I played with a model steam engine *unsupervised*, much younger than 14 or 16. But that was back in the 60's. I also got a few shocks off 240V train set until I learned to avoid those bare terminals.
@@sdrc92126 I don't know what a Jensen is but it sounds dangerous, and you sound like a fun guy to hang out with. Cheers, man. I'm 66 and really love having fun with loud noises and sudden surprises. I reckon boys need to be given room to be boys _ just as stupid as we were. Girls, too, coz they're hot.
It sounds like you lived dangerously. Pretty much like my brother and I no one, and I mean, no one ever supervise us, lol. By the way, I changed a light switch last week while the power was on. I like the excitement, and it makes me very careful.
There was a vertical steam engine toy that came from my grandmother's antique store. We played with it as kids, I think my dad put Sterno in there for a fuel. The one thing I remember most is that the whistle would part your hair. 🤪
Nice assembly Mr. Pete! I received the deer in the headlights at Lowe’s when I asked where to find a set of feeler gauges… I spied a Coleman lantern/stove funnel in your video.
I was in Lowe’s last week with a friend. He asked two different clerks, where he could find a fireplace insert. Neither knew, and immediately got their phones out to do a search. And then said, sorry we do not stock those at Christmas time. It seems to me that Christmas would be the best time to sell fireplaces
MrPete. Love this little engine. If you want some good clean alcohol, go to the liqour store and get some Everclear. Its pure grain alcohol, 190 proof.
Thanks Mr Pete. If you need denatured alcohol, go to most any gas station or convenience store that sells gas and look for an additive call "Heat" in a yellow bottle with a long skinny neck. It is high grade alcohol that does not stink like denatured alcohol. Plus it's in a covenant size and easier to dispense.
This is a nice kit for someone for Christmas. Here in California they have banned the sale of denatured alcohol.,There are substitutes that wont smoke but cost more.
@@mrpete222 nope. Happened over a yr ago. Fortunately I have a local mom n pop hardware store that has some kind of exemption. I bought 2 gallons as soon as I found out they had it.
Thanks, Mr Pete. I love small engines and have bought several. I love assembling models. After buying a few "quality" models seemed an enjoyable thing to do I struck a few issues with two brands that took the shine off. I've been buying from Stirling Kits, ex China, and have no issues with their delivery, but they cover several kit suppliers. All kits have been beautifully packed, no mistake. But several have had issues - like mis-aligned bolt holes that need the attention of a rat-tail file big time (!) to screw the damn bolts in. Shameless! Or tightening the piston big-ends and freezing the piston; or loosening the piston big-end and tightening the crankshaft bearings - frozen piston. DANG! More shameless! Or instruction diagrams/photos that are NOT very clear or relate to earlier iterations of the model. Or timing beIts that CANNOT stretch across the pulleys like in the RUclips how-to videos that easily achieved the move. I've 2 $600US models at the back of my cabinet that piss me off. I've found a kit-maker, from the same supplier, that I trust, sort of, since then. Odd, but checking RUclips for assembly tips nobody had any issues, assembly was sweet - that's why I bought. Trying to stay under the $600US mark, mind. My dollars are about half yours so you can imagine how crabby I am about the failed kits. I could supply the kit names that spun my wheels if anyone would like.
Sorry to hear about that, my model did not have any of those problems. That would indeed be very frustrating and maddening, considering that these kits are really quite expensive.
When I was in high school fifty-five years ago, a friend and I who were good students had such a good relationship with the science faculty that they would let us work on experiments unsupervised it the science prep area after school. If we weren't done by five o'clock they'd say "Well, lock up when you're done," and leave! One time we were playing with his toy steam engine. We had six Bunsen burners under it, and we may have bypassed the governor. The boiler was enveloped in blue flame. A strobe light showed it at 6000 rpm, and it was the only time the overpressure valve ever blew. We were probably lucky not to suffer a catastrophe.
Hi, you adjusted the valve timing when you moved the piston valve back to stop it bottoming out. That's why it runs badly in reverse. It's a very nice model / kit.
