Firing up Wilesco model Static steam engine
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- In this video we fire up steam up a Wilesco model static steam engine. This is a model steam engine and we are preparing it to run. We look at the model solid fuel burner and have the model running. Its a D20 Wilseco Model steam engine
Never thought I'd be so excited to see steam come out of a minature chimney. You need to run it outdoors on a cold frosty morning. see what the effect looks like.
Yeah I will, I think its a nice touch to direct some steam up the chimney
@@MartinZero Ooh, matron!
@@MartinZero the chimney is also a condensate collector.
@@MartinZero I think they only send four fuel tablets so that you have to buy a pack of them.
last year new regulations came out for solid fuel tablets Mamod met these by coming up with their new gel fuel
and I understand Wilesco are doing something similar
Just found my dad's old Wilesco engine. Cleaned it up and now need a drive for the roundabout. Happy days! 🙂
I grew up in the US equivalent of Manchester, a city called Flint, Michigan. I think our Yankee phrase, "Stupid SOB" is similar to your "Bloody Bugger" A word of caution to your readers. Make certain that your engine is on a level surface before steaming up. I blew the back out of a Maerklin steam engine when the glass showed water in the front of the boiler, but the rear ran dry, allowing the silver solder to soften and blow off the rear of the boiler! I was damn lucky in getting only a cut in my forehead as a result!
I was an apprentice at English Electric Vulcan Foundry starting in 1964.
Diesels only in my day and overseas orders where starting to dry up.
One of the main Loco assembly lines was dug out and converted to assembly of Marine Diesel engines.
I left before The Vulcan closed, heart breaking.
John
John. That was the year I started my apprenticeship at English Electric in Whetstone, Leicestershire. The works built small industrial steam turbines up to 60mW. A great company providing an excellent apprenticeship. The range of machines built by English Electric was enormous, from washing machines up to and including the Lightening jet aircraft.
I bought my son a Wilseco D14 when he was 12 the teacher asked what he had for Christmas he said a steam engine the teacher asked is it mains electric or battery powered? He said no its steam you put water in it and light a fire! The teacher said disaprovingly just be careful make sure your father is with you when you use it! The fuel is Hexamine my son got through it like donkeys with carrots! Luckily I had a camping stove from the army surplus down the road. It uses 5cm square 1cm thick blocks of hexamine I being a woodworker took to cutting them up into the required size, but aftter a while I just use the pincers to chop them up in to a size which fitted in the burner. Just load the dust and chippings in first then lumps of the "white coal" it all burns once its up to firing temprature. My son is now twenty six so it only comes out on warm sunny days!
The world is a cold hard place at times . Made me smile to see you've found something that brings you joy and smiles . Good on you Martin .
I have got a Mamod traction engine and a Mamod static engine which I've had since i was a kid in the 1970s. Haven't run them in years. I used to build things like windmills or of Meccano and power them with the static engine. Great fun
I had one of these when I was a teenager. Brings back memories.
I had one of these as a kid in the 1960's. Unfortunately it is long gone. Thanks for this.😊👍
I’ve got 35 model engines now (4 of which are Wilesco) and one of them is a vintage D20 and they’re just such lovely engines!! You’ve got a beautiful one there Martin!!
Back in the early 1950's I had a static steam engine I think it was made by a company called "SEI" it had a methylated spirit burner and was an oscillating engine as opposed to a slide valve. My Son had a Mamod Steam Roller. I think that used methylated spirit. They are great I really miss them. My friend (1950's) had a bigger much older steam engine. The safety valve was a cork bung and when it blew it hit the ceiling and we all got showered with warm water.
Cork bung sounds scary
Big kid, always wanted one .
I kinda remember the kit I was looking at had another board with a saw, grinder, hammer mill and a couple of other things that I cannot recall.
Edmonds Scientific (45 years ago) if requested used to send out a catalogue here in Canada, but just looked and they seem not to exist anymore.
