Toughest Restoration

tmuir · Toughest Restoration

After looking at James restoration of his rough Se1a I thought I would start a new thread titled toughest restoration.
Post a before and after picture of the roughest engine you have restored.
For me that is My Se3.
Was a complete strip down, end off boiler, bushes resoldered, base and firebox repainted.
Before

After

James

Chris

Great job...both of you.

James

Thanks Chris.

See the restoration board in the SE1a thread and MM1 thread.

Mamodman123

My loco was probably the most challenging the first time around! Second time around it was a lot easier

Super job guys on the SE's

MooseMan

My M122 I think.....

oldstuff

Cool thread.

All of the restorations...great work!

mj

Bowman E101.
Some of you may have seen the pics before, but for the newer members, this is the engine i'm proudest of:-)
Thought i'd try a slide show on the forum, not sure how well it'll work though
(removed the slideshow as it took too long loading)

erikl

The SE3 G&G was my thoughest restoration.

Before:

during:

after:

JensenSteamMan

Roger had a involved restoration with the Jensen 4-bolt he restored!
heres a link to the pic:

http://webzoom.freewebs.com/india...ensen%204%20Bolt%20BEFORE%20C.JPG

I suspect he will be along to this therad soon to talk about is some more.

-Casey

Wallace

Great thread Tony, and some nice restos here.

Erik, good to see you back

I haven't really had 1 tough resto. I mean general resprays, soldering and such has all added up overtime with tough parts here and there

But luck when sourcing parts let me use these 2 engines

To make this

.

And probably my neatest soldering Job was this one

Mamodman123

Soldering cylinders back together is a pain in the backside. I did it on Rosa's old cylinders and it worked well, but I eventually noticed small splits in them

Real good job on that MM2 Wallace

the second one is almost as bad as they can possibly get

Wallace

Mamodman123

SPOKESMAN

SPOKESMAN

TOUGH BY NATURE OF THE AMOUNT OF TARNISH AND GRIME TO REMOVE.

Good thread.

Sandman

A credit to you mj.

I only hope mine turns out to be half as good a resto as yours.

I still look at your before and after pics in awe at what can be achieved.

mj

great thread showing the extremes encountered when aquiring 'projects' from tony & jame's full repaint to spoke's clean up of the M140. All have their merits & show the depth of knowlegde & skill within the forum.

Sandy, when's the 101 going to be finished? You can't have enough 101 pics & vids flying around

Sandman

Mamodman123

mj

Mamodman123

Steve_S

Drumroll... fanfare.... where's that 101?

SPOKESMAN

He just building his part!!!

Sandman

SPOKESMAN

Mamodman123

oldstuff

SPOKESMAN

oldstuff

Damn right, Mike. Crack dat whip!

SPOKESMAN

Mamodman123

I just go for it, and don't stop until the whole engine is finished

some take longer than others though

SPOKESMAN

You have too much time MM . . .

Mamodman123

oldstuff

yosa

SPOKESMAN

Has to be done Chuck!

Cedge

The toughest steam engine rebuilding project I've taken on, thus far, is nearing completion. I've still got a little to do in order to put it to running, but with everyone is showing theirs, I'll show mine too....

Cedge's Butt Ugly Radial Engine

Steve

Sandman

Cedge

Sandy...
I still have to machine the caps for the valve tubes and fit them with exhaust lines. All other parts are either already on the engine or will be after the next round of disassembly. It'll be mounted on hardwood when I finally get all the little loose ends tied up.

Steve

Graham-Jilly

Realy nice looking job there Cedge

oldstuff

Jeez, Steve. That's really different, a super-nice job...now I'm dying
to see it run!

steamgranny

Cedge

Granny..
I think I'm gonna like having you around...LOL I suppose the little engine will eventually have to have a new name. However, for me she'll always be the same little knobby kneed ugly gal she was when we met, but with fresh lipstick on...

The machining thing is still pretty new to me. I'm sure I'm taking 3 times as long to do half as much as someone who knows how it's really done. I gotta admit that doesn't bother me much. I can just picture a trained machinist shaking his head in wonder as he watches me do things the hardest way possible, every time.

Thanks for the kind words guys. I don't get to share new collection additions as often as some, but I do enjoy sharing them when I can.

Steve

MooseMan

yosa

But ugly?

Can you fix me up with a date?

Griffin

tmuir

SPOKESMAN

SMs 101 will be his toughest or is that longest!

Sandman

SPOKESMAN

JensenSteamMan

WoW Steve! That is really cleaning up nice I love the sightglass for the crankcase.

You dont think your machine work is good? I guess that moves mine down into the disgraceful zone LOL!

I wish I could get a lathe of my own at least. Maybe I can pick up
one at Cabin Fever next year? hmmm

Cheers,
Casey

James

That's real good Steve

Cedge

Thanks James and everyone for the compliments.

Casey...
Its not that dislike my work. It's just that I know where I want to be with the finished project and my skill levels are still well within the novice range. This is the first real attempt to go at it with a steam engine project. Most of the things I've done so far have been modifications to the machine tools to increase their accuarcy and capabilities. I've also made a few specialized tools for the lathe and milling machine in preparation for taking on this project. That's the sum and total of my experience to date. Trust me... you can hide a lot of sins behind shiney...LOL

I've been around machine shops nearly all my working life but never got the chance to run any of the equipment. I was always there to make sure my drawings and ideas worked or the parts being made were up to spec. In short... I got to watch alot but I never got to play...LOL

You'd be surpised how cheaply you can get into a basic set up these days... as long as you are willing to own a bit of surprisingly usable chinese made iron.

Steve

JensenSteamMan

Ohh ok I gotcha!

Cheers,
Casey