I'm not sure about that. The valve timing didn't change, just the position of the piston in the bore. I think the only thing that could affect is how much the ports in the cylinder bore are covered up and that would have an effect in both directions. Could just be slop in the valve train or the eccentrics aren't quite right and it's timed to run better in one direction. Given it's mostly pre-assembled I can't imagine it was factory timed so it's probably just luck as to how well it runs in either direction :)
I do love steam engines. I have been watching Keith Appleton's model engineering channel for years. They are absolutely fascinating. Real steam trains are even better, but i have refused to indulge myself at any level, because I can't afford another hobby. I also noticed the flame under the boiler is very yellow, it should be blue. I suspect that part of the soot is because there isn't enough air getting to the fuel. Maybe pulling the burner tray out a bit could help. At first I thought the flywheel might be causing turbulence because it's really close to the burner vents, but it didn't seem to make any difference when you were playing with the reversing lever. As far as the employee in Wallmart, you have to remember he may be in paint today, pets last week, and household goods for 3 days after that. The Wallmart model just requires warm bodies who can look up stock numbers, and put things on the correct shelves. I would have started at ACE, because I know even my fiddly little store has everything, and the people actually know what it's for.
This is just a beautiful little engine. I love to see an old engines like that. Old style engines, I should say. That one's a brand new one but I do love seeing them run.
Morning Lyle. I admire your work, and being a retired Special Education Teacher myself, admire your abilities to share information, sprinkle in some humor, and inspire students (us). Might you share some tips on how you film and process your shows for publishing? I don't care who or how many people might want to watch what I want to share, but I would like to leave some parts of myself for my children and children's children. I am pretty sure I can learn such processes from someone who puts things together like you do. Have you ever considered putting together something like that? Kind of a personal talk with those of us who honor and respect you and want to share what we do with you as well? Anyway, I understand you have a full time job already with your many studios and projects already lined up. Thanks in advance for giving it some consideration. Don't feel like you have to respond to this request for even more work.
Thanks for commenting. First of all, I’m not sure if I have ever mentioned this in my videos. But I did teach special education, Shop classes. I had no training whatsoever and did not know what to expect. It was a real eye-opener. Once I became adjusted to it and reduced my expectations by 900%, I started to enjoy it. In fact, I had one class that I still regard as my all-time favorite class in over 40 years of teaching. The classes were small and you could get very close to the kids. Some of the boys were so much fun that I actually could not wait for the next day. Over the years, I have talked a great deal about what you are suggesting. In fact, I was doing Vlogs for a while, but they were temporary videos that were summarily trashed. But in those videos, I discussed some of the things that you are alluding to.
@@mrpete222 After creating a program that actually worked. The thrust of administration was to teach cutting edge techniques to Tech Center students. When I arrived, my program kind of flew in the face of the main philosophy. I taught students with special needs to use tools they could pick up at yard and garage sales to make things of real value. They started by learning to cut a square line on a board with a hand saw. That progressed to building a wall on wheels that was drywalled, painted, trashed, repaired, stripped, replaced with pegboard, and sold. It was a stand up tool caddy that other teachers and the public wanted. During the process, the students ... some of them non-verbal ... made a cartoon of something they learned, even if it was just in pictures with stick figures. That turned into a story board. Then to the outline of a script. Then to video tape as a Bob Villa kind of This Old House instructional video. When the video was done, we'd bring in someone from, usually a general ed class, in and have them try to complete a task watching only the video supplied by the student. If they could perform the task, the student with special needs had completed the whole program. If their behavior was acceptable, they might be invited back the next semester/year to act as a teacher assistant and work on a project of their choosing along the way. I don't believe there was a student in the classes who couldn't get back his or her security deposit when it came time to leave a rental they might have dinged up while living there. We, my brilliant female assistant teacher, and I were very proud of what we did. With my retirement the program faded away. Why? Because there was no one with special education certification who could do what we did. Oh, and no one wanted to work that hard. The program was a Math and English/Language Arts class disguised as a shop and business class. Now, as time has passed, I would like to make a series of pictures and turn it into a presentation I can put on RUclips or a video of the same kind of stuff. I'll write later on what happened after I retired as I took what I did in class out into the real world. It worked, but then again, there are few people who want to teach such things and work that hard to bring people who have been trained as recipients instead of producers all their lives into a productive world. The real money is in warehousing children UNTIL THEY'RE 26! and collecting sympathy money from the public who think we're really doing something to help people. Anyway, It's good to find "another." Like I Am.
Thanks Much Lyle. A little "FLITZ" polish will clean up the Brass. Or from Menards a product made by ZEP that works wonders to clean up soot. Their Grill & Oven cleaner It is a Yellow & Blue Can. I cleaned up a Pizza pan that had melania of baked on crud an it looks like new..
