BUILDING A MODEL STEAM ENGINE part 10 tubalcain
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- This is part 10 of a 10 part series on building a large model OSCILLATING (wobbler) STEAM ENGINE. Pattern making for the cylinder was covered in another video series. Many of the machining operations as well as erecting the engine are shown. The engine has a 2 1/2" bore, 2 5/8" stroke, and a 8 1/2" dia. flywheel.
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Truly one heck of good craftmanship! I used to work in the iron milling industry and I know a little about the effort you must have put in creating this;) Nice to see this kind of work being done by a real human being! Good job!!!
Great job! Your video presentation is excellent; you cover all the details and, contrary to your possible fears, never get boring or drawn out. Thank you for taking the time.
Same for me i watched all 10 vids in one go and at no point was there ANY dull moments so much so that my cup of coffee went stone cold never drank it.
Outstanding vid thank you for taking the time to share. :)
Your absolutely amazing! I'm planning on making an old 2 stroke into a steam engine. I also want you to know that I'm glad everything worked out and good luck for the future
@mrmatt2525able The flywheel is an antique made of cast iron
Yes-a wood one will work-but takes another 2 or 3 hrs.
I love your videos, Several generations of craftsmen in my family, I always had tols around and learned to use them at an early age, learned to drive a nail before Mom taught me to cook.
Keep up the good work your videos, projects and thoughts have great meaning.
Thank you
Sincerely,
Sue
I am currently laid up with a bruised Achilles tendon and watched this entire series of videos for the second time. The first time was as you were building it and that gave me the bug to start machining myself. I have since procured an Atlas 618 lathe, a small Craftsman shaper, and a medium sized mill. I have successfully built your recent small wobbler engine and am looking at this engine for the next project. I will post pictures or a video of the wobbler I made when I am mobile again. Thank you so much for all you have done for the machinist "want to be's". You have given a lot of folks a lot information and pleasure with your videos.
Again, THANK YOU! Fred
I've been watching a lot of your videos, and I must say thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge and skills with the world. Very inspirational!
I just came across your channel and really enjoyed watching this series. I plan on viewing all your videos. I hope you realize how much your videos will be appreciated, well into the future, by new viewers as they discover them. They are also a great tribute to all machinists, making people aware of the skill and vast contributions of the trade. Great job. Thank you so much mrpete! -Kevin, Tinley Park, IL
Watched the series for the third time!
Awesome series! I just watched the whole thing in one sitting, and it was quite fascinating. I've only done a bit of machining before and never any casting, so it was very cool to see the process for a project like this!
This was simply an outstanding series tubulcain - I have enjoyed all of your fantastic videos, but this series really takes the cake. I hope you will share another project like this again with us sometime soon.
Both of the video series were wonderful. Your knowledge and teaching ability are boundless. Thank you for investing your time in making these videos.
Watched them all and enjoyed them all. I won't ever do such a project but that's not the point. Students will suffer due to the retirement of this wonderful Teacher! Excellent explanation of the whys and hows of the project. - - Tubalcain sure does Entertain!
Watched all 10 in one setting. Not a dull ,moment, Great job and perfect explanations.
+RHEAD100 Thanks for watching
Fine project, very interesting. Many compliments to you and your work too. You worried about too much detail, I enjoy the detail of video's such as this. I would have also liked to have seen the actual pour of each mold.
Good job sir, we are a dying breed that can work with tools and our minds.
@nappaa Probably not.
About 18 lb
Sorry--no,
What a wonderful series! I've never done any machining, but I am fascinated by it and very much appreciate what you've done here. I work in the video profession, and I know how much work even a simple project like this can be. I am certain it will inspire others in many ways. Thank you : )
orcasea59 Thanks for watching.. Yes, lots of work
@EmperorAst It's self starting only if the crank is in the right position---I.E. for a power stroke.
Hi Mr Pete
Loved your whole series of the building of this little marvel!!
I work in a heavy foundry in the United Kingdom, We make castings up to very nearly 600 tonnes and I feel sure that you have better moulding skills than any of our time served moulders!!!
I must just say that I loved your American accent and dry wit!!
Many thanks for a couple of hours of very interesting viewing :)
Oh, keep up the great work ;-)
What a fantastic set of videos . . saw them all in on sitting. I used to be an engineer like you a long time ago. You deserve to get an Oscar !
Thanks . Stewart
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Sir,
I stumbled across your video(s) today and ended up watching all ten. I enjoyed them immensely and will search for other video(s) you have created. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and expertise with us. I, like so many others, have learned a few things from the vid's. On that note...they certainly weren't too long nor boring. Actually, I would have enjoyed more of the details, but understand that that is quite time consuming and may bore some...I'm just not one of them! Thanks again for taking the time and sharing.
