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1963 Jensen #50 Clean Up (the one from Mr. Tom) with Repair Upda
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By: RedRyder Date: May 3, 2020, 7:02 pm
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I have been busy this weekend.
There is still more to do and I need some new sheet metal parts
but I was feeling I should make it look right for it's new
owner, Bill.
First, I took it all off the board, Flipped the board over and
surveyed it. It only had 8 extra holes evenly spaced 2" in from
the boarders. Each has a broken off screw or nail. This side was
never finished and had plenty of darker than normal spots from
the grain. There are also hundreds of tiny age cracks in the
surface layer.
I did not have the proper equipment to sand the old unfinshed
surface so it did not come out very good at all. When I was done
there was still a fair amount of discoloration so I treated it
to a chlorine bleach bath. After that I had to sand it some more
with a rotary disc sander which is not the right tool but one I
could locate which is not the case for my belt sander. I made a
batch of my signature blend of urethane with reddish and golden
brown tinting (stain). I put on a few coats of the stuff. While
I am not happy with it, it will do in a pinch. At some point I
will likely find someone with a good planing machine take it
down to flat and bare wood again. From there I will hand sand it
or is needed, add a new surface layer (press and glue).
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There are just too many holes in the original top side:
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Under the aluminum heat shield is a plaster filling a shallow
bowl where charred wood was scraped out by the previous owner.
This was a neat smart fix given what he started with. If I wind
up adding a new surface layer I may Just go back to this side
and cover it up for good.
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Here is the wood after sanding , bleach, and more sanding.
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And here it is after some urethane.
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A visitor's last visit!
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#Post#: 24833--------------------------------------------------
Re: 1963 Jensen #50 Clean Up (the one from Mr. Tom)
By: RedRyder Date: May 3, 2020, 7:06 pm
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Next. the firebox gets cleaned and gets 2 coats of copper paint
followed by 3 coats of clear lacquer.
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Re: 1963 Jensen #50 Clean Up (the one from Mr. Tom)
By: RedRyder Date: May 3, 2020, 7:16 pm
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Next step was to clean up the engine and boiler.
Eventually, I got to the generator, too!
The original paint on these parts was in mostly excellent
condition.
To clean off the years of oil build up I used GoJo hand cleaner
- the smooth non-abrasive type.
It is old (more than 10 years) and is now looking like brown
motor oil instead of a white paste.
While it looks like it has gone bad, it still works great. It
scrub with a soft towel soaked with the GoJo.
And then wipe it clean with a dry part of the towel. Then I
cleaned the nickeled surfaces by gently hand polishing with
Simichrome and a soft microfiber towel.
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Re: 1963 Jensen #50 Clean Up (the one from Mr. Tom)
By: RedRyder Date: May 3, 2020, 7:29 pm
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Next step was to flip the wood back over to make a paper
template for drilling the mounting holes for the firebox,
generator, and engine.
Then drilling which gave me the opportunity to use a small bit
to use the smaller correctly sized screws for the firebox which
I had purchased from Jensen a few years back.
My work is now mostly done until we get some new sheet metal.
Below are some pictures of what it looks like.
Enjoy!
Gil
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Re: 1963 Jensen #50 Clean Up (the one from Mr. Tom)
By: Mr. Tom Date: May 3, 2020, 8:05 pm
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Very impressive Gil! Looking great! It’s in good hands.
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Re: 1963 Jensen #50 Clean Up (the one from Mr. Tom)
By: Nick Date: May 3, 2020, 9:35 pm
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That's looking really good already 8)
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Re: 1963 Jensen #50 Clean Up (the one from Mr. Tom)
By: txlabman Date: May 4, 2020, 11:44 am
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Awesome work Gil!
Lots of good tips here watching you clean this one up.
I would never have thought to flip the base board and refinish
the other side.
Looking forward to the next update.
Bill should be very pleased with the result.
Regards,
Charlie
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Re: 1963 Jensen #50 Clean Up (the one from Mr. Tom)
By: RedRyder Date: May 4, 2020, 1:16 pm
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Hi Charlie, Yes, Bill is happy with it so far. In fact he is
having a great time reviewing the updates I have been sending
him.
[font=Verdana]Thank you all..![/font]
[font=Verdana]Gil[/font]
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Re: 1963 Jensen #50 Clean Up (the one from Mr. Tom)
By: Steam Technology Date: May 4, 2020, 5:12 pm
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Looks great, new owner should be very happy with that.
#Post#: 24860--------------------------------------------------
Re: 1963 Jensen #50 Clean Up (the one from Mr. Tom)
By: Junkologist Date: May 4, 2020, 6:15 pm
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Great job, Gil! Looks fantastic!
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