1832 Steam Engine - Jay Leno's Garage
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- 1832 Steam Engine. Designed and built in England in 1832, this steam engine originally ran a dye factory.
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When Jay dies his Garage should become a museum, the Leno museum of automotive and engineering history
+Preston Porth He should do it before he kicks the bucket.
I think it's already planned out what happens to these
Those cars should be donated or sold to caring car people. They were built to be driven, not stored for eternity.
We should keep samples displayed for eternity to preserve the design and technology. In 70 years cars will be designed more like what they were in the 1940's. Once the government inevitably gets out of the market we will see a whole new line of cheaper, much easier to work on and more reliable vehicles on the road.
If you're in a town with shitty drivers, instead of driving nice clasic cars drive a surplus M813 or M35 cargo truck. It still has that super cool factor, but anyone that hits you will completely destroy their vehicle while yours will only need a little spray paint.
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^Seriously, any car that hits this truck will be totally and completely ruined, but the truck would be just fine without hardly even a scratch.
I saw this engine years ago at Ford. Was brokenhearted when they sold some of their collection, but this beauty couldn't be in better hands than JAY'S!
Love ya Sensei
I mean... If it was still in the museum where the public could access it at any time rather than only see it in a youtube video, probably better, but, yeah, he does at least truly love and bring back the pieces he owns. Decadent as all heck, but, he does care.
Favorite thing? Is learning Leno's garage is much more extensive than I ever imagined, and that Jay has accumulated and preserved beautiful diverse pieces of interesting mechanical history; not just beautiful cars. What a great legacy! Thank you Jay on behalf of future generations.
Exactly, the more I watch this channel the more I realise Jay has collected the history of human engineering instead of just a couple of million dollar supercars, which is what I initially thought.
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Can't imagine what it must be worth!
I'll give Leno this, he's got money and he doesn't piss it away like most other people and puts it to good use.
good use? lmao
Well Jay Leno is effectively running a museum, better than some rich entitled kid spending all of his parents money on toys that he'll probably end up wrecking.
Keeping history alive. Thats amazing and interesting.
Lol idk about good use but it's definitely interesting
He is using the money well. He keeps lots of good pieces of history in shape and he employs several skilled workers.
Those old steam engines are nothing short of elegant. They are mechanical pieces of art.
Jay is a very fortunate man to be able to acquire and restore beautiful machinery. To make parts takes intelligents and most of all time. Jay is a very generous person to share his collection and knowledge with everyone. Every country needs people like him. Thank you Jay 🙂
I saw the 1866 steam engine on the "My Classic Car" series. I have been waiting to see this 1832 steam engine. I am very impressed with it. Thanks for preserving this engine, Mr. Jay Leno. You are my kind of guy.
I posted a comment about this pump and believed it came from a well that was decomissioned by me last year 2015 in East London. My comment was that the engine may have the numbers 736 stamped on the workings of the pump. This number is incorrect and should be 723 which is the patent No of Bolton and Watt the engineers that designed the machine. All the workings of the pump that were below ground to a depth of 65 - 70 metres deep had the number 723 stamped on them. it was made for the Indigo Dye Works near Bow in London and was commissioned in 1832. The pump opperated using 12 foot long wooden rods connected by steel plate links which were still intact after 170 years. The base working gear recovered is made of bronze, beutifully engineered. We took many photographs and made detailed drawing when the pump workings were cleaned up. How they made this is an engineering marvel in 1832. Jay has done a fantastic job preserving this engine.
Mel Stupple, England.
Thank you for explaining how this steam engine was employed. The engine is fascinating but understanding how the energy was used is the point of creating the engine.
This would not be the engine you are talking about as Jay had this engine a long time before you took the one you are talking about out
Re read his post- he is talking about the pump below ground that this engine above ground would have been operating.
Quite a late reply, but did anything ever come from your information?
this video is from 1998
Built to last many lifetimes and still get the job done. Not today, the mindset is faster with less quality. The beauty as you described it is forgotten and almost a lost art. Why I love working on old steam engines in my job, they have a soul that just can't be compared to with today's technology. Keep them old machines running and shinning Jay.
