kempy Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 This machine was saved from a trip to the scrap metal merchant yard. It's a 2 group Wega Orion that was sitting in the shed for while until I got time to completely strip it down and get the parts organised, but once everything was together it was completed in just under 4 weeks. The rebuild itself was done couple of years ago so a few of the progress pictures are MIA, I thought I'd get pics up of at least one completed project if only to make myself feel better about finishing something. Sadly, I didn't take a picture of the machine while it was complete in it's original condition so the first pic is off the net. Rest assured, although it was the same colour it was a total mess with a lot of the original red paint scratched off and deep scratches in the stainless trays It's a nice old girl, no electronics apart from the autofill controller. First view is of the internals prior to deconstruction, loads of heavy pitting in the chassis 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempy Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 Boiler Outside is caked with old coffee grinds and mouse droppings, this is after a hose off. Plenty of nice lime scale build up with years of use with water sitting stagnant under pressure. Certainly nowhere near the worst that I've seen though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempy Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 Here's the completed boiler. Spent hours using an acid softener and finishing with a glass bead blaster. New nylon seals were used but I kept the original boiler element as it looked like it had been replaced at some stage. Luckily the boiler is one of those types that have a removable end so I could get the bead blaster inside, most have just inlets/outlet points with the largest hole being for the heater element. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempy Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 New shiny bits..blow off valve, water level probe and vacuum valve fitted The vacuum valve is the little short silver one with a brass cir-clip closest to the bottom of the picture. It's role is to let air back into the boiler when the machine is turned off, this avoids the boiler collapsing inwards under the vacuum caused by cooling. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempy Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 Everything back together, Chassis zinc plated, new pressurestat and seals throughout. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempy Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 Here she is, all done and ready to go. I tried to match an original Wega colour which I think didn't turn out too bad. Polished up all of the stainless which took a while as there were some fairly heavy marks. The pressure gauge looks almost new from a good strip down and clean out, new switches on the front as the crummy old red ones didn't suit the new colour 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempy Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 Testing..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubastreet Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Looks good, I like the old orions. That stainless polishing is a labour of love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempy Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 Cheers. More polishing love to come, next on the list is this wee beastie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubastreet Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I'd quite like one of them, or an elektra barlume. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EURON8 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Man, i wish i had time for coffee today from this machine. Was right on time as it was. Might add one of these things to my acquire and restore/mod list for one day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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