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Carette 105/5 "Lokomobile" (Overtype)
By: Oberlok Date: February 3, 2022, 6:36 am
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Not quite sure if I have shown this engine her before.
Bought it a year ago (paid too much...). Only to find that it
was not just used and sooty, but had suffered a severe burning
and repainting and scratching and other forms of mistreatment...
[attachimg=1]
[attachimg=2]
[attachimg=3]
...and that the cylinder end cap had come off:
[attachimg=4]
I decided, in a fit of mild craziness, to a) get her running
again, b) retain as much of the old substance as possible. Took
me some weeks, this is what she looks now like:
[attachimg=5]
[attachimg=6]
[attachimg=7]
Looks a bit blotchy, but I am astonished about how much of the
old blueing is still there. Sadly missing a chimney, water gauge
cover and the "door" for the fire box (a shield cum handle
attached to the original burner, which I am desoldering at the
moment)
Here the first test run - mind, the steam pipe has not been
re-soldered yet:
(HTM) https://youtu.be/z-iHaKCZBQE
(HTM) https://youtu.be/z-iHaKCZBQE
And her with the governor in place:
(HTM) https://youtu.be/Cs2SmhL4RIA
(HTM) https://youtu.be/Cs2SmhL4RIA
Tank you for your attention
Thomas
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Re: Carette 105/5 "Lokomobile" (Overtype)
By: Woe is me Date: February 3, 2022, 9:05 am
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Hey Thomas,
That didn't turn out too bad. I have the same one here and it's
missing a few original things.
The stack, front boiler support leg, and the burner are not
factory issued. Like most of them
out there mine is missing the catwalk supports, your lucky
there, you have yours. One other
thing I noticed different was the boiler endcap and the
positioning of the site glass holes.
Yours run straight up and down where mine run on a 45 degree
angle that puts the drain cock
in the bottom center. Now I wonder if someone took the endcap
off and moved it on mine.
They're good running engines.
Thanks for showing it.
#Post#: 49012--------------------------------------------------
Re: Carette 105/5 "Lokomobile" (Overtype)
By: txlabman Date: February 3, 2022, 10:56 am
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Nice job Thomas!
👏👏👏👏
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Re: Carette 105/5 "Lokomobile" (Overtype)
By: tenniV11 Date: February 3, 2022, 11:38 am
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Thomas - it looks much better than before and I hope you will
find
the chimney. The other missing parts are not so important - on
the other
hand the small lever must still be mounted. Still worth the
efforts
to save a mistreated steam engine...
Greetings over the lake, Arnold :D
#Post#: 49014--------------------------------------------------
Re: Carette 105/5 "Lokomobile" (Overtype)
By: skeptic49 Date: February 3, 2022, 12:33 pm
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Congratulations, a remarkable restoration.
#Post#: 49022--------------------------------------------------
Re: Carette 105/5 "Lokomobile" (Overtype)
By: RedRyder Date: February 3, 2022, 5:49 pm
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The difference speaks for itself, Thomas.
You have performed a super nice restoration.
Very well done..!!
Gil
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Re: Carette 105/5 "Lokomobile" (Overtype)
By: Oberlok Date: February 4, 2022, 5:47 am
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[quote author=Woe is me link=topic=5320.msg49011#msg49011
date=1643900726]
Hey Thomas,
That didn't turn out too bad. I have the same one here and it's
missing a few original things.
The stack, front boiler support leg, and the burner are not
factory issued. Like most of them
out there mine is missing the catwalk supports, your lucky
there, you have yours. One other
thing I noticed different was the boiler endcap and the
positioning of the site glass holes.
Yours run straight up and down where mine run on a 45 degree
angle that puts the drain cock
in the bottom center. Now I wonder if someone took the endcap
off and moved it on mine.
They're good running engines.
Thanks for showing it.
[/quote]
Tommy, I have seen quite a few Carette engines which have the
angled sight-glass layout. Perhaps a matter of the size (boiler
diameter) they came in?
The boiler support pillar is partly melted away in the burning
the engine must have suffered.
I still would like to get a fitting chimney...
Enjoy the steam videos now posted!
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Re: Carette 105/5 "Lokomobile" (Overtype)
By: Oberlok Date: February 4, 2022, 5:49 am
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Thank you all for your kind comments. I am quite pleased with
the result myself.
I have just posted videos of the first steam test in the video
section!
Thank you
Thomas
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Re: Carette 105/5 "Lokomobile" (Overtype)
By: Woe is me Date: February 4, 2022, 9:13 pm
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Hey Thomas, I'm going to throw a couple pics in here for you,
hope you don't mind.
First pic is the front pillar, not as nice as your original one.
Found a stack on
German eBay that someone is making and was close, kind of. It's
a little lose fitting
so I folded some black heavy paper for both sides to shim it,
works great. The last
two pics show the site glass angle and the replacement
burner,(not original) that it
came with. Hope the stack thing helps you out where your at.
[attach=1][attach=2][attach=3][attach=4][attach=5]
#Post#: 49047--------------------------------------------------
Re: Carette 105/5 "Lokomobile" (Overtype)
By: Oberlok Date: February 5, 2022, 3:13 am
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Hi Tommy,
thanks for the interesting pictures!
The chimney looks good on this engines - the "crown" with the
long vents is more of the Doll type (I believe the Carette ones
had small round vents), but it definitely looks much better with
such a fitting (that is: straight) chimney than without one...
The front support serves its function - the (original) one on my
engine is half eaten away by the fire... Perhaps it was not
Carette's best idea to pint the burner vent directly at these
supports.
Regarding the end cap: a) so nice to see it with the water gauge
cover! b) I do agree: it looks as if sb has rotated the whole
end cap... But perhaps sb else has another photo for comparison.
All the best
Thomas
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