For my alcohol burners, I use either "Heet" or ethyl rubbing alcohol. 91% isopropyl works in burners, but leaves soot on everything and creates nasty fumes. I picked up some liquid hand sanitizer for $1/gallon at a Habitat for Humanity salvage store, and that burns, but it leaves a lot of waste liquid that needs to be cleaned out before the burner can be lit again.
@mrpete222 I'm active duty military and the local exchange sells ethyl rubbing alcohol, which is similar to denatured alcohol. Don't know where to find it anywhere else. From what I understand, Heet is near the same thing.
hi there catch as many of your shows as i can . this one really caught my eye ,really nice , just started getting my old engines going again after almost 20 years , # 1682 you may like it , best to all john
Great video, Mr. Pete. Was that Toytle Erl you were using, by chance? I was talking to my 9 year old grandson the other day and asked him if he had any low tech toys. He asked my like what? I told him like a telephone made with two Dixie cups and a string, or a spinning top? He stated "No, but I've heard about them." Made me feel 100 year old. So his Christmas gifts are set, and I might get him one of these engines as well.
@ Well I’m only 66 but I listen to a lot old music, always have, the last time I saw Jim Ed Brown was on show called Country Roads singing a great song by Johnny Russell. ruclips.net/video/2tzCibE1-rE/видео.htmlsi=A0y5azkvi_MnRdvY
Hello Mr Pete, I have the retrol beam steam engine and hit and miss motor on order. You can open the valve on the whistle to vent the boiler while filling it.
RE: denatured alcohol in HD: I noticed that myself that it was missing on the shelves. I needed some last week. I wonder what prompted them to remove it??!! I did ask, and of course none of the kids could tell me why. Looks like a neat project , or maybe "hint" for Christmas?
They make gelled alcohol. Its usually available where they sell pellet stoves because they use it to get the pellets started. Not sure how it would work for this.
If you need 91% alcohol, but can only find 70% alcohol, all is not lost. You see, any alcohol ((isopropyl, denatured, or rubbing) has a small amount of water in it. The good news is that salt, just regular table salt, dissolves in water, but not in alcohol. Add a teaspoon or two of table salt into the bottle of alcohol, close the lid tightly and shake the bottle vigorously to dissolve the salt. Keep shaking for a good couple of minutes to be sure the salt is all disolved. Pour the alcohol into a clean glass and let it sit for ten minutes or so to separate. After it sits for a few minutes, you will notice the alcohol has separated into two layers. One of the layers is salt water, the other is alcohol of a higher concentration than you originally started with. Decant off the salt water layer and you have your "higher octane" alcohol. Notge, this doe not work for ethyl alcohol (the kind you drink), so you folks thinking you can make your vodka or bourbon more potent, it won't work.
What do you mean I wouldn't have any bottles like that. I use them regularly for holding solvents and such. Leave it to Walmart not to have something you make a special trip for. Not as bad as going to Menards for something they should have and they don't because they have to sell groceries now. I may have to look into something like this little engine. Am retiring in a month, and may run out of things to do in the next 20 years. Just saw a 10" Craftsman lathe in an online auction. No motor though. Current bid is $1
Good afternoon MrPete. I have a 1940 Southbend 9" model B, with a 4' bed. Unfortunately I have nowhere to put it. Any advice on a place to sell it that would give me a fair price?
We need to disassemble the whistle valve and lap it. I have not been posting because I now watch RUclips on my television and not sure how to type a message, i am on my phone now.
I played with a model steam engine *unsupervised*, much younger than 14 or 16. But that was back in the 60's.
I also got a few shocks off 240V train set until I learned to avoid those bare terminals.
I took my jensen to school in the 4th grade and ran it unsupervised. Model rockets too and fired them on the playground during recess. 80's
@@sdrc92126 I don't know what a Jensen is but it sounds dangerous, and you sound like a fun guy to hang out with. Cheers, man. I'm 66 and really love having fun with loud noises and sudden surprises. I reckon boys need to be given room to be boys _ just as stupid as we were. Girls, too, coz they're hot.
It sounds like you lived dangerously. Pretty much like my brother and I no one, and I mean, no one ever supervise us, lol.
