happy all my new parts are steam tight.
Les

Thanks for that. It was very clear and informative and it is nice to see it back in one piece.
johnreid

I am more than impressed and that definitely is one that has been resurrected from the dead.  I am envious of your skills.
Nick

Very nice work!
johnreid

Quote:
I've decided not to polish or paint the base of this engine as it's had such a hard life I think I will let it keep it's battle scars and scorching.


There again after living such a hard life, maybe it deserves a nice dressing up.
Nick

johnreid wrote:
Quote:
I've decided not to polish or paint the base of this engine as it's had such a hard life I think I will let it keep it's battle scars and scorching.


There again after living such a hard life, maybe it deserves a nice dressing up.

I agree, you've already done all the hard work, why not finish it off?
tmuir

Nick wrote:
johnreid wrote:
Quote:
I've decided not to polish or paint the base of this engine as it's had such a hard life I think I will let it keep it's battle scars and scorching.


There again after living such a hard life, maybe it deserves a nice dressing up.

I agree, you've already done all the hard work, why not finish it off?



I'm lazy.      

Once I've got it fully running I want to move onto another project as I have so many but I may revisit again at a later date for a polish.
flywheel61

Thast's a great job Tony,  and augers well for the future  reserection of  Australian toy steam engines.

Cheers    

Chris
mogogear

You solution to feed that inside bush into place is so simple - things like that are pure jewels of knowledge- thanks for sharing!!

I have to get a selection of good tweezers too!!
'
Well done mate
tmuir

mogogear wrote:
You solution to feed that inside bush into place is so simple - things like that are pure jewels of knowledge- thanks for sharing!!

I have to get a selection of good tweezers too!!
'
Well done mate


I came across that brain wave after twice dropping the bush to the bottom of the boiler.  
I will certainly be using that trick again though.
Wallace

Top job Tony  
Stitch

Nice work there, Tony    
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