The superheaters were soldered up onto the header and still need more plumbing and a union to join up to the cylinders but it's underway. A 3/4" hex nut was milled out of some bar.
Oddly the design drawings didn't call for a snifter valve, and it's never had one. I'd thought it would be easy to fit it to the steam chest cover but a downside would be it doesn't draw oil from the lubricator unless its upstream. So a 5/32" pipe is silver soldered to the header for the snifter line. I think I may be able to fit a snifter through the smokebox floor at the front. Not much room when it's on top of the cylinder block.
The chimney dings and dents were machined out of the body and top lip, and the saddle was profiled to make a better shape. I thought I would have to braze up the front and rear radii as the original job hardly left any thickness at the rim. However some careful work has managed to salvage it and blend it in.
Happy steaming!
Nigel
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