By the way, I changed a light switch last week while the power was on. I like the excitement, and it makes me very careful.
@mrpete222 Just like your parents, they had another son if it all went wrong.
@@alangknowles 🤣That's why my parents had 2...just in case.
Thanks for taking your time to assemble,operate and give us your two cents worth🤗😎🤗😎
You are most welcome
Makes me think of church for shut ins. Felt like I was there. Thanks!
😀😀
Beautiful little engine, thank you for the build!
There was a vertical steam engine toy that came from my grandmother's antique store. We played with it as kids, I think my dad put Sterno in there for a fuel. The one thing I remember most is that the whistle would part your hair. 🤪
Lol
Nice assembly Mr. Pete! I received the deer in the headlights at Lowe’s when I asked where to find a set of feeler gauges… I spied a Coleman lantern/stove funnel in your video.
I was in Lowe’s last week with a friend. He asked two different clerks, where he could find a fireplace insert.
Neither knew, and immediately got their phones out to do a search. And then said, sorry we do not stock those at Christmas time.
It seems to me that Christmas would be the best time to sell fireplaces
Hello Mr.P. Excellent models for a non-machinist, and a great way of getting youngsters involved in engineering.
Yes
Checking in for Fourth Period Shop, really enjoyed the class!!!!!
MrPete. Love this little engine.
If you want some good clean alcohol, go to the liqour store and get some Everclear. Its pure grain alcohol, 190 proof.
Lol
Greetings from the oldest town in Texas, Nacogdoches. Nice video. Keep warm. Keep making these videos.
Thank you for running the new engine at low speed AND choosing the more correct belt/pulley ratio. Beautiful engine! Thank you for your take on this!
I am glad you liked it, I think it is running a little slow, but I would not change it.
Thank you Mr Pete
Good morning Lyle, thanks for part two. The engine looks great.
Glad you enjoyed it
My brother had a similar engine way back in the late 60's. This video sure brought back some memories.
That is great! I bet that was fun to play with as a kid
Thanks Mr Pete. If you need denatured alcohol, go to most any gas station or convenience store that sells gas and look for an additive call "Heat" in a yellow bottle with a long skinny neck. It is high grade alcohol that does not stink like denatured alcohol. Plus it's in a covenant size and easier to dispense.
Good tip, thanks!
@mrpete222 thanks. I use it in alcohol camp stoves.
Another source is a bottle of Everclear. If you get tired of burning it, you can always drink a bit of it.
Double thumbs up on Heat. I use that in my alcohol stoves for camping. Easier to pour from the smaller bottle too.
@@gymntonic Thanks
This is a nice kit for someone for Christmas. Here in California they have banned the sale of denatured alcohol.,There are substitutes that wont smoke but cost more.
You got to be kidding
@@mrpete222 nope. Happened over a yr ago. Fortunately I have a local mom n pop hardware store that has some kind of exemption. I bought 2 gallons as soon as I found out they had it.
@@mrpete222 Yes Its been labeled an air pollution cause.
Thanks, Mr Pete. I love small engines and have bought several. I love assembling models. After buying a few "quality" models seemed an enjoyable thing to do I struck a few issues with two brands that took the shine off. I've been buying from Stirling Kits, ex China, and have no issues with their delivery, but they cover several kit suppliers. All kits have been beautifully packed, no mistake. But several have had issues - like mis-aligned bolt holes that need the attention of a rat-tail file big time (!) to screw the damn bolts in. Shameless! Or tightening the piston big-ends and freezing the piston; or loosening the piston big-end and tightening the crankshaft bearings - frozen piston. DANG! More shameless! Or instruction diagrams/photos that are NOT very clear or relate to earlier iterations of the model. Or timing beIts that CANNOT stretch across the pulleys like in the RUclips how-to videos that easily achieved the move. I've 2 $600US models at the back of my cabinet that piss me off. I've found a kit-maker, from the same supplier, that I trust, sort of, since then. Odd, but checking RUclips for assembly tips nobody had any issues, assembly was sweet - that's why I bought. Trying to stay under the $600US mark, mind. My dollars are about half yours so you can imagine how crabby I am about the failed kits. I could supply the kit names that spun my wheels if anyone would like.
Sorry to hear about that, my model did not have any of those problems. That would indeed be very frustrating and maddening, considering that these kits are really quite expensive.