Blame capitalism
This is how Top Gear SHOULD be. Everything explained, lovely shots. Could watch Jay's videos all day
"The older the machine the bigger the balls, that's the way life is I guess". I will never forget that line.
for those that dont know - the 'balls' are the governor that controlled the engine speed - you could put excess steam pressure on her, and then the governor controlled the RPM - if load changed, governor worked to maintain proper rpm. these were centrifugal, that is, as rpm increased, the 'balls' would elevate and control a valve that reduced flow to the engine. thank you BSB369 for your comment!
How cool to find out that Jay has a stationary engines area! My dad has been an old engine collector for my whole life, I'm 49. He used to have a rather large gas engine but sold it many years ago to help out his parish which was on hard times. He specializes in maytag engines. Maytag very early on sold washing machines that ran on gasoline because most rural areas weren't yet on the grid. Hes a retired tool and die maker, and his his retirement just for the fun of it he maps his engines very much the way the guy in the video did, half scales them, and then basically hand builds working gas engines from raw materials such as blocks of metal. He would be like it was front row tickets at the Indy 500 happy to have a few minutes in just that garage section.
I love steam engines. The old water pumps were incredible, some were several stories tall and I believe a few are still in working condition.
By far my fave vid... We still operate, repair and maintain 3- 1600HP Worthington Steam Turbines from 1938...With slight governor upgrades.... plus a 40’s steam powered reciprocating spider pump. Thanx for the vid Jay!!
Thank you Jay and Jim (the wizard!) for both saving and bringing these wonderful pieces back to life! i'm hoping someone will see this and find a drawing or description to help with determining who manufactured it. And you are right - our firm, as machine builders, only provide functionality and efficiency -and certainly life time is considered by customer when discussing price - while unfortunate -it is what it is!
I like seeing the steam engines running.Alot of places may display Steam engines,but seeing them run Is the best part.
Jay...I'm in England...and this is fantastic! I have watched this twice while getting the kids dinner sorted :-) Just brilliant, your passion is obvious and contagious. Thanks keep it up more like this! ;-)
Your appreciation for our early machine heritage is incredible! Without people like you, this history could easily be lost to all of us. Thank you for your love of machines!!!
That really is a beautiful steam engine. So quiet, mechanical-looking and just screams 'class'
Jay, You never stop to amazes me. When it comes to cars, I bought every my childhood dream car. About 8. From 1965 to 72. Mostly Mercedes, but I have a Volvo P1800 and a 66 Buick wildcat convertible. Unfortunately my 66 mustang got stolen.
188 years young and still beautiful.
Absolute beauty in craftsmanship. Talk about built to last and easy on the eyes, my guess is that most of the major components were one off castings which were hand finished on manual lathes, mills and plenty of files. I am an old machinist working on the design and manufacture of aerospace gearboxes and I gotta tell you that those tapered shims look like a great way to setup a test stand, I suppose that the more modern version would be a gib adjustment but either way they are a much faster setup than peelible shims. If you ever want to do a show about turn of the century manufacturing give me a call and we can sit down and talk about shapers, lathes with a bull gear and cutting gear teeth on a mill. Your engineer / machinist is a lucky guy, not many people have the opportunity to restore museum quality equipment which will be treasured my many for years to come.
Yes, I like the wedges. They come from carpentry, long before screws and nails. Simple, effective and adjustable.
I wonder if a wood or wax full sized model was made for each part, then cast in brass or iron, then hand shaped with files?
just beautiful. could watch that for hours. i just wonder what the engineers of the day would think about how the replacement part was made
They would be as memorized by the computer as you would be while seeing that engine run.
Naturally Luddite, they would be infuriated and terrified!
@@twistedyogert I think you mean, mesmerised.
@@kennethslade8468 Yeah, my autocorrect f*cked up again.
I mean, using CAD modelling to replace unique parts is really the only way of going about it. Modern CNC machines can produce any part which is designed. What was really the most noteworthy was the fact that all of the threads weren't standardized back in the day... that would have made replacing parts quickly a HUGE chore!
