Restoration of my 36HP Rumely #6153

By Jerred Ruble

Hanlontown, IA

Retubing

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Date	Picture/Caption
3/19/11	Brian Patterson cutting the old tubes out of the front flue sheet.
3/19/11	We used a inside piper cutting tip on our torch to speed up the process.
3/19/11	Here Brian is in the fire box working cutting tubes.
7/7/11	Cory and Collin cutting the new tubes to length. We used my Rigid threaded to cut the tubes.
7/8/11	We discovered the tube openings in the firebox were under sized so Collin had to open each one up.
7/9/11	Lawrence used his automatic roller/beader to install the tubes in both tube sheets.
7/11/11	Since the steamer turned 100 today, we decided to have a little birthday party in her honor.

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