When I was in high school fifty-five years ago, a friend and I who were good students had such a good relationship with the science faculty that they would let us work on experiments unsupervised it the science prep area after school. If we weren't done by five o'clock they'd say "Well, lock up when you're done," and leave! One time we were playing with his toy steam engine. We had six Bunsen burners under it, and we may have bypassed the governor. The boiler was enveloped in blue flame. A strobe light showed it at 6000 rpm, and it was the only time the overpressure valve ever blew. We were probably lucky not to suffer a catastrophe.
What a great story and what a great experience
Very nice build Mr. Pete!! Thanks so much for sharing this!! I still think little hit and miss is my favorite!!
👍👍
Just wonderful, such a natty design, I love it!
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Hi, you adjusted the valve timing when you moved the piston valve back to stop it bottoming out. That's why it runs badly in reverse. It's a very nice model / kit.
Thank you for the diagnosis, I never thought of that
I'm not sure about that. The valve timing didn't change, just the position of the piston in the bore. I think the only thing that could affect is how much the ports in the cylinder bore are covered up and that would have an effect in both directions.
Could just be slop in the valve train or the eccentrics aren't quite right and it's timed to run better in one direction.
Given it's mostly pre-assembled I can't imagine it was factory timed so it's probably just luck as to how well it runs in either direction :)
Three thumbs up! I had a vertical electric powered steam engine when about 12. I think it was made by Gilbert. This is a classic!
👍👍👍
I do love steam engines. I have been watching Keith Appleton's model engineering channel for years. They are absolutely fascinating. Real steam trains are even better, but i have refused to indulge myself at any level, because I can't afford another hobby.
I also noticed the flame under the boiler is very yellow, it should be blue. I suspect that part of the soot is because there isn't enough air getting to the fuel. Maybe pulling the burner tray out a bit could help. At first I thought the flywheel might be causing turbulence because it's really close to the burner vents, but it didn't seem to make any difference when you were playing with the reversing lever.
As far as the employee in Wallmart, you have to remember he may be in paint today, pets last week, and household goods for 3 days after that. The Wallmart model just requires warm bodies who can look up stock numbers, and put things on the correct shelves. I would have started at ACE, because I know even my fiddly little store has everything, and the people actually know what it's for.
This is just a beautiful little engine. I love to see an old engines like that. Old style engines, I should say. That one's a brand new one but I do love seeing them run.
Very impressive Mr. Pete.
Awesome videos on the steam engines.
Nice work looks excellent Mr pete !!!
Thanks 👍
Morning Lyle.
I admire your work, and being a retired Special Education Teacher myself, admire your abilities to share information, sprinkle in some humor, and inspire students (us).
Might you share some tips on how you film and process your shows for publishing? I don't care who or how many people might want to watch what I want to share, but I would like to leave some parts of myself for my children and children's children. I am pretty sure I can learn such processes from someone who puts things together like you do.
Have you ever considered putting together something like that? Kind of a personal talk with those of us who honor and respect you and want to share what we do with you as well?
Anyway, I understand you have a full time job already with your many studios and projects already lined up.
Thanks in advance for giving it some consideration.
Don't feel like you have to respond to this request for even more work.
Thanks for commenting.
First of all, I’m not sure if I have ever mentioned this in my videos. But I did teach special education, Shop classes. I had no training whatsoever and did not know what to expect. It was a real eye-opener. Once I became adjusted to it and reduced my expectations by 900%, I started to enjoy it. In fact, I had one class that I still regard as my all-time favorite class in over 40 years of teaching. The classes were small and you could get very close to the kids. Some of the boys were so much fun that I actually could not wait for the next day.
Over the years, I have talked a great deal about what you are suggesting. In fact, I was doing Vlogs for a while, but they were temporary videos that were summarily trashed. But in those videos, I discussed some of the things that you are alluding to.
@@mrpete222 After creating a program that actually worked. The thrust of administration was to teach cutting edge techniques to Tech Center students. When I arrived, my program kind of flew in the face of the main philosophy. I taught students with special needs to use tools they could pick up at yard and garage sales to make things of real value.
They started by learning to cut a square line on a board with a hand saw. That progressed to building a wall on wheels that was drywalled, painted, trashed, repaired, stripped, replaced with pegboard, and sold. It was a stand up tool caddy that other teachers and the public wanted.
