LBSC 3.5″ “Maisie”

[Phil H1Participant @philh196021]

Why not check it over to make sure there are no botched, soft solder repairs and give it a pressure test?

[bogusParticipant @bogus]

Well the answer is i'm offshore for the next 2-3 months. All i can do now being far away from home(workshop) is to collect knowledge, materials and talk In my other thread regarding steam regulator disassembly i was advised to get the book. Nice It is on the list, but in 3 months and i need to prepare tooling first not to waste time when i get home.

[Phil H1Participant @philh196021]

Oh I see. On the bright side, it looks like your boiler was soundly built (from what we can see). Do you know whether the boiler had any stamped lettering – indicating a pressure test? And or do you know its history?

[bogusParticipant @bogus]

i bought it from Ebay auction, from one guy who is most likely well known in this "world". I supouse he is well known as he is selling lot of locos all the time on Ebay – squireathuttonbs24

He said is it very vell engineered and wasn't been on steam since long time, was standing on the display and need "all the necessary work"

I haven't seen any stamps on the boiler…

If i remember right, there is a red dot marked on the pressure gauge at 70 psi.

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