One thing I love about these old engines is their simplicity and durability . This engine was running before many of us were born and will continue long after we are but a memory .
Before ANY of us were born !! I think we can be confident ! This is hi tech from the very late Victorian era - but given its local manufacture, probably not so cutting edge when it was madem but still not later than Edwardian as much later would have been electric.
All these Local Made in that Country. Its not cutting edge, exactly, but its not made by the British in the colonial era either. The name of Manufacturer is on it, Shahi, which is local maker, not an English Name. It is however, based on some old British design from 1800s. You guys should stop making fun of those hard working people.
@@zeeabe-f9v Nothing funny here! Just horrified at the lack of risk assessment and safety checklists. Whatever the design antiquity, these people are human beings and deserve a "safe system of work"! In a country like that getting your arm or leg torn off is the end of your family income -stream and starvation and penury for you family! Do they have an Accident Book or Insurance?
This is a Victorian era setup. They used to transmit mechanical power all over huge factories by a huge number of pulleys. This is a living museum, respect! They way he installed the last pulley for the mill was impressive.
He'll slip one day and that lkeg will be gone, its an accident waiting to happen. WOuld be better to have a coupler of some kind like a parking brake on a car that disengages the belt so they arent trying to start the engine running the belts and wheels too.
@@HobbyOrganist tell that to the guy he works for that needs to front the bill. in places like these, people don’t run unsafe machines without PPE just because they know how to do it. it’s because they don’t know how to do it better and don’t have the means. over here in the states, idiots run CNC rigs and plasma cutters and all sorts of other crap without even safety specs because they’ve trained themselves into complacency. THOSE people think that they have herd immunity from work accidents. trust me when i say that you can’t be herd immune to getting your sleeve caught in a lathe. and don’t ask what that looks like.
My wife’s grandfather inherited a building in Manteno Illinois that had ‘drive lines’ and pulleys still in the ceiling. Don’t know when the steam engine was removed? It had been a wagon, buggy, carriage business from the 1860’s to WW1.
Ive worked in refineries inside of a huge compressor thats down for repairs next to 7 more going all day long and they will literally put you to sleep,quick.
Proper “old school” engineering, probably been there for over 100years. I don’t think I’d be wanting to wear a scarf with so many pulley wheels and belts around, but fair play to the operator, he certainly has a well worked out and executed system with attention to detail eg. Cleaning spilt oil etc
@@drood78absolutely. Line shaft systems like these started being used in the 1820's and were phased out in the early 1900's. So over 100 years is spot on
@drood78 do a little scouting around the internet and you'll find that these types of engines are OLD. The first recognised internal combustion engine patant was granted in 1794!
for someone who lives in Scandinavia, it seems that it is quite hot and it is not a diesel engine but an oil engine, it runs on motor oil or similar such as SEA 30
Truth. I think it runs on used engine oil since the oil he poured looked black and dirty. We have a used oil burning furnace in America providing heat to our auto repair shop.
This diesel engines run with almost anything flammable. (Any diesel engine can, in fact.. if prepared correctly ) I've seen them run on olive oil, turpertine, vodka, gasoline... more or less performant, and more or less hard to start, but they work
@@framegrace1 - I remember reading that when Rudolf Diesel designed his first engine, it was built to run on peanut oil - so he was over a century ahead of the Just Stop Oil mob, eh? :))
That was the most stunning OSHA training video I've seen yet! I especially liked the foot launch flywheel spinup and the grain mill belt install, myself. =:0 But it's cool seeing this ancient machinery being used today, isn't it? I miss going down to the Antique Steam and Gas Museum when I lived in SoCal.
I know that most people reading this will nit believe this but in 1988 , in chester , England, I drove a FODEN , ..every morning in the winter months , to get it started I needed to spray petrol on to rolled up newspaper , light it , and stuff it in to the engine intake funnel , ( it was a diesel engine ) and the engine started , I worked for a man named Bill Powell, at E.S.Powell , a nice guy ,
Of course we believe you, they even sold special paper for the lighting. Tens of thousands of such engines were and are in use around the world, its just not something the general public knew or know anything about.