During the process, the students ... some of them non-verbal ... made a cartoon of something they learned, even if it was just in pictures with stick figures. That turned into a story board. Then to the outline of a script. Then to video tape as a Bob Villa kind of This Old House instructional video.
When the video was done, we'd bring in someone from, usually a general ed class, in and have them try to complete a task watching only the video supplied by the student.
If they could perform the task, the student with special needs had completed the whole program. If their behavior was acceptable, they might be invited back the next semester/year to act as a teacher assistant and work on a project of their choosing along the way.
I don't believe there was a student in the classes who couldn't get back his or her security deposit when it came time to leave a rental they might have dinged up while living there.
We, my brilliant female assistant teacher, and I were very proud of what we did. With my retirement the program faded away. Why? Because there was no one with special education certification who could do what we did. Oh, and no one wanted to work that hard.
The program was a Math and English/Language Arts class disguised as a shop and business class.
Now, as time has passed, I would like to make a series of pictures and turn it into a presentation I can put on RUclips or a video of the same kind of stuff.
I'll write later on what happened after I retired as I took what I did in class out into the real world. It worked, but then again, there are few people who want to teach such things and work that hard to bring people who have been trained as recipients instead of producers all their lives into a productive world.
The real money is in warehousing children UNTIL THEY'RE 26! and collecting sympathy money from the public who think we're really doing something to help people.
Anyway, It's good to find "another."
Like I Am.
Thanks Much Lyle.
A little "FLITZ" polish will clean up the Brass.
Or from Menards a product made by ZEP that works wonders to clean up soot. Their Grill & Oven cleaner
It is a Yellow & Blue Can. I cleaned up a Pizza pan that had melania of baked on crud an it looks like new..
I will try that, thanks
Thanks Mr. Pete!!!
He made the night a little brighter wherever he would go,
The Old Lamp Lighter
Of long long ago.
The Browns
@@mrpete222 If there were sweethearts in the park
He'd pass a lamp and leave it dark.
Thank you Mr Pete 😊
The cleanest fuel I've found for models, spirit stoves etc., is bio-ethanol.
Never heard of it, where do I buy that?
@@mrpete222 I get in from B&Q here in the UK.
Do you have B&Q in the US?
And.. I wish you would take the engine apart. I've never seen one like this. It would be every interesting to look at its construction.
runs great, looks awesome. Thanks Mr Pete.
Yes, it does!
Thanks for the video your grandson probably got a kick out of that
For my alcohol burners, I use either "Heet" or ethyl rubbing alcohol. 91% isopropyl works in burners, but leaves soot on everything and creates nasty fumes. I picked up some liquid hand sanitizer for $1/gallon at a Habitat for Humanity salvage store, and that burns, but it leaves a lot of waste liquid that needs to be cleaned out before the burner can be lit again.
I already tried the rubbing alcohol, and it was horrible and sooty. I think I will get a can of heet
@mrpete222 I'm active duty military and the local exchange sells ethyl rubbing alcohol, which is similar to denatured alcohol. Don't know where to find it anywhere else. From what I understand, Heet is near the same thing.
That wascfun. Lovely little engines.
To me it sounds like the piston is still tapping the fully in end of it's stroke. Ron W4BIN
hi there catch as many of your shows as i can . this one really caught my eye ,really nice , just started getting my old engines going again after almost 20 years , # 1682 you may like it , best to all john
👍👍
😊
Thanks Mr Pete remind ed me of long time ago sad like you say young people walk away from the steam engines
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@@mrpete222 steam had a big part in industrializing the world
Great video loved it
Good morning Mr Pete 😊
Great video, Mr. Pete. Was that Toytle Erl you were using, by chance? I was talking to my 9 year old grandson the other day and asked him if he had any low tech toys. He asked my like what? I told him like a telephone made with two Dixie cups and a string, or a spinning top? He stated "No, but I've heard about them." Made me feel 100 year old. So his Christmas gifts are set, and I might get him one of these engines as well.
That would be awesome
I think it was Jim Ed Brown and The Browns, that sang the old lamplighter.
It was indeed, just checking the age of my viewers, lol. Jim died of old age you know
@ Well I’m only 66 but I listen to a lot old music, always have, the last time I saw Jim Ed Brown was on show called Country Roads singing a great song by Johnny Russell. ruclips.net/video/2tzCibE1-rE/видео.htmlsi=A0y5azkvi_MnRdvY
I'll have to look for the lamp lighter. I only know little Jimmy brown and pop a top by Jim Ed.
