HOW AND WHY I STARTED MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- How And Why I Started My RUclips Channel. This video shows how the combination of hobby variants and my background in Professional Audio and Video made it possible for me to make the videos that you now can see on Patreon and my RUclips Channel.
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I’m one of your younger viewers (14), I’ve always loved steam engines for some reason and I recently bought, restored and sold on a little mamod SR1a Roller and had great fun with it, your videos are always informative and useful and I enjoy watching them very much 👍
Great to hear!
I am also 14 and I am saving for my first steam engine
The fact you want to make children get into the steam hobby is amazing, at the age of 14 i bought by first ever mamod TE1A from the 70s that hasnt ran since 72. And Have now began to persue the hobby with more advanced and complex engines. I saw your Mamod restoration video and got hooked instantly.
Thanks,
George.
I have noticed that since YT has removed the dislike button, several creators have pinned a comment here for the purpose of: "Give this comment a thumbs up if you dislike this video"! To maintain integrity.
It would not be used much on this channel IMO.
Enjoyed every minute of this one. Thanks Keith.
Really enjoyed this one. I watch your videos every day and thoroughly enjoy what you do, how you do it and your sense of humour. I am not an engineer, and don't have the tools required to do what you do, but love watching what you do and listening to your voice overs. Thank you and keep up the good work. (don't let the nay Sayers get you down, most people who actually do things, and make things don't feel the need to criticise, because they understand what's involved)
im now 38, and not so much a "young" fella anymore. however, this channel has renewed my love of steam engines. now my children enjoy my old steam stuff. perhaps, they will carry on with it.
Thank you Mr Appleton - I have no intention of building a steam anything. I just enjoy seeing you exercise your great skills. You have a lot of e-friends.
Thank you for your comment Robert - I am glad that you enjoy the content }:-)))
Thank you Mr. Appleton for being here. Regards from a youngster at heart.
Always like your videos. I built a steam engine at 17 and now at 71 I want to build another.
For many years I was wondering who was behind the orchestration and production of my favorite ever metal album.: Gothic by Paradise Lost. It was such a pleasure to meet you get to see you in this video. All my respect Sir! Thanks for bringing to life such a masterpiece of a genre of music you might even don’t appreciate much 😅.
Thank you }:-)))
I came for the Hammond organ stuff and stayed for the steam stuff. Waiting to see you spin up a Tone Generator (or maybe a Leslie) with a steam engine!
Lovely backstory, you did succeed a few years ago getting at lest this young person in the steam hobby, I even am part of a steam and gas club
Good ol' Keith Appleton. Stay healthy!
Well the color of your hair may have changed but your sense of humor and easy to listen to voice is still pure gold!
Thanks for that }:-)))
"Plenty of equipment, and no money".... Yup, can relate entirely to that! And for the same reasons.
That is a really very nice studio setup there Keith! Mine is following a similar sort of trajectory, albeit many years behind.
What a lovely little overview. It's a great to see your humour is still being put to good use, as are your skills! Thanks a million for sharing with us this tiny peek into your life! Cheers!
I will never have a proper engineering workshop, but I have to watch every one of your videos, they are addictive. I also learn a lot, which at 73 isn't bad!
Thank you, I enjoy making them.
I'm probably younger, but most certainly not young anymore. your video's resonate with me, you do and did many of the things I'ld like to do or do. I played in a band, but our singer didn't sound like Joe Cocker either. I do play Hammond organ although I could never get my hands on a B3. I do have an interest in technology including steam engines, but apart from my little Wilesco toy, I don't have any. I do have a workshop, but it's for working wood, metal, not so much. can't have it both ways in limited space. I do have the hair and the beard, which is more than on this old RUclips profile icon these days. I've learned a lot of things from your video's, even though these things don't always have useful implications in todays life for me, still, learning is always a good way to stay young and mentally healthy. so all I'm really trying to say is Thanks. and stay healthy and keep going!. Cheers and greetings from the Netherlands.
There was a guy who suggested that the key to ‘successful learning’ was ‘Enjoyment, Practice and Understanding’ … as demonstrated by your many talents👍 His name was John Holt and his most influential book was ‘How Children Fail’. It was my bible.
So how do children fail? By Answer Producing rather than Answer Finding.
He was touched by a child at the back of a class who was humming Multiplication Tables. Asked what the child thought he/she was doing the answer came ‘I like the tune but I don’t know the words’
Enough to bring tears to my eye. My goodness there were terrible teachers out there in my day too.
You can Do as well as Teach. Few can do both. You promote Enjoyment, Practice and Understanding.
That clip of your friend asking "what does it mean to move?" was perfect. Just the series of events happening were just in a perfect order to make me laugh.
We had a good laugh making the short films . . .