Kinda thought the ones I looked at ran on Rubbing Alcohol.
still got my Mamod Steamroller from when I was 13, I'm 62 now and it's still in its box
I inherited 5 or so of these from my late grandfather. Trying to learn more about them. I have the red one you referred to, a couple of these brown chimney ones, i think a black one, and another one which has a roof and two of them on the same platform. The brown brick ones look like the ones he used the most.
Martin you've been in the time machine again
Your back there, with em.
Just finished the video, all I can say is your like a kid in a candy story. Love it.
Iam Mike
Love the Vulcan Martin Fred Dibnah would be proud of you.
Those are realy fun toys for all ages! I did hook up a small DC motor to one of mine so it could power up a lightbulb. I hawe the original green diecast generator as well.
The larger machines seem to barly enough to even power up a small modeltrain from what i seen.
Great film, thank you. I used a Mamod stationary engine, running a miniature circular saw, in Year 9 History classes on the industrial revolution. The students, or children as we called them then, were captivated by it and really got how steam drove machines. Live steam in model form was something that excited them, girls and boys. I am sure that the class gathered around my table, which became much marked by escaping boiling water, seeing if the saw would cut the spent matchsticks, would not be allowed today but maybe it was something they remembered. The saw is no longer made for safety reasons.
Hi😊. Wilesco still make 2 or 3 saws 👍
I've inherited one which was my grandads from the early 30's.
Heat created by burning meths, but doesn't have a pressure gauge or anything fancy like yours!
It's seen better days but it still works!
I've always been a steam nut, in the mid-50's I had a Jensen (US) single cylinder engine which I coupled to a hammer mill I made with my Erector Set and entered in the school science fair which I won a First prize. In later years I was given for Christmas a Momad traction engine which I really wasn't impressed with it's quality, then I bought a Wilesco traction engine which was really nice. I had plans on building an Alchurn traction engine I bought all the castings and a lathe but, never got around to building it. As I am in my late 70"s I figured I'll never build it so I sold all my models and castings and lathe. To may projects and now enough time. I went to England in 2018 to attend the Great Dorset Steam Fair, I thought I had died and gone to heaven.
Hexamine tablets are the correct name of the solid fuel blocks . Used commonly with the older military Hexi stoves for heating rations . Great video as always
Cheers Paul
My brothers and I had engines like this when we were lads. They ran on Sterno, and there were many little accessories that could be driven off the wheel. They included little figures of men working with machines and the drive 'belts' were merely twine. If you search for steam engine shows you're bound to find some that include video of the "model tent" displays.
Yeah theer are a few accessories on ebay
Vulcan is on the top of Sheffield Town Hall.
What a stunning engine. Mine brings out the „kid“ in me too! Brilliant!
This has been a pleasure to watch. I always wanted a steam plant when I was a kid.
this is what the kids need now - the right mixture of engineering interest and potentially explosive danger! I remember a kid who brought a Mamod steam engine into school (1970s, Crumpsall) and it left a trail of burning meths across the assembly room floor much to everybody's delight. Excellent.
In 1963 when I was about 10 years old my parents purchased a static Mamod steam engine
it cost about £1.80 shilling I think it used metholated spirits . I dropped on the floor and bent the piston rod and sent it back to the factory for repair and they sent back a brand new one in the box .
I did not no the Mamod was still being made until I came across your YT channel amazing
when I think about kids to day who play with I phones and computers .
Yeah its brilliant that Mamod have been going so many years. I had one about 1978
It's a thing of beauty, Martin. It's brilliant that there are still people willing to create models of past tech, that work as the originals did.
'Vulcan' is the perfect name for a steam engine. Vulcan's forge was supposedly under Mount Etna in Italy. When Vulcan was working, smoke and molten lava would flow from the mountain, and that's where the word 'Volcano' originates from.
Theres a great little track by the band Hawkwind, called 'The Forge Of Vulcan'; it's basically a piece for synthesizer, hammer, and anvil.
