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| tmuir |
WormarI received the Wormar yesterday and considering its age I think its in pretty good condition, but look at the photos and judge for yourself.
Is the filler funnel for the Wormar or a different engine, anyone know? 
This is the worst problem, some shoddy soldering around the union nut but shouldn't be too hard to fix. 
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| Wallace |
Thanks for posting Tony.
Looks a very nice engine 
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| Stitch |
Great stuff mate. The original pics on ebay didn't do it justice. | ||||
| Mamodman123 |
Great engine Tony! 
I'll give you 50p for it 
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| tmuir |
And your se4 and I will give you a minor 2 in change. 
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| Mamodman123 |
hmmmm 
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| Steve_S |
Very good! That should clean up well. | ||||
| IndianaRog |
Interesting Tony...Wormar seems to have been a chapter in early Bowman history that has never been really clear to me...but I like them for their uniqueness.
When soldering on my Wormar I learned a valuable lesson...anything above/within the path of the flame MUST be silver soldered. 400 deg. F. stuff just won't endure and your Trojan will blow steam and hot water everywhere when that solder melts. Rog |
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| tmuir |
Thanks for the tip Rog, but I won't be fixing it, its going to its new home as is for them to play with. | ||||
| IndianaRog |
Ah...well, if they are a forum member perhaps they will read and heed the above. Moose and I enjoyed many a joke when I was restoring mine only to have the solder let loose on it's maiden run.
Very fixable...just the only spot I have found where it's silver solder or else. Rog |
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| Mister Occlusion |
Those are interesting engines. I like the cylinder configuration. Reminds of the twin Minor | ||||
| oldstuff |
New home? Them? But you just got it. 
Thanks for the great pics, Tony. I like this engine very much. It's different and you just don't often see them. One thing puzzles me though...I can't see how it handles the exhaust...?? |
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| Cranko |
Really a brilliant original piece of steam engine history. I hope we see more of it in the future 
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| MooseMan |
Chuck, if you look very carefully you can just make out the exhaust ports above/below the little square union for the steam port. The origins of Wormar are a little dubious....according to Colin Laker, WorMar is a contraction of Worboys and Smart - the Smart referring to Capt. Smart, a cousin of Geoffrey Bowman jenkins. However, Capt. Smart worked in Luton until 1927, and the address given in contemporary advertisements for Worboys and Smart varies wildly. It is now assumed that this firm was fictitious and in fact a venture by GBJ. So Wormar engines are direct predecessors to the Bowman brand engines. |
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| IndianaRog |
Odilon,
Interesting bit of Wormar origins there...never heard that before...makes sense for the contraction of names AND being an early iteration of Bowman. cheers, Rog |
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| Steve_S |
Interesting stuff. I hadn't heard the latest theories about Worboys and Smart. On a Wormar advertisment that's reproduced on the Bowman Circle website the words Jenkins Patent appear below the Wormar logo, which is a bit of a give away.
http://www.bowmancircle.co.uk/page_1155070631750.html |
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| MooseMan |
Colin Laker is the definitive source of Bowman trivia - last time we spoke the book he's writing on the subject was moving in the direction of 300 pages.
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| Graham-Jilly |
Nice engine there Tony. when do we find out who the owner is
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| oldstuff |
Who altered the photo...now I can see the ports. 
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