Thank you Mr:Leno you have a soothing way of explaining what your showing and once again we enjoyed it. I am a steam locomotive fanatic and this was awesome.
Jay is really one of a kind; he not only understands machinery, he can teach us with a huge dollop of humour.
Still enjoy rewatching these, it never gets old.
This thing was antique, 100 years ago...
Almost 200 lol
That's one thing I wish was a part of my generation, is that not only is something functional, but is it beautiful, is there craftsmanship, is it a joy to look at.
jay i have to say this has to be one of the coolest things you have in your collection ! you just don`t have a chance to see these anywhere .......... thanks for sharing !
Beautiful piece of machinery. There is something hypnotic about the repetitive sound and movement in steam machines like this.
As a retired tech ed teacher I would love to go to his garage it would be like going to the Smithsonian. Thanks Jay
Jay is an amazing asset to America. He meticulously preserves historical treasures like this engine which is older than my great, great, great grandfather - perhaps one more great but I’m being conservative.
Dear Mr Leno, this is not a "walking" beam. Walking beams have a longitudinal movement to avoid using (or pre-dating) James Watt's parallelogram linkage at the cylinder, walking beams did not have a fixed central column but instead had a pair of vertical links either side of the beam, pivoted at the ground as well as the centre of the beam this allowed the beam to follow the straight line motion of the piston rod and due to the vertical links rocking back and forth looked (with a little imagination) as though it was walking. rotative beam engines such as yours use Watt's parallelogram to do the same job. So your engine is a beautiful rotative beam engine which came later than the "Cornish" atmospheric pumping beam engines which didn't rotate.
Jay, your love of steam engines makes me very happy. Thank you for sharing your love of these fascinating machines with all of us.
Sincerely,
Joe Cashen
Worcester, Massachucetts
Saw a couple of these in the Henry Ford Museum, back in the late 50's-early 60s... might've seen this one, while it was there! Thanks Jay.
I know these engines were designed for a specific purpose, but they really are wonderful works of art. But if you wanted to see something really pretty, you should visit England and see some of the Victorian Era pumping stations. They are basically the same as this one, but they are the size of a house, ( the piston alone has a 6 foot stroke!)
Why Henry Ford Museum was sold off?
The museum was not sold off. It is open today in Dearborn, Michigan.
@@kc8bdr The Museum, and its associated "Greenfield Village" next door, is the #1 tourist attraction in Michigan.
they're still there at the Henry.
Jay, thanks for sharing your machines with us. It's really great that you not only collect and preserve them, but also take the time to show them off. I really appreciate it.
This engine is old enough where you can see the vestigial signs of wooden construction (wedges) and architectural influences (pillar). Way before they got "an image" of their own.
Excellent feature of old machinery! Great point about how it was built before there was such a thing as standardizing of threads and fits and such. Was surprised you didn't mention it as a "walking beam" type. Also would have appreciated a bit on the valve gear operation. Great engine!
Thanks Jay -- The work you are doing to educate us all is AMAZING!
Jay...I watch your shows time to time...but after seen this...we share something in common...we love steam engines...I'm a chemical engineer...and I have always been fascinated by the simplicity of a steam expanding in a cylinder and the amount of power it can generate...!!! Keep saving those all steam engines out there !!!
One last word, Jay-Leno-for-President !!! Tony from Puerto Rico !!!
Thank you Jay, and thank you Jay's team for putting the time and effort into keeping history alive, and in great working order might I add! These are truly romantic machines that transformed the way our world worked.
I admire you so much Jay, just for being a real down-to-earth guy! Who happens to very rich and famous.... but you never forget your roots and that is why everyone still loves you!
Loved it...Thanks for taking care of these beautiful machines.
That was an excellent episode. I grew up in a machine shop and mechanical devices have always fascinated me. The most fascinating part of it is the genius that conceived it and the talent that created it. Thank you for producing this segment.
