Some different design of Aveling boilers.
New to the workshop is Aveling & Porter 7195 belonging to Martyn Blackburn.
This is the engine in the playground in Chile.
Her rolls had been taken to be used by the village sports field.
This is when Martyn returned the boiler to us for the work to be done after he had stripped her. Here are a few photos of taking her apart.
The work will include repair to the hornplates, new box and tubeplate.
Here are David and Sam having let in the repair plate to the hornplate, checking the next steps. This will be to mark out the stay holes.
Here is the completed box.
This is the repaired outer wrapper.
David threading stays . . .he should look happy .. he has most of them done !
Shows one more crown stay to put in.
7195 standing upright again. A new smokebox, which is an extension of the boiler barrell has been fitted and the new tubeplate rivetted in place.
Martyn has brought over the fittings, pump and the plates to go between the hornplates. These can all be fitted now and the engined tubed.
This year the engine is 100 years old so it will be good to be in steam again !