Ahh thats great info thanks Brian
Brilliant. Love it. I had a Mamod bought for me as a kid. 50 years later it still runs a treat. These models will last a lifetime.
Generator, little light? Just the thing for the forthcoming winter blackouts!
Love Vulcan Martin. What a beautiful piece of work it is the stretto detail and finish is superb👍
Brilliant Martin, Ioved my static steam engine as a kid, father made me a pile driver out of Mechano for it to run.
Oh nice, I need that
@@MartinZeroif I still had it I'd send it to you.
Great to see something that isn't made in China. I saw a documentary on the Wilesco factory.
The CCP will stab you in the back.
I think its on UA-cam
@@MartinZero That's where I saw it a few months ago.
This made me smile. Had a smaller model of this engine as a kid. Now i gotta go on a SAR-mission through my parents attic.. (we used hexamine fuel tablets to heat them- german acronym: Esbit)
Wow that's a lovely thing and I imagine would be very therapeutic listening to it running in a shed while
powering a light or something.
Love it.
Yeah its great sitting watching it with a brew and listening to it
Hi Martin .I have the D5 for about 10 years now and the kids love it.We are limited to what we get here in Australia.Great learning 🇦🇺👍👍👍👍
Ha ha thought it was an ironing board. What a fabulous steam engine. Great fun. It was amazing to watch you take us through it. Think you will starting a new craze for “boys with toys.”. Maybe some of us ladies will want one too.
I used to have an almost identical engine around 50 years ago, it wasn't new then and was probably 20 years old then. The fuel tablets that it used, I think, were called meter tablets or something similar. Unfortunatley, I don't have it now.
This brought back some good memories of playing with my dads train platform back in the 90s. Of course he had all kinds of other cool stuff to play with, too. We had a steam engine very similar to this made by a small company here in Pennsylvania called Jensen. Ours used an internal heating element that plugged into the mains.
Something he always wanted , but couldn’t get . Innocent fun , durable long lasting toy !
Yeah very nice toy
Great video as always. We have a Wilesco traction engine, which is similar to your Mamod one. If you're getting into mill engines don't forget that Ellenroad Engine House is in steam every first Sunday of the month near the Milnrow junction on the M62 - it's meant to be the world's largest working steam mill engine. Also Bolton steam museum is in steam on special event days in the year and is well worth a visit on Chorley Old Road in Bolton.
Love that intro with the lightning and sound effects.
Great to see you so happy!
Brilliant Martin, great fun. I want one.
Like a kid in a sweet shop Martin!! Tempted to buy one myself now.
RIP Vulcan Foundry - now a housing estate :-(
Yeah so I believe
Love the ironing board !!!!
i love it. just so much fun and it looks nice with the red bricks.
Hi Martin, when I was a little lad my dad 2 of them a static and a road roller we many hours of fun running them so brought back some good memories, love your videos, looking forward to the next one, keep up the good work, from Alistair in Bolton
What a cracking engine, bet you're still playing with it!!!! Love the chimney👍🏻👍🏻
I must admit Ive been firing it up everyday. I love the chimney Bob
Woah! This is SUPERB! I've not seen one like this. Plenty of Mamod ones though, esp the Steam Roller one, which I myself had (second hand) as a child.. How I loved that thing! Mind you, getting fuel was a challenge.. They ran on meths, and convincing the rather formidable lady in Spinx The Chemist that I wasn't going to drink the darned stuff was a hurdle. The good thing about these was that, whilst being simple, they DID teach us the principles of steam power; the heart of our beloved Industrial North. Enjoy Vulcan, Martin; I KNOW you will. 🌟👍
I love It ❤️ Martin, full Steam Ahead I want one of these 👍
Yea Martin it really is a thing of beauty and sounds beautiful .