I think your channel is absolutely amazing. I have learnt so many workshop skills from watching your videos which is helping me to build my 4” scale traction engine with my dad. I am a young person and I find your videos so interesting! Credit to you!
Thank you very much for sharing. I was lucky enough to go to school in Portsmouth and be taught metalwork by Kenneth Wells. At that time the school had fully equipped workshops, foundry, forge, lathes and milling machine. We learnt the basics and were able to cast parts machine, solder and fit them up into a simple static steam engine. I didn't know until fairly recently that Mr Wells had published three books on metalworking aimed at the starter group school age. The books are now scarce but with the permission of the Wells family, a kind loan of an original book, some persistence from myself the three books have now been republished by Camden. Watching your videos certainly inspired me to search out my old engine and steam it again for.the.first time in 40 odd years!! Thanks once again, from Spain!!
You put my own tardiness and procrastination to shame. A very interesting video. 👏👏👍😀
The Marshall fridge is fabulous 👏👏
A blast from the past. ...Cheers...
As a Colorado native, a homebrewer of many year's standing, and a lover of fine beers and ales I am very sorry to inform you that your (wonderful) Marshall refrigerator DOES NOT have good things inside it! 8^)
Stay healthy, thanks for making this, and I did find it entertaining.
My idol...
Your videos are what got me stoked on steam engines when I had to learn how to repair a an engine myself, keep it up Keith! Cheers from California
Glad to help }:-)))
@@keithappleton oh you’ve been a big help, keep em coming Keith!!
you have a great sense for humor!
{:-)))
I have been watching your you tube for years, particularly the locomotive building. I love this video, particularly the magnificent bushy black hair and beard. Keep up the good work.
Kevin in USA
Your videos over the years have encouraged me to build and setup my own workshop. You are a huge credit to the model engineering community, can’t thank you enough
Great video. I can't believe how much your voice has changed.
Thanks Keith. I'm mid my mid-30's and your videos were enough to kick me over the hill and got me building engines. :-)
I built my own PMR #1 engine and #2 boiler from castings last winter and I must say it was a worthy and educational experience.
More likely it was just a taste of builds to come....
I love your videos. This one is classic. I loved your comments about sigma six. Classic! I am leaving the employ of my third shop. Each one went nuts on sigma six and lean manufacturing. Each one went bankrupt. Your clip is excellent!
A true polymath. Thank you for all your work!
LOL..two things i love Marshal amps and coors light. you are a man after my own heart. love steam engines and machining as well as makers and builders of all kinds.Always enjoyed your videos and lessons.....I have been in the music biz my whole life and now working for movie composers ..cheers to you and yours..!
The 1996 picture I thought you would be perfect for The Lion King. Interesting history!👍
I approve of this video.
What a great video. Its wonderful to get a glimpse of the actual prison behind the video. Take care.
The Best crash I ever had , now. That is the right attitude for any hobby
Well played good sir!
I for one am extremely glad you chose to share your knowledge and experience, for without your videos, what I would have learned about model steam on my own probably wouldn't stuff an olive. So thanks!
I appreciate that, thank you }:-)))
A huge thank you Keith. Your my one and only Patron. I wish I could give more, but living on a fixed income is tough when prices rise and my savings are depleting rapidly.
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
10:20 nice to see some behringer equipement over there, cheap but decent quality👍🏻
Getting young people into our hobby is quite hard, but with videos like yours we have someplace to recommend they start, also recommend they join a Model Club. Thank you for your Videos.
You are very welcome.
A great watch as always - the information put up on RUclips is timeless. As a person in their mid30’s interested in lathework, live steam, and synths (albeit I’m on a eurorack streak right now, send help), this channel has been a delight. To be fair though I think due to workshop constraints, if I do build a 5” gauge loco, it’ll be electric… (I think finding space for a southbend would be difficult sadly, and lathes lead to shapers)
I'm almost the same age as you in the first clip!!! Really enjoyed watching this. Nice to see your humour hasn't changed 😂
Yes, it is quite scary - I is well old now innit }:-)))
Thank you for making this compilation video, Mr. Appleton. I’ve seen nearly all your RUclips catalog, so the story was familiar, but the condensed format really appeals. It turns out we have a lot of interests in common but I’m not able to equal your experience in most any of them, myself.
the silver soldering for beginners video is the one that introduced me to your channel! came for the tutorial, got interested by the other videos on steam engines, stayed for the girlfriend jokes
Cool video, Keith! I like seeing the videos from your early days and the mix of your professional and hobby work. Love the how-to videos, much appreciated!
Very interesting, I always wondered what your background was. Always enjoy your videos , and your refrigerator is Awesome !