By the way, I enjoyed seeing clips of your grandson assisting in the shop. My now fourteen year old boy spends time in the shop with me and he is learning the lathe, mill, and other machines we have access too. Your grandson is of similar age to my own boy and I'm curious how his tutoring has gone since you first posted the vid's. Thanks again for sharing.
BEAUTIFUL WORK!! Enjoyed this series VERY MUCH! Pretty much watched the entire thing in one afternoon!
+MattsMotorz Thanks for watching
great video and fantastic series.
thank you for sharing.
As a 25 yr model maker, I thoroughly enjoyed this series. Most impressive to me is the home casting. I do a lot of cnc work but got my start apprenticing with an old timer and have done it all by hand in the past. Great explanations and common sense approach to the steps. Thanks for the video, it was quite an effort.-TM
Very nice series.I loved all of it.Your sense of humor great.I found myself laughing about the boring bar "Stop drinking beer for a few months and you can afford it".Anyhow, if you ran that fast enough and had the right attachments, I imagine that would make a great paint shaker.
A bitter-sweet moment, all finished and all over. Thank you for taking the time to record your progress and teach us all. I have an idea for another project...how about a steam helicopter? There should be loads of videos in that.
Best Wishes, Brendan.
Totally enjoyed all ten parts! Thankyou so much!
Okay. I suggest you now build one of those ride-able backyard steam locomotives & video the whole process. That would be the coolest.
Quite an accomplishment,Sir.This can be built from scratch.Who knows.Thank you.
Thank you for taking time to video and share your work. I enjoyed watching all 10 videos.
how many hp is it? lol just kidding. I want to build a simple slide valve steam engine, around 5 horsepower, single cylinder.. If you know of a good set of drawings for a steam engine as such, please let me know! send me a private message or reply to this .. Thanks for your time and great videos.
Just finished watching the all series and enjoyed each end every bit of it : )
Thanks for the fun, the entertainment, end more than everything else, for the very informative content of your videos.
Keep up the great work.
My best wishes of a merry xmas and happy new year .
Mrpete222 i thank you for the videos, both for knowledge and entertainment. Seeing the whole process from start to finish was enjoyable. You sir are a top notch craftsman, and made the whole process look easy. Thank you for posting these videos online.
Excellent engine! Was wondering if you could use the lost foam casting method to make a engine like this. Also, does the type of foam have any bearing on the finish of the casting? Thank you so much, please keep making these vids!
Thank you for taking the time to share these videos. I found this entire series very informative, and I looked for new videos for the next step each day. I am waiting with anticipation on your next videos. More pattern making and casting I hope!
Sweet engine. Is it just ally to ally where the cylinder pivots or is there something there to help the seal and reduce friction? How high could you get the pressure before it starts leaking at valve plate?
how strong is that engine performance? could you stop the flywheel with your hands when you got the pressure to a max with that? i wonder if you could power manned vehicles with these dimensions, like the steam cars! :)
it is truely a thing of beauty.
you should build a musemum, if not a real one then at least a virtual one.
thanks for showing us all this. i've learned a lot
not only about machining but also about modesty and patience.
PLEASE ; Do not be angered at me BUT I TOTALY disagree with your comment at time line 7:50 to 7:58 Your engine along with the videos would be of remarkable help as a teachers aid in both high schools and Collages.
I can sincerely second each and every one of the comments before mine! Your videos are superb, and since I am older than you, for these videos to be crystal clear, you had to have done a superb job in exploring the concepts being taught!!! My first vocation and avocation is medicine, but I have been exploring the feasibility of becoming a gunsmith as an avocation to pursue in the "fall" of my life. Your videos are an inspiration, and it want to thank you for your selfless contribution to the knowledge pool. Your videos will be timeless, and your teaching style is engagingly seductive, bringing many into the vocation of machinist, who might never have found meaningful employment!!
GOD BLESS YOU, MY FRIEND!!!
wow,oh wow,what a superb set of videos.
Beautiful video work.You captured all the main points of each step.
Good on you for making these wonderful videos.Thank you.
This was fantastic, Thank you for doing it. Now you can box up those patterns and ship them to my school so my students can build one and when I say my students I mean me!!
The power rating of these would probably be "mouse farts" (the power of a mouse farting) maybe Kilo mousefarts for the larger ones
I watched all 10 episodes. Very well done, especially seeing your grandson in the shop with you. A very gratifing series. Thank you.
Watched all 10 parts back to back and I enjoyed every minute. Thanks for sharing this with us.
I like the intro with the grass.
Nice engine as always. I have a question (again). Is it self starting? Because it started on it's own.