"The older the machine, the bigger the balls. I guess that's how life is." - Jay Leno
its so.... chillin... such a harmony peace of technic... want to watch and hear it for hours
Having been in a workshop that still used a common drive from a steam? stationary engine it was quite noisy with all the belts flapping. And shearing sheds as well. This in the early 60s.
The engine and steam generation may be reasonably quiet but after that no.
The beauty of steam engines is that you can see how they work plus they got rhythm and soul. Thanks Jay! Life if more than cars.
Thanks for sharing and saving a bit of history Jay
There's nothing like a quiet afternoon looking at a steam engine. Heck, I enjoy watching videos of old steam locomotives hauling through mountains, prairies, towns etc. on youtube. The steam engine, and locomotive, is truly beautiful. Maybe it's because you can see so many of the parts working in unison just by watching it from the outside, which you can't do for cars, ships, and so many other mechanical devices.
I could watch it not do a daggum thing all day long, :-) Great channel, Thanks for sharing the ultimate man cave with all of us dreamers. Cheers Jay.
During the rain...right. Meanwhile I'm looking at the shadows on his face from the sunshine through the skylight. Lovely machine and masterful restoration.
Thanks Jay
Another great gift to mankind.
Great that he preserves all this and shows it to the public running. Not sitting behind a velvet rope.
Absolutely cool! Thank you Jay for sharing this with us.
Thank you so much for showing us the CAD CAM. Thank you for using your resources to provide such joy to so many !
What an amazing collection, Jay.
Thanks for sharing it - and a bit o' humor - with us!
I'm so glad that Mr Jay Leno has the collection of history that he does, because he restores things to original or better condition, and he shares his knowledge of his collection, and shows it to all of us, not hide it away where it never sees the light of day.
Great to see that Jay is into old iron!
Impressed that Jay is into this stuff, think he would like "The Waverely" its a paddle steamer that still does runs from London to South end, it was built after WW2 because ships that were drafted into the war were given the option of being replaced as they were or in a more modern form if they were sunk (it was) but the owners wanted a replacement that was the same as the original.
Jay, She's a beauty. There is a heck of an industrial museum in Manchester England. They've got some awesome steam engines. They keep a few running each day.
Looks like you are actually powering that engine with steam? I thought maybe you would use air. Show us the boiler.
Watch around 4:08, cylinder gland looks to be weeping steam..
I think you're right. Is it hot steam or just blowby creating a mist?
Jay take us to the boiler room and introduce us to the coal dust covered fireman!
He's in California. He has to be careful about how much he reveals.
The noise levels in the old machine shops was high not because of the steam engines but because of the leather drive belts, pulleys, drill presses, lathes, saws, etc. being run by the engines. I can remember when I was a young boy having been in a shop where the equipment was being driven by large overhead belts and smaller individual belts. The noise at the presses was frightening.
Windows XP Media Center! Holy balls to the wall! That's an antique in its own right.
Jay, it is great that you share your hobby with the world. I am a retired Mechanical Engineer with 40 years experience in machine design. I enjoy all your videos. I have an interest in the Burden Water Wheel that used to stand in Troy NY. It was 60 feet in diameter with a 22 foot face. I would like to build a 1/8 scale model. thanks again for sharing.
Jay Leno
Your descriptions are hilarious
I laughed really loud and woke up the good wife
Thankyou for sharing mate
Very much enjoyed this post and now want to see all steam engines on this channel and others. Thank You so much for sharing. Really enjoyed the kind hospitality of going through the “Garage”!
"And this is a triple expansion engine, I got this out of Britannic. But we'll not talk about that story today."
Walking Beam engines are just gorgeous to me, thank you Jay for sharing your collection with us.
"I hear simple geometry and I'm outta here." LOL, so true man, so true.
*The colour of the steel resulting from the oil-quenching is amazing*
Hello Mr. Leno,
Mr. Keith Appleton of England is an expert on beam type steam engines and will most likely be able to identify its manufacturer. If you would like to contact him about this wonderful engine you own, please let me know.
Love your videos...hope to see many more of them.
Ciao!