I am here because Blondie hacks mentioned you once and still here for about a year now, I watch one or more of your videos everyday (along with the guys who rescue seals in Namibia) It calms me down with all that is going on in the current concerning state of the world.
No plans to start an engineering workshop any time soon it just fascinates me as to how things are done but maybe one day.
Thanks for the explanation Keith I feel like I know you after all this time and yes all your videos are always useful.
For the record, your channel is a goldmine and I love it! I’m so happy I found it. It’s been super helpful and interesting.
Glad you enjoy it!
}:-)))
That was the best one yet!
I love this. I come from a mechanical/farming background and try and make how to videos for people who are repairing things themselves. I have taken some time off with life being busy but will be back at it hopefully this spring.
Your sound board video got me interested in your work. Helped me a lot.
Wow this was awsome to watch, thanks for sharing from Ohio USA.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge through this channel. I think it's a neat way of doing these kinds of videos, about the steam, film it all at first, then do the talking on top of it later on when have seen through it. Would possible done the same myself.
Thanks for watching!
Wonderful Keith. You are firmly a constant part of our model engineering conversations these days down here and we greatly appreciate your enthusiasm and wit. Merry Xmas and take care.
and the same to you - have a Healthy Happy New Year }:-)))
Awesome work good Sir!
Thank you kindly!
Thoroughly enjoyable video as usual Keith your beard would drive me nuts" itching " i shaved mine off i also have a keyboard a Roland synth cannot play a thing but love its sound ,many years ago i used to go to the model engineering shows in London, Alexandra palace was one of them your videos are great and its entertaining to see how its done i am a modelmaker and build all sorts of stuff but i live in a flat so no bloody room i built so much stuff i had to hire a container unit to store everything .
Hi Keith, im 25 and female and love your videos, i bought a mammod traction engine because of you, I would love a 5 inch steam engine but as you are well aware, a 25 year old with a 45 hour a week job has no hope of being able to afford one. i am slowly saving up for one.
don't stop making videos, i love watching these in my lunch break. and you are attracting younger and some female watchers!
I am humbled by your presence }:-))) Thanks for watching .....
Hi Keith, I came across your vidoes when looking at hammond organ information. Your Hammond vids are great and whilst i'm not a steam enthusiast as such, my brother and myself often visit the medel enfineer exhibition at Ally Pally. This video is a great one and carries a diamond paice of information 'Dont think about it too much, just get on with it' my version of that cheesy sports shoe ad 'Just do it'. It's a great thing to encourage new people into any 'real hobby' I say real as computer games are no hobby. I am still a radio han , tho working in the trade has taken the edge off it a bit. IMHO, men need hobbies, it keeps them out of trouble, an old girlfriend said 'some mens hobbies is other women'. A hobby can be a true passion, something that gets you out of bed and working at till late in the night. Once again, thanks for all your interesting videos and high production standards.
Thank you for sharing your story Keith. I always wondered what are the people that put videos up really like.
Now we know, as we say in America, Keith is a good dude!
Great documentary and insight.
Thank you
Great channel Keith, I can't keep up with all of your content :) Thanks
I used to work for a radio station here in Melbourne many years ago and I worked as a sound engineer also.. there were 3 studios and they all had 24 track pannels and reel to reel recorders and the audio was put on to small cartridges for the DJ to play on air when we had made the ads or audio stints from others... it was great fun but alas.. no longer. I have been following your channel for quite a while now and enjoy every video I watch.
Thanks!
Keep doing what your doing. It is greatly appreciated.
I will try .... }:-)))
Great to see how you got into the hobby and how it developed I really enjoyed this one. A man of many talents and a very busy life how you find the time to do so much is amazing
Wow brilliant just found your channel subscribed… love the humour and love that bit TC talent compensation rack hahah
I've always enjoyed watching you repair and rebuilding engines, your sense of humor is great, thank you for sharing your time with us.
Glad you enjoyed it }:-)))
This is A+
Great video!
Hey Keith, it's been a while since I commented on any of your videos. I am happy to hear and see you are keeping as busy as you want to be and doing well in the process. I hope the Pandemic hasn't been too great a strain on you and your pursuits. I am settling into my shop again to stave off the winter doldrums, so the lathe has been uncovered and the steam engine parts taken back down to carry on with my build (Stuart Single). I will be tuning in now and again to see more of your latest videos, stay well and we shall chat again soon. Cheers for now from Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. John
That was really enjoyable. Thanks
I liked the story on how your RUclips channel started Keith. Keep up the amazing work!
Very much enjoyed your video, you seem like quite the character lol, like your dry sense of humor, if I lived closer, like they say on coronation street , we could go for a Pint. thanks for posting.
Thanks 👍
I'm certainly glad that you did start your channel! I've learned quite a few things from it!
