I called in at Dave Young’s workshop today to collect the newly restored gas engine and potato chipper. He is making terrific progress on all fronts (as well as having completed fitting a bypass pump to the Steam Mule), particularly Lewin, as these photos show…

Below: The brass firebox bezel for Lewin – this was previously in a poor state, with many layers of paint covering it, many dents and some tearing. This is the state of play today! So far Dave has spent in the order of 35 hours repairing, beating and polishing it, with more to follow!

Below: Here is the new clack valve for Coffee Pot No.1 – this replaces the previous two, which are poor (porous) castings, and is to a reduced height to enable an easier arrangement of pipework.

Below: Here are Lewin’s sandboxes – cleaned up and ready for the sanding mechanism to be fitted.

Below: And finally, the completed gas engine and chipper – we’ll aim for a test run later this week…