Bob Giovannucci
Bob's Flags and Banners
Stationary steam engines are so fascinating! Im lucky enough to volunteer at a cotton spinning mill in my hometown which has its original(and absolutely gigantic!) cross-compound steam engine. Its not in working order atm but that will hopefully change soon! Jay Leno's collection is just too amazing for words!
Cute how he refers to his Website while watching these clips.
We had no idea RUclips was going to be a thing... Kind of like his steam engines.
It is mesmerizing to watch it run. Very peaceful and relaxing.
Jay's jokes are so much better on here then they ever were on the tonight show.
writerconsidered thats prob not Jays fault, that would have been the format set up by director and producers. That format is way out dated and its still prevalent on US television, Jay here is so much more relaxed and his enthusiasm and joy just oozes. Its a pleasure and entertaining to watch someone talk intelligently and knowledgable about an interesting subject.
Modern marvels steam
Cause they're his jokes and not some lame writer's
Yet Leno's jokes on The Tonight Show were so much better than Fallon's are.
That is because Jay is the big boss here, whereas back then, he wasn't.
Jay's collection far surpasses a mere car collection. This is museum status. Now, all he needs is one of those little blue cap and coat and start tours.
Did you ever end up getting that triple from the tug running? Vertical marine engines are my favorite steam engines. It would be great to see that old thing run once again!
Jay, I would love it if you did another video on these stationary machines-- they are fascinating.
Cool. The fabrication program and machine trips me out. Also I had no idea the expression 'balls out' comes from steam engines.
Ha, that was a new one for me as well. I had heard "balls to the wall" though. If you haven't heard before, that comes from aviation. On the aircraft throttles, there were (or may still be, I'm not an expert) balls that stopped the lever when you got to full throttle. "balls to the wall" as explained below.
I didn't know that. Interesting!
Go visit a website about the early British navy. Sailors often lived with their families on the ship and some interesting terms came from babies being born. If a mother was having difficult labor they would fire a canon closeby-without her knowing-and she would be startled and push out the baby......the baby was subsequently called a breech baby, or son-of-a-gun.
awesome piece of machinery...i have watched off grid...steam engine...stirling engine..robinson hot air engine videos for the last 2 years...but i never thought of you as being a collector of these ...beautiful ...
FYI re; balls to the wall. That comes from aircraft throttle handles that had a ball on the end of the lever. So, full throttle requires to push the throttles towards the firewall, hence, balls to the wall.
Sweet xD
huh, Thanks!
I suspect in all cases of these idioms, however, the original users were also referring (with a wink and a nod) to their actual, testicular, ballsack equipment 😄
Same with Morse controls on marine engines
Love these videos .Well done Jay for cherishing these wonderful machines. As Einstein said, we stand on the shoulders of Giants. Greetings from England.
the village I live in, we have the largest working steam engine on earth. The flywheel weighs North of 80Tonnes. it doesn't power anything anymore but once a month they have it (and a load of other old engines) running. Hell of a thing to see.
Luke Schofield what was that massive steam engine powering back in the day?
ZapCannon5 a huge mill. I think it had 8 floors altogether. The mill itself burned down a while back but the engine house is still there, it's been turned into a museum for all the steam engine machinery.
Im so Fascinated by steam engines.... I could watch them work for hours.
Funny how they have a steam engine, but use a computer to make parts. The old meets the new, I love it.
Well after 187 years the original craftsmen and machinists that can replicate parts by hand and eyesight have all died out.
The way to do it would be to have the steam engine generate the electricity for the CNC machine.
@@AlanCanon2222 I love it.
@@twistedyogert Better still, eliminate the electricity altogether and build a steam powered CNC machine under the control of a Babbage Analytical Engine. You'd just need to attach a Jacquard-loom format card punch to designing PC via USB, to program the Analytical Engine. (I'm all about doing it the hardest way possible).
@@AlanCanon2222 Ok now you're just being silly.
This video, the 1925 Doble E-20 Howard Hughes car, and Jays Pantera (because that`s my dream car) are my all time favorite Jay Leno`s Garage videos.