Just finished watching all 10 episodes and I must say it was a fun journey. Thanks for sharing...
first viewer, fantastic job sir. i watched your progress. you are the best.
I wish I could meet you. I used to work in a foundry in core room, pattern shop, tool crib and in the foundry making molds. This was in 1967 when I was a moulder apprentice for DeLaval Corp. in Oakland CA. I know a little about this, but not much because I went for the bux and took up restorative machining at a aircraft company and later did tool room work at American Can making, repairing and sharpening dies. Very interesting work. I am retired now and looking to build a home foundry to compliment my shop. You sure have some nice machinery. I have a Chinese lathe, milling machine with no back gear, and a drill press but only a combo cut off band saw. Be surprised what I have done with it. I wish I could send you a CADCAM drawing of a uniflow design employing a scotch crank I want to build, hoping for advice. I became enamored of of scotch cranks when I learned to run a shaper. and a filing machine. I really appreciate your videos. Thanks.
Awesome project and video series! Lots of information that most videos do not even come close to letting you know.
Well, Mr. pete, I have truly enjoyed your videos on the steam engine. I also build steam engines, but with no castings - just parts that I can buy and machine to result in a self operating engine. I had the thought that you might actually want to sell kits of unfinshed castings to make this engine. Lots of work, though, and for me, when it turns to work, it's no longer fun. You really did a fantastic job explaining your processes and showing how it's done. Again, thank you- I enjoyed it- PP
It is truly impressive to watch your videos; not only do you spend a lot of time machining, but the time spent setting up your projects and editing your videos is HUGE! I have always been facinated with mechanical devices and I recently acquired a South Bend 9A metal lathe (1952). My latest project was to replace the single groove motor pulley with a two groove pulley. Utilizing your video, it turned out perfect! Thank you so much for the time and energy you spent sharing your knowledge!
Tubalcain, as a Patternmaker, who has not worked in the Trade for at least 35 years this brought back a lot of memories, Thankyou so much for the memories, I mainly worked in Iron Foundries, but also made Patterns for Steel and Brass. We actually used a mixture of Glass Putty and Plaster of Paris and a fillet ball for our fillets, this mixture went hard after a while and he clean-up was easy, yet all the rest was the same as we did in Australia, although I never used a metal lathe
You mention in this last one with 10 parts it's rather a long set start to finish.
Well I just watched everyone of them tonight in a row and it was time very well spent!
I did not need to sleep tonight anyway LOL
Thanks! I learned a great deal from your videos tonight!
You mention in several you hope your not going into to much detail or borring with details. You did GREAT!
I learned more in your videos of how to use my lathe/mill and do setups than I have in the several years I've had it!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and talent with us. I just finished watching the series and have to say it was fascinating. I know you don't like questions but one has been nagging me for a while. Could you have made a flask out of wood so you could cast the entire frame at once? I really don't know much about foundry work, other than when I made a belt buckle way back in high school.
you are a genius and so skilled. you obviously have a lot of experience. im 27 and have recently bout my own furnace kit for home melting. i am also in the process of buying my own lathe and mill. i have never practiced working with metal but woke up one day and decided its time for a new hobby. you have given out so much advice and now i feel so ready to start my new hobby. Now all i need is some Dry days to melt my Aluminium Thanks again from Bray, Ireland
Appreciate your efforts in providing us all with an extended glimpse into the details involved in creating a nice mechanical model engine. A lot of information, techniques and considerations have been transferred from your shop to the world. A good example of why today is much better than the buggy whip days.
Best 90 minutes I've spent on RUclips!
You sir sound exactly like Stanley Meyer, my number one hero of all time,deserving multiple Nobel prizes. But instead he gets murdered by the corrupt corporations and politicians. I wish someone would notice. My hope supply is running out. A great man, a real true blue superhero!
According the formula in N.Hawkins "New Catechism of the Steam Engine", Audel & Co., 1904, that engine running on 10 psi at 55rpm is producing .036HP. Seems like it would be more, but the formulae from that era don't count things like reciprocating weight, so the large flywheel provides smooth motion and torque, but doesn't enter into the HP equation.
I had been looking everywhere for a build process of one of these. You have shown me a 90 minute long one of a large scale, this is better then I was looking for. Taught me quite a lot and I'm very great-full, thanks.
I'm wanting to do one of these at a smaller scale though I don't have the ability to make my own castings.
I'm a first time viewer of your videos. Thanks very much for sharing your experience. Given the amount of time you spent pattern making, I can see why stuff is made on CNC milling centers now. No need for a pattern and the metalurgical vagueries of casting, but a crazy amount of money for the milling center. Still, nice to see the old technology in action.