Worked at a ranch in the middle of Nevada in the 60's that has a similar sized single-cylinder diesel engine they had to run for the only electric power out there. Learned to hold the valves open with a long screw driver to release the compression to get the flywheel spinning with a hand crank like in this video. That old thing just ran and ran for decades with never a problem.
I get that working with old machinery has certain safety risks that are difficult to mitigate. But the loose clothing around spinning shafts/wheels will end up with severe injuries or fatalities.
Reminded me of hand-cranking the old diesel engine that we used to crush barley for cattle feed on our Scottish farm. It was a devil to get running, but once it was going, it chugged and clanked along like it could never be stopped. It was a dedicated machine, not like this multi-belt system. Different days.
I used to own an old Austrian compressor used during the first world War. It used a steel tube with a fosforo plug of compressed paper dipped in fosforo inserted in the tip to start it. Mono cilindro with a huge weighted disc to start it with. You needed at least 2 people to start it, but it was a wonderful machine powerful a low consumption diesel.
Oil to seal the rings and up the compression plus heat the cylinder by drawing in flames and warming generally and boom away she goes. Two swings and away, you can tell built like that she will run all day and all year with some tender loving care.
@@teslatrooper85- your electric crap will never compare. Can’t imagine a a fifty y.o. Tesla coming to life without needing a brand new $20,000 battery pack
@ttocselbag5054 that's cute. It's not the electric crap. Lots of tech just died because it was replaced by something better. Are you still using foot powered lathes? Steam machine powered ones? Are you asbestos brake pads? Horse carriages? Lime lights? Betamax? Gramophone? Wax cylinders? Are you drilling holes using sand and a stick? Do you still cut stuff with stone knifes? Do you still make fire by striking flint stones? That's all old school tech that died. 🙄 Muricans...
Reminds me of trying to start up our two cylinder Lister generator when I was a kid. If it wasn’t spinning fast enough and you flipped the decompression lever it would kick back hard enough to break your wrist.
🤣 Yeah I was like not with your dirty hands! But to honest not sure what is worse his dirty hands or the fact the end product is polluted with thick smoke. The engine is very smokey because they are burning waste motor oil and is mixing the air with heavy metals definitely the kind of smoke you want to be in all day and get into your product.
Why do I feel like I'm watching a video of some post-apocalyptic society where machines must be kept going at all costs because they cannot be replaced. I'm sure that finished gain meets all FDA guidelines for purity.
It makes no sense that anyone working around stuff like that be wearing loose fitting pieces of cloth all over their bodies. People around the world die every day from that kind of behavior.
Along with all the other handy, woodworking, mechanically inclined people, such as myself and my two brothers, who aren't afraid to get their hands dirty, those guys are the ones who will get the planet going again in the event of a zombie apocalypse 😀
@@juhajuntunen7866 Had a VW Beetle car, low revving engine and basic construction which if looked after as you say, will run for years, and mine did, magic. Really impress3d with modern engines in terms of their fuel economy performance, and air conditioning is great, but still love the old stuff.
I went and saw a huge (5 meters or so high) old steam pump made in old blighty and shipped down under. When they made it they sent a spare set of white metal bearings - 150 years later they are still in their box. The made half shell bearings in the good old days to last - I don't doubt they are still there in this one.
This reminds me of the steam engine Jay Leno has at his shop. I'm guessing these guys haven't seen the videos of what happens when someone with loose clothing gets too close to heavy machinery. Perhaps tuck in the turban and remove the blanket when doing the start-up. It happens in the blink of an eye. I hope they keep this marvelous machinery running. I wish I could see it myself! 👍
What year was that sewing machine (crazy setup) built, should use another small engine as starter, but they got it handled. Needs a proper starter and a preheater
I remember trying to start our old tractor with a crank by myself. After I eventually got myself up off the ground, that was the last time I ever tried to start it. It was kinda like when you were a kid and first burned yourself on the stove or stuck a fork in a power outlet.
