COMPONENTS // Cone-Valve Reservoirs
Especially suited to wind pressures from 5 to 30 inches, following Skinner pattern. We manufacture reservoirs in the five most commonly used Skinner sizes, but are happy to accommodate custom orders.
New reservoirs are made of the following materials:
- #1 California sugar pine, finished in orange shellac (frame)
- Poplar (folds, top panels)
- Maple (spring rails, windbox cleats)
- One-inch voidless plywood -(bottom -panels, windbox)
Construction details echo not only original techniques but the new features we build into restored units. Regardless of pressure, double gussetts are introduced. Hinging is let in to frames and folds, rather than surface-mounted; screws are dowel-nutted. Windboxes are made of voidless plywood, attached using T-nuts instead of wood screws. The reservoir head, back and parts are given two coats of glue sizing to the inside and edges, with three coats applied to the end-grain portions of the head and back. All leather is meticulously skived on both inside and outside surfaces, for appearance's sake and superior bond. Cross-tab hinging is available at additional cost, desirable where added strength is required (such as sideways-mounted reservoirs).
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Five standard sizes:
20" x 30"
24" x 36"
30" x 48"
36" x 60"
48" x 72" |
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