Interesting video keith , your videos finally gave me the push to start my 5 inch speedy project which I started during lockdown from a part started model ,my first steam loco at the tender age of 30 ! .its answered alot of questions which I struggled with even at the local club your videos also kept me saine during my never ended time time shielding. Thank you for all the effort you put into making these videos keep up the good work . 😊
Well FWIW, Frank Sinatra's voice also changed enormously over the many years of his career. The Frankie of the 40s,the sound is very different indeed from say the 1960s,and different yet again from his later years. Whiskey,women and cigarettes. And God knows what else.
At least the old roué had a fine old time doing it.
Hope you mostly enjoyed the years as they passed.
Hoy farther christmas.....love your vids.
Ho Ho Ho - Merry Christmas }:-)))
Wow. Thanks. I’m a keyboard player. Would love to hear you play some on your videos. And, I got to see what you look like. Great video. You are amazing
Thank you. I compose & record original music for a lot of my videos.
Excellent!! All the best for the festive season.
And to you Charles, Merry Christmas & a Healthy Happy New Year }:-)))
Hello Keith, im a younger fan- was not aware of how extensive your history with the recording industry. Cool to see so many skills come to use later in life for videos! Appreciate your effort
The silver soldering video was the first video of yours I saw too 🤣 I bought a part built sweet pea from an industrial auction as I liked the look of it but didn't have a clue what I was doing. It's now complete and has been steamed in the garden. I'm just waiting for my friend to finish the boiler test then we can try it out. Thanks Keith!
I found your channel while learning to play the Hammond B3 but stayed for the steam engineering 😃
As a guy in his 20's who is heavily invested in music production I hope to be as fascinating as you are one day :)
Thank you for your kind comment {:-))) You might like to take a look at this: www.discogs.com/artist/234266-Keith-Appleton
Thanks for the insight, the Marshall fridge is a particularly nice touch.
I buy the "Coors Light" for my Recording Studio customers, it is important for them to keep a clear head }:-)))
@@keithappleton TBH I didn't notice the beer, it was the striking fridge that impressed me! I will start examining Marshall stacks very closely in future, just to see one has been slipped in :~D
Nice to see how it all started , your videos are informative without getting bogged down in technicalities and truly fascinating , they make me think of times past when we actually made things and they were the best in the world
Cheers Mick. Merry Christmas }:-)))
Very awesome! I do wonder what happened to that custom made Thomas. It’s like you took him straight out of the books!
I sold it years ago and it used to run at the front of a 5 inch gauge miniature railway. The original motor & drive system was removed and the train was pushed from the back by a powerful electric locomotive.
Nice to see a bit of you in your videos. Merry Christmas.
Same to you - have a Healthy Happy New Year.
Interestingly the very first video of yours that I watched was the silver soldering excerpt. I have never built a model steam engine but plan to later in my life. I am currently 33 and have too many other projects and am too busy trying to make a living and run the family business. (independent oil producer) I am a competent manual machinist, mechanic, welder and interestingly have had some experience in live recordings. (no studio). I have always been more interested in the model stationary engines instead of the model locomotives but none the less I will probably be one of the old men walking around a engine show with a bucket of coal and an oil can. Thanks for the video I always find these types of videos interesting especially from the channels that don't give a lot of the guy behind the mic info.
Thank you for telling us about your past and the history of the channel, i really enjoy watching your videos and look forward till the next one
Really, really interesting. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi. I'm 26 and I'd like to build model steam engines, and your videos definitely contributed to that. Maybe I can set up a machine shop after I buy my house. My 3D CAD projects and pretend music studio will need to suffice until then.
Great video, your channel was the very thing that inspired my interest… *addiction* cough cough, lol to steam, thank you for not just the fantastic videos but also introducing me to what is such a great great hobby. Stay well 👍🏻👊🏻
well your attempt to attract young people into the hobby worked... I'm 15
I really am pleased with all the comments from younger people .......
You are an inspiration to many of us, Mr Appleton. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and skills with us.
You are very welcome, many thanks.
Through your videos and series I learned a lot about model steam engines. Although I have been dealing with steam models and the large steam engines for over 20 years, I was particularly able to learn about Stuart models. I wish you continued success and fun with your work. Stay healthy and have a merry Christmas.
So I am very interested in that Thomas do you still have it and I just wanted to say thank you for the things you did with your channel. 2 years ago I was just a kid that liked trains because of you I got into steam and first a Mamod te1a then a g scale live steam and now a 7 1/2 inch gauge Chloe and behalf of my grandfather and I thank you for the education, interest and a passion I am 14 now a young passionate person in the steam hobby because of you I found my calling in life so thank you
Just spotted the AVO 8 - proper meter.
Yes indeed, I like it very much ...... I also have an old British Telecom meter which I use in the Workshop.