Wonderful old bit of kit!. Built back in the days of proper engineering and using quality materials!. As with any old bit of kit, a bit grumpy to get going, but it will!. Nice one, Nuff said. 🙂
"Built back in the days of proper engineering and using quality materials!" Old motors had terrible fuel economy, where finicky to start and had to have service every 100-250 hour. Todays motors run for thousands of hours between service and start every time unless abused and neglected for years. If you by "proper engineering" think of inefficient sloppy constructions with fiddley control that by today's standards are awesome to look at I agree, but thinking that they did it better before is in my opinion nonsens.
yeah, it WILL break down. But any machinist there can fix it in few days with scrap and no spare parts existing. Its simplicity, no super tight tolerances, no need for some hitech machinery to build spares for it. Terrible efficiency? It runs on waste, which is plentiful. Now tell me, what will you do in their place and their circumstances to even maintain your modern engine. I bet your modern engine destroys itself in matter of weeks running on waste oil and theres no economical way to fix it. But yeah, about that quality of materials... they just put way more suboptimal material than needed to it. There were no computers, that calculated, that here and there you could save few grams of iron and it will still perform well. And about service... i bet they can completely rebuild that in time you just disassembled yours.
A Dacia 1.5 Dci engine with it's shiftgear from the scrapeyard would do the job. The difference would be it would fit in 1 square meter,start at button,consume less then a quarter of this and also generate 12 Volts to put some light bulbs there, and direct connection to the mill at the shiftgear output,no more belts needed,also you can stop the mill without stopping the engine from the gearbox. I have a friend in Romania who uses that engine to run a pump, to irrigate the fields. it uses wasted sunflower oil from fastfood as fuel,about a bucket per hectar. Fun fact is that the smoke smells like donuts,ha ha ha
Proper Engineering? What a chunk of cow manure. Engineering now is 1000 better. So a 2,000 lbs 50 HP diesel that takes 4 people to start, and would only fit on a Mack truck is ok with you? I’m sorry but I as a retired Mechanical Engineer have to disagree with your implied “proper engineering”.
Not diesel powered. It’s a blackstone oil powered engine. I have a fully preserved one. Designed and produced from about 1884-1910. I know of at least 4 that were smashed up for scrap metal value, I rescued one of them. I know of another in an old mill that could be got running again, but who has interest in this stuff anymore. For your info, I’ve mine running a 15kva 415volt 3 phase genset, runs a dream but only for show purposes really….. but will run a small factory no problem. Some of these have flywheels 20 foot in diameter and weigh 2500 kilograms, and produce incredible torque.
Unbelievable Exhaust’s Water First Time Diesel Engine Start Up With Tubewell For Agriculture!
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Love this. This Slow Runner will still be running in 200 years. Simple, reliable, easy to repair, indestructible tech
That even worse than this vid :(
So after all that it does what a machine in the west does for pennies in minutes... real smart guys... real cute
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@@henkholdingastateand insusceptible to an EMP
Love the confidence of a man who knows how things work
Excellent job
Absolutely!
Looks like an easy way to come home needing one less shoe though…
I wouldn't want rice that dirty oily hands have been in.
You can't taste them when they are chopped finely
0bdm, which one? The cameraman?
Comme un pilote d'avions...comme .un chirurgien .....etc...
Love to see old equipment and people who know how to use it. But exposed pulleys and loose head scarfs don't mix.
I was thinking exactly the same thing. One trip, or gust of wind, and someone else is getting promoted
Neither is the loose and baggy clothes.
Old British relic, yet still works somehow.
They are just not that intelligent.
Hence, this prehistoric relic.
Built before the Gillet business model took over.
One thing I love about these old engines is their simplicity and durability . This engine was running before many of us were
born and will continue long after we are but a memory .
How many operators has it killed or maimed!