These engines are similar to James Watt's engines of the 1780's. He had a patent on his machines and was partially paid on the savings on the engine efficiency vs uses horses going round and round driving machinery to factory owners.
Many people infringed his patents by copying his engine and in England many of the factories in the early 1800s had high windows to stop workers looking out and industrial spies looking in to copy the design.
I think a lot of these engines were made by smaller companies possibly not putting their name on. I have not seen early engines with names on.......most people in England could not read 200 years ago so there was no point.
In England's cities many could read since 1650, due to caxton publishing the bible etc.
villages not so much.
***** Watts' engines were not this type. This is a "Walking Beam" type, and of a very rare period before standard threads. I had to check how those wedges worked a couple of times to really see how they did that without bolts. Look on videos of ferries, all civil war era stuff, and basically anything large until 1910 and this engine is used. This one seems to be sort of a Genesis unit. Amazing.
I've seen TONS of these JLG video's. I'm very fond of his car collection'n all, but i MUST admit, after watching this short video...these steam engines are PRETTY...DAMN...COOL. So much so that the fact that he wasn't showing off and talking about a car of his didnt bother me ONE bit.
When u finally run out of saved up money from the tonight show u should open your garage up as a working museum let people come in and check your stuff out in person
Edward Rae he’s probably been smart with investing his money so that his money is producing returns faster than he spends it. He also might make money from these videos and his collection itself is likely an appreciating asset. With that said he literally has created an amazing museum & I agree it would be so cool to visit in person. It’s awesome what Jay is doing 👍
@@MittyNuke1 Exactly. Once you've reached a critical mass financially, you can just live off the capital gains, without even touching the principal. This is why our economic elite is unaccountable. Whatever companies they run into the ground, it doesn't matter to them. They've already made all the money they'll ever need.
Wish he did more stationary engine videos. They were as important to building modern society as any vehicle. Plus they're literally works of art.
Could be a Harvey's of Hayle, Cornwall England engine Jay,
When your history video gets history itself. That CAD Programm looks so vintage now.
What the favourite phrase of Jay Leno while presenting all steam videos on his channel? :-) :-) :-) - " The water is obviously not a lubricator" :) Awesome videos, I really like them all...
Oleksandr Gychkyn That and "you can't compress water, obviously"
Well with that one he is wrong. Water is a good lubricate with cast iron cylinders and pistons for non- superheat steam.
I use to be a machinist and our shop was right next door to you. I can really appreciate the craftsmanship that went into that steam engine. Ironically I am now a locomotive engineer. Choo choo. I think you would get a kick for a ride on the 3751 full scale steam locomotive. Let me know.
3:35
You mean early 19th century artwork. The 18th century were the 1700s. I'm sure you know that, but it was just a slip of the tongue.
Maybe it gives a nice, warm extra-old feeling to call it 18th Century.
Martin Halley ..In that case one could say the 1800s.
Hugo S yeah you caught that too ?
Maybe the artistic design of the column etc of the engine is 1700’s? It’s what Jay was talking about anyway. But you’re probably right it was a mistake.
Searched the comments for this.
Jay, what a dream. Keep it up. Thinking of building my own steam engine, maybe to run a old ice cream maker. Figured the kids would like it. In the research phase of steam engines before I start building.
Ever use it to actually perform work? Why not try to hook it up to a generator and see if you can get it to generate electricity?
That would be redundant, because if it is spinning, it can do any type of work requiring a spinning shaft.
Steven King *Stephen King
No. My name is Steven. And the person you are referring to is jewish, and changed his name, but this is my real name. So what the hell are you talking about?
Steven King I never intended to hurt your feelings.
I don't have feelings.
Henry Ford's Museum has quite a few of these. live in Detroit but I've NEVER saw one run. And to know it was in my hometown for 40-50 years is very cool. Thanks Jay!
80 years of work? today an engine works for like a week
I have seen several Steam Engines, and I love how quiet they are. They go Slick-Slick Slick Slick...Until you load them, then you hear the wump wump wump wump, like an old steam locomotive