Jensen steam eng. elevator and crane.

[BiLLy bOb]

OV,
gotta ask ya about the jensen steam engine. did you build it from a kit or buy it ready to go? if you built it, was it hard? I've seen kits on fleebay and as a AMATURE machinist who just entered early retirement, im lookiing for simple things to cut my teeth on.
louie

[OldVet]

Originally Posted by BiLLy bOb

OV,
gotta ask ya about the jensen steam engine. did you build it from a kit or buy it ready to go? if you built it, was it hard? I've seen kits on fleebay and as a AMATURE machinist who just entered early retirement, im lookiing for simple things to cut my teeth on.
louie

louie the steam engine is a factory made Jensen , you can buy all sorts on ebay.
As far as building, the boiler is the part that has to be done right so it`s safe.
Engines can be the simple oscillating type that are easy to build.
I suggest searching the web for model steam engine sites.

[OldVet]

The Jensen is a model 20, ya can still buy them new on the Jensen web site.
Here`s another vid showing and hearing the engine more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=3u9NerGzWiw