Before ANY of us were born !! I think we can be confident ! This is hi tech from the very late Victorian era - but given its local manufacture, probably not so cutting edge when it was madem but still not later than Edwardian as much later would have been electric.
All these Local Made in that Country. Its not cutting edge, exactly, but its not made by the British in the colonial era either. The name of Manufacturer is on it, Shahi, which is local maker, not an English Name. It is however, based on some old British design from 1800s. You guys should stop making fun of those hard working people.
@@zeeabe-f9v Nothing funny here! Just horrified at the lack of risk assessment and safety checklists. Whatever the design antiquity, these people are human beings and deserve a "safe system of work"! In a country like that getting your arm or leg torn off is the end of your family income -stream and starvation and penury for you family! Do they have an Accident Book or Insurance?
@@zeeabe-f9v?
That flaming rag is the early version of the glow plug.
Great comparison
Hot bulb engine
More like a grid heater than a glow plug...
@@matthewq4b Spot on
True...I've seen early 20th century German tractors (Lanz) which are "fired up" this way!! Pun intended!!
Consumption of the machine is about 1 bucket of petrol per day, 4 turbans per week and 12 man per year.
and 365 oil-smeared pants per year as well
No need for rasistiske comments!!!
And a few fingers
Surely is it burning diesel or other fuel oil, not petrol.
A waste
This is a Victorian era setup. They used to transmit mechanical power all over huge factories by a huge number of pulleys. This is a living museum, respect! They way he installed the last pulley for the mill was impressive.
Respect for the dude who starts the fire, can tell just by how he moves, he takes pride in whatever he does and isn’t afraid to work or help out!
Unlike the guy in the blanket 😊.
@@iamcarbonandotherbits.8039 The guy in the blanket looks like the boss.
He works part time at Benson's for beds..😁🇬🇧
Now that's old school. Loved the OSHA-compliant protocol of putting your foot on the flywheel. Eek!
He'll slip one day and that lkeg will be gone, its an accident waiting to happen. WOuld be better to have a coupler of some kind like a parking brake on a car that disengages the belt so they arent trying to start the engine running the belts and wheels too.
@@HobbyOrganist tell that to the guy he works for that needs to front the bill. in places like these, people don’t run unsafe machines without PPE just because they know how to do it. it’s because they don’t know how to do it better and don’t have the means.
over here in the states, idiots run CNC rigs and plasma cutters and all sorts of other crap without even safety specs because they’ve trained themselves into complacency. THOSE people think that they have herd immunity from work accidents. trust me when i say that you can’t be herd immune to getting your sleeve caught in a lathe. and don’t ask what that looks like.
The oil in his hands also gives the grain an special... "bouquet" of tannins and forest fruits...
@@milesmccollough5507 Some people are determined to win themselves a Darwin award.
@@milesmccollough5507 "Trained themselves into complacency." I like that. Might have to steal it if you don't mind.
Kick start, crank start and pull start all in one. What an incredible labor saving device. Plus a belt drive with a throw clutch. 👍
Safety is secondary ... actually non-existent among all those pulleys.. lol
When these people come to the US, it's like a magical land.
My wife’s grandfather inherited a building in Manteno Illinois that had ‘drive lines’ and pulleys still in the ceiling. Don’t know when the steam engine was removed? It had been a wagon, buggy, carriage business from the 1860’s to WW1.
@@BillAntyes because cars don't exist outside of the US
These old marvels all sing a song of their own. I can listen to that all day.
Yes,
and when they go,
the wheels go 'round,
No 'tricity, No computa!
I still prefer a 2 stroke Detroit diesel any day
@vibratingstring sooooo true…love me some diesel trains!!!!!!
Ive worked in refineries inside of a huge compressor thats down for repairs next to 7 more going all day long and they will literally put you to sleep,quick.
Turd: In order for you to hear the engines do you need to start 'em?
At one point I couldn't stop worrying about the loose clothing hazard.
Amazing mechanical usage.
Most of us old guys rode bikes without wearing helmets and drank from water hoses as youngsters, as well.