I’ve heard Jim Ed sing Johnny Russell’s great song, “Ain’t You Even Gonna Cry”. It’s a real tear jerker.
Hello Mr Pete, I have the retrol beam steam engine and hit and miss motor on order. You can open the valve on the whistle to vent the boiler while filling it.
👍👍
😁1st period shop. G'moring Mr. Pete.
Morning, glad you're here!
@@mrpete222 Always sir. Working on a perfect attendance record.
How long will the burner wicks last and if they need to be changed what would you use?
Since they are stainless steel, I would think they would last a long time
Oh but I do have a little funnel! I just bought (stacked a set of 4 sizes plastic) little funnels for 1.79$ at the Harbor freight store!
Thanks, I did not know they made them that small
I’m curious to how many volts that dynamo/generator actually produces. Will it power an incandescent bulb?
Maybe it would light a tiny little flashlight, incandescent bulb. I really don’t know.
That’s what I had in mind.
Morning Lyle
RE: denatured alcohol in HD: I noticed that myself that it was missing on the shelves.
I needed some last week. I wonder what prompted them to remove it??!!
I did ask, and of course none of the kids could tell me why.
Looks like a neat project , or maybe "hint" for Christmas?
Nice one Mr Pete. What's the thing sticking up next to the lubricator?
Very nice
Is there going to be a Part 3 - where you get the reverse running up to the same standard as forward? - Tony.
No
@@mrpete222 But aren't you curious Lyle?
*GRIN* Some good old boys in Tennessee can provide medicinal alcohol which can run that thar boiler.
White lightning
@@mrpete222 Mountain Dew.
They make gelled alcohol. Its usually available where they sell pellet stoves because they use it to get the pellets started. Not sure how it would work for this.
Hand sanitizer is cheap
I do have some of that product. I need to try it. We call it sterno.
If you need 91% alcohol, but can only find 70% alcohol, all is not lost. You see, any alcohol ((isopropyl, denatured, or rubbing) has a small amount of water in it. The good news is that salt, just regular table salt, dissolves in water, but not in alcohol. Add a teaspoon or two of table salt into the bottle of alcohol, close the lid tightly and shake the bottle vigorously to dissolve the salt. Keep shaking for a good couple of minutes to be sure the salt is all disolved. Pour the alcohol into a clean glass and let it sit for ten minutes or so to separate. After it sits for a few minutes, you will notice the alcohol has separated into two layers. One of the layers is salt water, the other is alcohol of a higher concentration than you originally started with. Decant off the salt water layer and you have your "higher octane" alcohol.
Notge, this doe not work for ethyl alcohol (the kind you drink), so you folks thinking you can make your vodka or bourbon more potent, it won't work.
Thank you, I will try that
What do you mean I wouldn't have any bottles like that. I use them regularly for holding solvents and such. Leave it to Walmart not to have something you make a special trip for. Not as bad as going to Menards for something they should have and they don't because they have to sell groceries now. I may have to look into something like this little engine. Am retiring in a month, and may run out of things to do in the next 20 years. Just saw a 10" Craftsman lathe in an online auction. No motor though. Current bid is $1
Great, I didn’t think any won would have a wash bottle, but they sure are handy
Good afternoon MrPete. I have a 1940 Southbend 9" model B, with a 4' bed. Unfortunately I have nowhere to put it. Any advice on a place to sell it that would give me a fair price?
Craigslist or Facebook marketplace
Neato!!!
We need to disassemble the whistle valve and lap it.
I have not been posting because I now watch RUclips on my television and not sure how to type a message, i am on my phone now.
That is exactly why I almost never comment while I’m watching a video on my big screen TV.
what took so long 😜 ! hey that rev. lever oil 😬 fire it up fire it up a grass rats thing 😁
Of course that’s where I got it
Cheers
Open the whistle for a vent
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"From long long ago."
Sounds like there is a loose joint, it taps once per rev
There are many loose joints! I'm impressed it runs at all and it shows how forgiving a steam engine is.
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how much horse power?
I think you mean how many flea power
Who supervised you Mr. Pete?
No maching?
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"enema bulb"?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You are the only one that caught it
I think he meant ear bulb. Unless he gives mice enema's.....
@@mrpete222 Nope, i did too....
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