Wise choice on the brick colour 🧱🧱🧱😍👍🏽
Thanks Martin that's a fantastic machine, the little engine that my grandad Albert gave me had a little hammer driven by one of those 'spring belts' and he bolted them both together on a wooden board at the correct distance as he was an engineer so everything he did was always spot on. Take care and all the best. Stevie
That is so cool. Thank you for sharing.
wonderful, my grandad got me one of the early ones back in the early 70's awesome bro
Cheers Tony
I'm too young for toys like these but I do find them fascinating
There is no way you are too young for this 😄
@@MartinZero what I meant was these weren't the kind of toys out when I was a kid. Your right defo not too young.
I love all things miniture and because they are small they cost more money, I just love it Martin you could play for hours with that! 🚂
Hi my grandfather had a traction engine i hardly remember but my grandparents had a farm in the outskirts of stafford and he had a traction engine and i believe he went to shows , personally i don’t remember but its been passed down through the family , however i believe the family were very proud, but knew no different as it was part of life . but your model looks amazing !
I'd love a go on a traction engine Elizabeth
I had a Mammod static engine as a kid about 50 yrs ago, no idea what happened to it though. Just asked my mum if she knew, we think my bloody brother probably nicked it and sold it like he did with a lot of other stuff -oh well such is life. Mine had a burner that you just poured meths in and lit it, no sodding around with different tablets :)
Yeah I had one years ago Steve and you poured meths into it
I'm going back to my childhood with the steam engine.
So am I 😄
You needed James to provide the brew and assist with the camera work.
Hi Martin
Great video thanks reminded me of the fun I had in the 60s with my Mammond steam engine I had.
It used liquid methylated spirit and I had the drive kit to run something else great fun.
Cheers Dorset Andy keep the faith 🐝 🐝.
Mind and oil it Martin. Got to keep that motion well oiled. Smashing toy to have. I really wanted one as a lad but they were always way over pocket-money range. Thanks Martin. Cheers!
i have a wilesco traction engine, you should do something similar to what i did , i drove it across the now disused belmont viaduct built in 1856 , i drove it along the ledge near the railings, it got to about halfway before it ran out of steam, oce i fille3d with water again and fuel tablets it was away again, in total it took 44 minutes to get from one side to the other, making it the last steam engine to cross the viaduct, and making me the last man to drive a steam engine across the viaduct , and also making me the saddest man in my locality
It looks amazing! It's great to see your enthusiasm!
Thanks Ruth, like a kid 😀
Vulcan trivia: Vulcan, the Roman god of the furnace, is the emblem and protector of Sheffield, and a bronze statue of him can be found on top of Sheffield Town Hall, where he has been since 1896.
What a great little engine sounds brilliant when its running slow it pretty amazing how fast that flywheel can go for its size. I have one of the steam rollers from the 70's when I was a kid no batteries in sight a real mans toy I still have it to this day. I'm liking the dark shots with the steam coming out of the chimney brilliant thanks for showing us. I will have to check E-Bay out now.
Thanks David, watch for whether say it runs in the descriptions
I have just been watching one of you're older videos. The one where you told about how you came by the Samulson film services Commer van.
My Mothers cousin Richard "Spike"Jackson worked for Samulson during the sixties and retired from there in the eighties. Commer vans where English made.
Beautiful engine, you need some steam oil for the piston and vavle. That's what the little pot is for on the side of the cylinder block. And also lubricant around all the moving parts to reduce wear and it will run smoother and make hardly any noise. Enjoy 😊
I did actually fully oil it before the video
Your passion really is a pleasure to watch!
that was wonderful to see! Just magical thanks for showing us it!
Thanks Nigel
I'm pretty sure I have a boxed Mamod works shop somewhere If I can dig it out you can have it and run it from your static steam or your traction steam engine. Many years ago I bought a steam loco of Keith. Lovely bloke and a font of knowledge with steam engines and steam boats and also a music wizard too!
Brilliant, love it too.
