Beer Pump 21

Comment by Barry on March 26, 2014 at 10:05am

Wow they cleaned up amazingly well!

Comment by John Mildenhall on April 3, 2014 at 7:47am

Hi Barry.

I am really pleased with how the metal components polished up. Pleasantly surprised at how much brass was under years of grime and layers of paint.

I have stripped, straightened and reglued the Oak cabinet side boards. These however were pretty rough and haven't come up as well as I would like. I have since purchased new Oak to make up new sides to pattern.

The replacement parts needed have been ordered through C.F.B.S.

So it's all go on the restoration front - which what I can work out is the easy part - compared to the brewing of the top quality beers suited to the Beer Engine.

Cheers.

John M  

 

 

 

Comment by Barry on April 3, 2014 at 8:22am

Hi John, sounds great.
So you got a response from CFBS? And they had the bits you needed? I must get back in contact with them.

Comment by John Mildenhall on April 3, 2014 at 9:53am

Hi Barry.

To be fair I am yet to hear back from CFBS.

A couple of weeks back I sent a request for the parts needed to them via their Web Site - but as yet I have heard nothing back from them.

I sent them a chaser this morning - but again this was via their Web Site - so will try ringing or skyping if I get no response by the end of the week - unless you have a better suggestion as to how to establish contact?

Thanks. John M

 

 

 

    

Comment by John Mildenhall on April 3, 2014 at 12:05pm

Hi Barry,

Thanks for the email address for 'steve'.

I have just sent off an email to him - I will let you know how I get on.

Cheers 

John M

Comment by John Mildenhall on April 4, 2014 at 7:28pm

Hi Barry,

CFBS advise that unfortunately they no long carry replacement parts for Beer Engines of the older Vintages'. Hopefully they are able to provide manuels or other similar resource documentation with pictures/dimensions that will assist with the reproduction of the drip tray and other parts required.

Thankfully during the dismantling of the Beer Engine all the existing washers and gasket's came off intact so can be refreshed and reused.

'Fosters' the Ship Chandlers at the bottom of town is like a 'blast from the past' and have an amazing array of old and essentric bits and pieces. I'll head in there next week to see what they have hidden away that can be of use.

Cheers

John M

 

 

         

Comment by Chris Banks on April 5, 2014 at 8:15am

Hi John

Thats a shame as the rest of the engine has come up amazingly - reminds me of rebuilding carburetors seeing all the parts laid out like that...  

If you are able to obtain some pictures or drawings I may be able to help out with reproducing/fabricating a drip tray - if you need help that is ;-)

Cheers

Chris

Comment by John Mildenhall on April 5, 2014 at 8:47am

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the offer regarding fabricating the drip tray - it's 'Murphy's Law' - things were going to well for a while there - but now the fun starts with the need to find and/or rebuild parts.

Fingers crossed that CFBS can come up with the goods - and help to enable everything to be kept as original as possible.

Cheers

John M 

 

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