Watching him push that enormous flywheel with his foot was giving me anxiety. And then pull the belt with his hands.
This is called third world country
@@liamthompson9342poizéh se seu pé escorregasse perderia a perna
@@waqarahmed7947século 18
Proper “old school” engineering, probably been there for over 100years. I don’t think I’d be wanting to wear a scarf with so many pulley wheels and belts around, but fair play to the operator, he certainly has a well worked out and executed system with attention to detail eg. Cleaning spilt oil etc
100 years? you really think they had this 100 years ago? let alone 50?
@@drood78absolutely. Line shaft systems like these started being used in the 1820's and were phased out in the early 1900's. So over 100 years is spot on
And this is the NEW Shahi. You should see the old one.
@drood78 do a little scouting around the internet and you'll find that these types of engines are OLD. The first recognised internal combustion engine patant was granted in 1794!
That huge single piston do serious damage getting caught up in any of those belts or pullies
for someone who lives in Scandinavia, it seems that it is quite hot and it is not a diesel engine but an oil engine, it runs on motor oil or similar such as SEA 30
Yes, looks like a hot bulb engine. Considered "semi" diesel.
@@robb1165Very early invention though. If I'm not mistaken this and several other engine types even preceded the ICE and Diesel engine.
Truth. I think it runs on used engine oil since the oil he poured looked black and dirty. We have a used oil burning furnace in America providing heat to our auto repair shop.
This diesel engines run with almost anything flammable. (Any diesel engine can, in fact.. if prepared correctly )
I've seen them run on olive oil, turpertine, vodka, gasoline... more or less performant, and more or less hard to start, but they work
@@framegrace1 - I remember reading that when Rudolf Diesel designed his first engine, it was built to run on peanut oil - so he was over a century ahead of the Just Stop Oil mob, eh? :))
Pleasure to watch a skilled operator.I love those machines, built to last forever.
When I seen ol boy pull his foot on that flywheel and start pushing down, i knew right away this was not an OSHA approved video.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I know right
Who gives a fuck though. It has worked for decades for them and will into the future. Poverty is the real killer of these men.
@@kingy002 It's no excuse not to take proper precautions
@@bluemamba5317literally their country their rules. Go cry in your momma's basement.
That was the most stunning OSHA training video I've seen yet! I especially liked the foot launch flywheel spinup and the grain mill belt install, myself. =:0
But it's cool seeing this ancient machinery being used today, isn't it? I miss going down to the Antique Steam and Gas Museum when I lived in SoCal.
and the scarf hanging inches from the moving belt
I know that most people reading this will nit believe this but in 1988 , in chester , England, I drove a FODEN , ..every morning in the winter months , to get it started I needed to spray petrol on to rolled up newspaper , light it , and stuff it in to the engine intake funnel , ( it was a diesel engine ) and the engine started , I worked for a man named Bill Powell, at E.S.Powell , a nice guy ,
Of course we believe you, they even sold special paper for the lighting. Tens of thousands of such engines were and are in use around the world, its just not something the general public knew or know anything about.
There's a video around on the history of ERF and the designer Ernie Sherratt.
Worked at a ranch in the middle of Nevada in the 60's that has a similar sized single-cylinder diesel engine they had to run for the only electric power out there. Learned to hold the valves open with a long screw driver to release the compression to get the flywheel spinning with a hand crank like in this video. That old thing just ran and ran for decades with never a problem.
Looks like old British tech still going strong
Yeah those are some powerful looking Indian dudes
Exactly! They aren't able to make any inventions, I think...
Well it is of in-country manufacture but may well be based on a British design, there were plenty about in the early 1900s
When you live in a world operating so far in the past you're not embarrassed to let the world know of your working conditions. Bravo!
This is the correct division of labor: one person works and his three friends check whether he is doing everything correctly. 🤔🤗
Don't forget, one more to film the whole thing, gotta keep up with the times.
@@dntlss also a lighting person or something, wearing modern clothes
We'll run your fresh-ground wholesome oatmeal at 3:00, first we need to run this batch of asbestos for the brake shop.
