A new stainless tea urn jacket fitted
I ended up purchasing a small spot welder.
I didn't have the sheet metal skills to do the interlocking folded seams like the original tin plated and soldered set up.
I would be flat out finding anyone still with the skills too.
The urn jacket looks almost exactly like the original.
I used on the base some hard heat resistant fibrous insulation meant for a wood heater and the rest of it insulated with expanding foam which was poured in and filled the gaps..
The stainless jacket was sandblasted so the paint would take to it.
A stainless steel hose clamp is used around the neck of the urn instead of soldering and will help any future disassembly if required.
The last time I used the cooker the reflex water gauge started leaking.
I found the glass is cracked and my spare one was too.
Now trying to track down the correct 15mm thick Boron glass and make non asbestos replacement gaskets.
This Wiles junior only needs two more steaming bins to be remade in stainless steel to be completely finished and 100 % usable from a cooking point of view.
The original soup bins if restored , because of their soldered design wouldn't be a good idea to use except for static display.
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