Are you planning or have you already made a series on the casting process? I watched how you made the pattern but then it jumped to taking them out of the mold. I really like how thorough your videos which shows your years of knowledge and teaching. I wish I had you as my shop teacher. Great Job and keep the videos coming!!!
its been a long ride, nice looking engine that is begging for a name plate or some polishing on the cylinder. I like the colour and I think your choice was good. The wobbler needs to be hand started to alight the valves correct? Your videos have encouraged me to try a machine project. I started (ambitiously) with a kozo 0-4-0 pennsy switcher
Great job sir! I looked forward to these videos as they were posted, and enjoyed every one of them. Incredibly informative.
I was a bit sad to see you paint the engine though.. kind of hides all that nice work you did. Any thoughts for a different solution to the black knobs on the back of the engine?
Great series of videos :) very informative !
Maybe longer than reading War and Peace but much, much more fun! Your grandson is lucky to have such a talented grandpa.
Would you be willing to cast and sell the parts as a kit? No machining, just cast and send. If so, what would you charge?
WoW! I don't know what to say except, you are a true craftsman! In this day and time, you are one of a few that remain. I hope you pass your skill and work ethic on to your grandson so he can become one of the people that bring our country back to building great things again! Thanks.
just finished all 10 videos; i loved the detail and time taken esplaining yourself in this series, im always learning new things from the internet and the more details the better. i really enjoyed watching you make this engine, thank you so much.
Hi mrpete222. I was wondering if you have a video or videos showing how to make a steam traction engine. I built a traction engine boiler on wheels but I don't know how the valve system is built for the steam chest on this type of application.
Thanks for taking the time to go through all the steps for building this engine. I've really enjoyed following your progress.
Do you have any other projects in the works that you will be doing videos for?
I just finished the 10 video set. Thank you Mr. Pete. I really enjoyed seeing your build.
You said this engine served no purpose, but it did, I learned a lot watching this video series. I learned a little politics, a little comedy and a whole lot about metal casting and machining. Thank You
Absolutely facinating, your right the engine has no pratical purpose, but the journely was woth every minute. I hope you continue to do more and look forward to the next project for the fun of it.
Best spent time on youtube well worth the hour and forty minutes, also i love your shop if i had them tools id stop working and just make engines, actually its probly a good thing i dont have emm
ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC...ABSOLUTE AWSOME...FROM START TO FINISH
THANK YOU...
I truly enjoyed watching the whole series
boy did I every learn a whole bunch of stuff
thank you very much
did you cast the origanal flywheel with steel or alumum or did you just use the origanal?
Wow!! I have really enjoyed watching all 10 parts!! I'm going to be making a steam engine soon here also!! This is so help full, and very encouraging. Thanks for sharing!
Your amazing ! To do the camera work , at the same time all the engineering and the commentary, all this with just two hands?
Just LOOVED your show.
dieter13. Australia.
mrpete,
Thank you so very much for these videos. I wish I had a shop teacher like you way back when I was in high school shop. Please keep the great work!
Fantastic kind of work sir, ive enjoyd each part of your video
I hope to see your next project allso here on the tube.
From the Netherlands we greet
Tot ziens!
This was one of the most exciting ten ssessions yet. Most illuminating. Tell your grandson he has the makings of a great Engineer too.
Best regards 19Asres
@bsatom A small pulley could be added on the shaft next to the flywheel. I think that's how it's usually done. You get more torque out of it that way.
Thank you for sharing both your trade skills and project. Loved every minuet of it. I haven't seen your other video's yet but, I shall soon. :D
It took me two days, but do not worry: I was not bored by a word of this! Thank you for sharing, Sir, and belated congrats on a working engine.
Incredible! Very nice engine! Always wanted to see a huge "wobbler" style engine.
Really enjoyed watching this set of videos.
Thanks.
100%AAAAAAAAAA From Scotland Best yet Thank you so much God Bless
absolutely no use what so evas!!!! accept me enjoying watching you build them, it could just sit still and it still cool cause you made it!!
You are a national treasure. What will we do when men such as yourself are no longer with us. God bless you and your family.
very good job sir, very good job,i would love to know if it would be possible to purchase a set of castings for this model from you
A nice series to watch, thanks man! Hope to make stuff like this in the future, will be checking out more of your videos :)
But i would probably screw up, because i dont have the skills. Allthough piping i can. Made some hydraulics years back :)
I am very impress, your knowledge is accurate, I watched the videos, I hope see your next project .
Congratulations Greg.
to think i threw my lot in with wood working. i want a foundry! too cool! better than anything on the boob tube.
great job i did learn alot i might build one to a++ on the videos