Don't forget to add a dash of motor oil to the oatmeal. It just doesn't taste the same otherwise.
amazing technology. still runs beautiful. those were really "built to last"
Well that man knows his machine excellent!👋
Listen to that heartbeat!❤💓
I get that working with old machinery has certain safety risks that are difficult to mitigate. But the loose clothing around spinning shafts/wheels will end up with severe injuries or fatalities.
Well then, get that people have been doing it this way far longer than you've been trolling the internet.
@@Tel864 and they've been dying just as long.
I wouldnt work to close to those pulleys with that scarf hanging of my head..😂
They are the pull start cords, makes them work faster 😂
its a diaper btw
Wouldn’t employ you , you haven’t the mechanical idea what going on ..
@@stvnk Hell of an assumption to make.
@@stvnk He's not an employer, and if he is...you wouldn't want to work for him anyways. He spends his time sitting in judgement behind his keyboard.
Assisting the heavy flywheel at startup while wearing a dangling scarf wrapped around your head really shows how pro this guy is.
Reminded me of hand-cranking the old diesel engine that we used to crush barley for cattle feed on our Scottish farm. It was a devil to get running, but once it was going, it chugged and clanked along like it could never be stopped. It was a dedicated machine, not like this multi-belt system. Different days.
How about routing the exhaust outside the shed?
I think it was but the smoke was from blow by past the rings & burning oil on the head.
I think having the exhaust inside the shed is an early last century EGR system😁😁.
That whole city is a smokestack.
These men would certainly improve the Boeing Team.
At least there is nothing wrong with your fantasy
A diesel symphony! Thanks for sharing!!
I love the scarves and other loose clothing right next to all the moving parts !
I used to own an old Austrian compressor used during the first world War. It used a steel tube with a fosforo plug of compressed paper dipped in fosforo inserted in the tip to start it. Mono cilindro with a huge weighted disc to start it with. You needed at least 2 people to start it, but it was a wonderful machine powerful a low consumption diesel.
Oil to seal the rings and up the compression plus heat the cylinder by drawing in flames and warming generally and boom away she goes. Two swings and away, you can tell built like that she will run all day and all year with some tender loving care.
Какой древний агрегат и продолжает работать .....молодцы
Older guys are working and the younger ones are filming, same shape we are in
WHEN THE ENGIN STARTED I SAW A SMILE OF PROUDNESS...THATS THE BEST.
First time I saw this in Bradford I was amazed such skill
How do these belts stay on i always wondered
Old-school never dies! 💪
Yes, it does.
@@teslatrooper85- your electric crap will never compare. Can’t imagine a a fifty y.o. Tesla coming to life without needing a brand new $20,000 battery pack
@ttocselbag5054 that's cute. It's not the electric crap. Lots of tech just died because it was replaced by something better. Are you still using foot powered lathes? Steam machine powered ones? Are you asbestos brake pads? Horse carriages? Lime lights? Betamax? Gramophone? Wax cylinders? Are you drilling holes using sand and a stick? Do you still cut stuff with stone knifes? Do you still make fire by striking flint stones?
That's all old school tech that died. 🙄
Muricans...
@ttocselbag5054 lol, muricans 😂
Its always nice to see a jobsite keeping up with the most up to date workers compensation rules
WOW! Impressive, I hope someone is writing down the start procedure and how to shut down this beautiful machine!
That is a Miller who knows how to do the right things!
I love to see the old ways..enjoyed this video very much....
Musta bin cold, no sandals.
Gives another perspective of
"Kick starting a cold motor."
Just gotta luv those OH&S compliant uniforms.
Reminds me of trying to start up our two cylinder Lister generator when I was a kid. If it wasn’t spinning fast enough and you flipped the decompression lever it would kick back hard enough to break your wrist.
