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igy569
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Some more progress...
The firebox sand blasted clean. It had been repainted before, and there was a LOT of rust under the paint. So it got a lot of pitting.
Here is the box painted up. Also here is the base I made to replace the badly damaged one it came with. I got it pretty close. I will be ordering the decal paper tomorrow, as well as calling Jensen to order the rest of the parts I need. 
More to come!
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Lookin' great Owen, I do believe that base is about as perfectly matched to factory as you can get...sweet!
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igy569
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:23 am Post subject: Further updates of the Cast 35 |
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Another Update...
Needed to copy the guard for the 5 which I am working on at the same time...
Can you tell them apart? 
The finished item....
Hooking up the heater. I am using period cloth cord. Keepinh this one almost completely original.
Almost there!!!
Putting on the UL label...
The Finished product...
Next.... The 5!!!! 
A video of this steaming will come later... Its too late for me now. 
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| Wow, that looks great! |
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johnreid
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I hope to see a Video soon. Looks great
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| Hey Owen, where'd you get the cloth cord and find that end? |
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igy569
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| Nick wrote: | | Hey Owen, where'd you get the cloth cord and find that end? |
Found the cloth cord on Ebay (of course) and i had the end from a prior restore. You can get the rubber ones still... watch for the post on the 5, it will have a new plug...
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Nick
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| igy569 wrote: | | Nick wrote: | | Hey Owen, where'd you get the cloth cord and find that end? |
Found the cloth cord on Ebay (of course) and i had the end from a prior restore. You can get the rubber ones still... watch for the post on the 5, it will have a new plug... |
I figured the cord came from ebay.
I have found a source for the more common Jensen ends, but the one you used looks very similar to the one used on the earliest Jensens (riveted boilers) and I could use 1 or 2 of those if you find a source. |
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Nick, look at the oldes junkiest small appliances at Yard Sales, I got a real nice cord and end for 50 cents this summer, of course it was attached to a waffle iron.
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| johnreid wrote: | | Nick, look at the oldes junkiest small appliances at Yard Sales, I got a real nice cord and end for 50 cents this summer, of course it was attached to a waffle iron. |
I did the same thing at a junk shop. I bought some old irons, kept the cords and gave the irons back to the store. They looked at me a little funny though.  |
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That looks great, well done.
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Owen, that is one to be proud of, very nice job !
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Very nice job indeed. Looks just the part.
On looking at the cast flywheel, is that a type similar to the forgotten #35? It just looks thinner in width than the usual type used on the early #5, and #25 etc.
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| Looks great. Very well done! |
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