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Every kid should get to play with live steam!This is my dad's(when he was a kid) and I remember playing with it as a kid.It is a WILESCO canned heatpowered steam engine and a JENSEN MFG.CO. machine shop,these tools were mounted on this board and were displayed in the window of the 5 and dime that my grandma worked at in the 50's,and at christmas she bought it for my dad.It still runs great,and I always sawed up DIXIE cups on the table saw!
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I remember these when I was a kid & always wanted one. Guess I still do!
Thanks blunderbuss and sanhardin! Just shell out some dough! Blunderbuss they can get kind of exspensive!!!!!!!!but still out there.
Great condition, what child wouldn't want to play with fire & steam. :-)
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