I never knew that’s how my shredded wheat was made…… very surgical and clean operation you have there Kelloggs
🤣 Yeah I was like not with your dirty hands! But to honest not sure what is worse his dirty hands or the fact the end product is polluted with thick smoke. The engine is very smokey because they are burning waste motor oil and is mixing the air with heavy metals definitely the kind of smoke you want to be in all day and get into your product.
Why do I feel like I'm watching a video of some post-apocalyptic society where machines must be kept going at all costs because they cannot be replaced. I'm sure that finished gain meets all FDA guidelines for purity.
A beautiful machine and sets of ancillary equipment, thank you!
I suppose that somewhere, there's a unit like that, which powers a phone charger!
It makes no sense that anyone working around stuff like that be wearing loose fitting pieces of cloth all over their bodies. People around the world die every day from that kind of behavior.
Along with all the other handy, woodworking, mechanically inclined people, such as myself and my two brothers, who aren't afraid to get their hands dirty, those guys are the ones who will get the planet going again in the event of a zombie apocalypse 😀
You got to love the 1900 era equipment working every day and also note the digital camera with the led lighting walking around making the video
Excellent video !
Ich liebe diese Mechanik, alles ist sichtbar, als Maschinenbauer geht mir das Herz auf ❤
I'd love to know how many hours that engine has on it.
I think that there is an app from the maker that you can run on your phone to talk to the engine's computer to get that data.
@@oldfarthacksoh good I will download it in my homing pigeon
Hours? How many millennia?
Good job... glad you got it working... amazing!
I am amazed at that massive rock that engine sits on.
Wonderful to see you amazing men do the near impossible with such fantastic machinery !
I just love this high-tech stuff.
I love the way the grinder guy gets the belt on the driving pulley. He gets it in position, and arms up ..... Presto !
Made 75 years ago? Same as me. Not old.
Just well run in!
Slow running, add oil, keep clean and it run happily next 100 years.
@@juhajuntunen7866 Had a VW Beetle car, low revving engine and basic construction which if looked after as you say, will run for years, and mine did, magic. Really impress3d with modern engines in terms of their fuel economy performance, and air conditioning is great, but still love the old stuff.
Looks more like 100+ years. It was probably made by the British.
I'm guessing it's late 1920s to mid 30s.
I am sure the manufacturer would be proud to see their machine running today and the workers too.
The. British were some engineers in their day. Fred Dibnah would have loved this machine
British engineering has been slowly killed by British politicians since the 1970's
From big engine lovers world wide. Nice one. Keep it going forever. 👍
Start of Industrial Revolution!
Engines like this will outlive our grand-grandsons.
I think that flywheel might be sitting on what used to be bearings a long time ago. Other than that, nice old machine! 😊
I went and saw a huge (5 meters or so high) old steam pump made in old blighty and shipped down under. When they made it they sent a spare set of white metal bearings - 150 years later they are still in their box. The made half shell bearings in the good old days to last - I don't doubt they are still there in this one.
How many times does RUclips want to recommend me this video? I ALREADY WATCHED IT!!! Dangit!
Old fashion reliable British technology from early century
i have to admit i enjoyed watching this video .
Yes a Beautiful old Machine.
That engine looks like it was installed in the days of the Raj and old British Empire, and frankly so do the guys operating it. Brilliant!
I've always wondered how to put those flat belts on while there running now i know! 🎉 😮 😊
I liked how he put that belt on like it was no big deal.
Awesome! Grease and diesel flavored bread!!
Great videography!
I can't get over how these guys choose to dress for work, or the conditions they seem to tolerate.
Thanks for sharing.
Super video ! 👍
Unbelievable! Never i the 130 years of existence has anyone seen a diesel engine starting! Amazing.
Fossil fuel still rules !
This reminds me of the steam engine Jay Leno has at his shop.
I'm guessing these guys haven't seen the videos of what happens when someone with loose clothing gets too close to heavy machinery. Perhaps tuck in the turban and remove the blanket when doing the start-up. It happens in the blink of an eye.
