Bamford was a British manufacture of small industrial and farm engines, among other things, dating back to the 1870s. I am not sure if they are still around, but believe they may be but trading under a different name. A customer who has used our services before sent a scan of a head gasket for [...]
Archive for the ‘Small Engine Gaskets’ category
Bamford model Z4 Diesel engine
December 1, 2010Stover DV2
February 28, 2010Stover was one of the larger American industrial engine manufacturers. If my research is correct they were in business from 1895 to 1942. Shutting down in 1942 seems curious, what with war-time production at capacity. I wonder why Stover wasn’t busy with government contracts to make engines or any other needed material? Perhaps a reader [...]
1910 Fairbanks Morse 2 HP Vertical
February 27, 2010A growing portion of our business comes from those restoring old industrial and farm engines. In this particular case the customer sent scans of a composite head gasket and solid copper exhaust gaskets for a 1910 Fairbanks Morse 2HP vertical he is restoring. We used those to provide a quotation, and to make the gaskets [...]
Lauson RAY Small Engine Head Gasket
January 31, 2010This gasket is from a regular customer who collects and restores old Lauson engines. He always order the same Armstrong metal clad material, and does not require a steel flame ring. Although not the preferred method, he sent a tracing by snail mail: We used that tracing to cut 3 of these from a 1.2mm [...]