That is a very nice steam engine it looks so well built with fantastic detail. The moment you mentioned Vulcan I thought of the myth not now about the company.
Yes, it is Brexit I used to deal with an aquatics company in Germany the order I put in would not go to checkout. I emailed them and they said that Brexit had made the paperwork so difficult for them so the UK was off the list.
Marc Beebe mentioned Sterno...if you're not familiar with it it's like jelly and can easily fill the tray. Best part is it can be bought at most general or grocery stores. Maybe at what you guys call chemists.
I think I may have seen something like that
I really love these model engines. In fact, as I kid I wanted [of the day] one SO BADLY. But alas, as was the case for many kids of my age, couldn't afford one. Now, nostalgia and a career, I can afford one. THAT SAID..... Imagine if I got one aged 8? Use your own imagination as to how this would have affected kids of that age back then, if they ALL HAD THEM. I think the government got a bit of an idea when they decided that all kids in school should learn computer programming. The point is, children need stimulation in their education. Doesn't matter what the tech of the day costs, EXPOSE THEM TO IT, MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE. It shouldn't have been a substantial Christmas present.
I think I want mine to charge my iPhone 😃
@@MartinZero Choo Choo! (stop teasing :P)
You like your toys you lol that was good the Vulcan looks nice it looks so smart hope to see your Sunday videos brill video Martin 👍
Cheers Tom
@@MartinZero no worries mate 👍
Toms urban explore
that's a Wilesco D20 engine nice
Great video and narration. Clearly you love it…so do I!
Wow awesome little machine thanks for sharing
That brings back memories, great video Martin 👍
nice model steam engine.
I never seen Martin so happy😄
Yep love the thing
What a magic machine, I'm going to the websites, now!
I would say the D455 is a noticeable step down in capacity and size then yours there. But I like it - apart from the burner. I will be making a metho burner for mine so a can steam a decent length of time.
A beautiful piece of kit Martin and hey, that’s a top name!
Cheers Paul. Yeah Vulcan
Great model. Similar to my set up. Mine is older model then yours. Thanks for showing it. Something I can get involved in with you. Many thanks.
Great arent they Gerry 👍
Ha! Love it Martin - fantastic video . Reminds me of my days getting similar engines going 😃, and yes I did start searching the websites to buy something 😄.
I see you have been smitten with the Steam bug there young Martin. I seem to remember back in the silly 70's I had a Meccano Windmill hooked up to the Mamod beast, totally useless of course but its the Projects you did when you were a kid to save you "getting under your Mam's feet."
Once again "cheers mate" another classic Video yet again.
Great video. Loved the night time scenes.
It's quite a sophisticated engine, slide valve, pressure gauge and regulator.
It's worth looking at some of Keith's compilation videos showing the slowed down running you really get a sense of how it operates
I placed a short video of my Dad's static engine on Instagram (No idea how to use instagram properly!!).
Good luck from Spain!!
Cheers David, yes I have been watching Keith
OO.. make a slow motion video of Vulcan in action. I bet it would look very realistic then. Also, the Vulcan works may be long gone, but there's still a Vulcan Village there. Apparently, people there are fed up with all the Star Trek jokes and phrases like "Live long and prosper" - lol.
Lovely engine . You look well pleased 👍
I was very pleased Graham
It’s a thing of beauty!
Wow, what a beautiful machine!
Thanks Danny I love it
Great steam engine and great hobby Martin! Keep those bearings lubricated! :-)
I haven't smiled so much since .. well - your LAST vlog Martin. Thanks.
Thanks Martin, glad you enjoyed
Yo Martin I ust to use fire lighters from the Mace shop when I had one has a kid they work fine just cut um up that’s a cracking engine ya got 🙂✌️
Now that's pretty damn cool
Bye Eck Martin, you must have ad a fair bit of pressure up there matey, you had the pressure relief valve puffing out there.🤣
Yep gave good effect when backlit 😄