I hope they keep this marvelous machinery running. I wish I could see it myself! 👍
Good to see all the safety measures in place. I mean ... what could possibly go wrong?!
Knowledge and Operation of such a machine passes from generation to generation 😂👍👍
Work with what ya got is the adage of the day
And hasn't it always been the way, ever since our ancestors came down out of the trees? Assess, improvise, and survive!
This setup is one of the poster child's for the "Machine predates safety" sticker ;-)
When men had shit to do other than make things safe for women and children
Good job
Nice
What year was that sewing machine (crazy setup) built, should use another small engine as starter, but they got it handled. Needs a proper starter and a preheater
How old should that thing be?1850 or so??😯
Around 100 years. It’s a Ruston-Hornsby oil engine.
Simple but effective! Love it, thanks for sharing.
Поразительно видеть в действии систему, которую мой пожилой дедушка застал в детстве.
You remind my old days 😅👏👏🤣👍
Professionals at work
And strangely enough, no framed college degrees festooned all over the walls to convince everyone of their brilliance.
I remember trying to start our old tractor with a crank by myself. After I eventually got myself up off the ground, that was the last time I ever tried to start it. It was kinda like when you were a kid and first burned yourself on the stove or stuck a fork in a power outlet.
Wonderful old bit of kit!. Built back in the days of proper engineering and using quality materials!. As with any old bit of kit, a bit grumpy to get going, but it will!. Nice one, Nuff said. 🙂
"Built back in the days of proper engineering and using quality materials!" Old motors had terrible fuel economy, where finicky to start and had to have service every 100-250 hour. Todays motors run for thousands of hours between service and start every time unless abused and neglected for years. If you by "proper engineering" think of inefficient sloppy constructions with fiddley control that by today's standards are awesome to look at I agree, but thinking that they did it better before is in my opinion nonsens.
yeah, it WILL break down. But any machinist there can fix it in few days with scrap and no spare parts existing. Its simplicity, no super tight tolerances, no need for some hitech machinery to build spares for it. Terrible efficiency? It runs on waste, which is plentiful. Now tell me, what will you do in their place and their circumstances to even maintain your modern engine. I bet your modern engine destroys itself in matter of weeks running on waste oil and theres no economical way to fix it. But yeah, about that quality of materials... they just put way more suboptimal material than needed to it. There were no computers, that calculated, that here and there you could save few grams of iron and it will still perform well. And about service... i bet they can completely rebuild that in time you just disassembled yours.
A Dacia 1.5 Dci engine with it's shiftgear from the scrapeyard would do the job. The difference would be it would fit in 1 square meter,start at button,consume less then a quarter of this and also generate 12 Volts to put some light bulbs there, and direct connection to the mill at the shiftgear output,no more belts needed,also you can stop the mill without stopping the engine from the gearbox. I have a friend in Romania who uses that engine to run a pump, to irrigate the fields. it uses wasted sunflower oil from fastfood as fuel,about a bucket per hectar. Fun fact is that the smoke smells like donuts,ha ha ha
Proper Engineering? What a chunk of cow manure. Engineering now is 1000 better. So a 2,000 lbs 50 HP diesel that takes 4 people to start, and would only fit on a Mack truck is ok with you? I’m sorry but I as a retired Mechanical Engineer have to disagree with your implied “proper engineering”.
Wont need an after market microchip to run either!. 🙂
Just like this in the Uk 100 plus years ago . I’m sure simple times past were better for the mind .
Not diesel powered. It’s a blackstone oil powered engine. I have a fully preserved one. Designed and produced from about 1884-1910. I know of at least 4 that were smashed up for scrap metal value, I rescued one of them. I know of another in an old mill that could be got running again, but who has interest in this stuff anymore. For your info, I’ve mine running a 15kva 415volt 3 phase genset, runs a dream but only for show purposes really….. but will run a small factory no problem. Some of these have flywheels 20 foot in diameter and weigh 2500 kilograms, and produce incredible torque.
Man OSHA would have a field day in this shop
What engine is it? I could see a brass tag on there.