Verry nice looking engines Sir. I like how you made the exhaust on the horizontal one go back into the tank. Shame that just as with a turbo it ruins reliabillity haha.
Hi Les, superb little boilers and engines, perfectly built. I really like the look of the brass outer shell on the vertical boiler. I find miniature sheet-metal work, as per your miniature vertical boiler design, to be a major challenge (Bending, cutting, riveting and filing etc ) Thanks for showing these engines.
Hello SteamerEdge, the vertical boiler on the wobbler is made from a single piece of 1.5 inch brass sink drain pipe. The chrome coated brass pipe, which is all you can buy in hardware stores works just as good, but the chrome finish get damaged by the silver soldering. The vertical steam boat boilers are a little different. I use the same brass sink drain pipe to make the pressure vessel part of the boiler and then a light sheet metal wrap for the outer shell. This enables a layer of insulation between the inner pressure and outer shell. The pressure vessel by itself is easier to silver solder and a super heater pipe can be added. The steam boat design boiler will produce more steam than a similarly sized wobbler boiler.
I have a series of videos where I show how to make my Dragonfly BB pistol. The same machine tools used to build my steam engines were used to build the BB pistol. Thanks for your comments.
You have a remarkable skill and two beautiful machines as well. I was thinking, instead of losing water through the exhaust, build a pump to put exhausted water back into the tank. This would also show these magnificent machines at self sufficient work as well.
Fantastic work! I'm currently working on a 3200sf train layout and this would be an amazing feature to add to the sawmill portion of this project. Do you have any resources on where I could find a working horizontal steam engine? I already have one modeled, but this is way more exciting! Any help you have in this area would be very much appreciated. Thaks!
Les, Do you have a video of you making the boilers? I would like to learn your technique and possibly adopt it to be used in making a fuel tank for my gas engines. Currently I'm converting small tomato paste cans, but it's not the look I really want. Shoot me an email if need be. Thanks, Matt
o thats cool! can you make a video on how to make one? im just starting and ive always been interested in steam power and that kinda stuff, and i wanna make a little boiler and maybe a cylinder attached to it. my grandftaher gave me a copper pipe from when he was a teenager and i dont actually know where to start, uve got some tips?
Handsome oscillating steam models. Very fine work.🙂
Nice job with both engines, love them!
Very professional looking work. Nice engines.
Oh and before I forget.... thanks for the series of videos. I enjoyed watching a highly skilful craftsman doing what they enjoy. Well done.
I got a toy steam engine which worked on this principle for christmas , what fun it was that was the best Christams ever
Hi Rex, I got one as a Christmas present too. I still remember playing with it as a boy. Thanks for your comment.
very cute. beautiful work!
They're adorable.
Amazing work Les always wanted to build a miniature steam engine so I'm hooked and Subscribe now, well done
THANK YOU...for sharing.
Verry nice looking engines Sir. I like how you made the exhaust on the horizontal one go back into the tank. Shame that just as with a turbo it ruins reliabillity haha.
Hi Les, superb little boilers and engines, perfectly built. I really like the look of the brass outer shell on the vertical boiler. I find miniature sheet-metal work, as per your miniature vertical boiler design, to be a major challenge (Bending, cutting, riveting and filing etc ) Thanks for showing these engines.
Hello SteamerEdge, the vertical boiler on the wobbler is made from a single piece of 1.5 inch brass sink drain pipe. The chrome coated brass pipe, which is all you can buy in hardware stores works just as good, but the chrome finish get damaged by the silver soldering. The vertical steam boat boilers are a little different. I use the same brass sink drain pipe to make the pressure vessel part of the boiler and then a light sheet metal wrap for the outer shell. This enables a layer of insulation between the inner pressure and outer shell. The pressure vessel by itself is easier to silver solder and a super heater pipe can be added. The steam boat design boiler will produce more steam than a similarly sized wobbler boiler.
Thank you for sharing. I’d like to see the tools you use in building these wonderful engines.
I have a series of videos where I show how to make my Dragonfly BB pistol. The same machine tools used to build my steam engines were used to build the BB pistol. Thanks for your comments.
Beautiful!
Nice design!
You have a remarkable skill and two beautiful machines as well.
I was thinking, instead of losing water through the exhaust, build a pump to put exhausted water back into the tank. This would also show these magnificent machines at self sufficient work as well.
Thank you for the kind remarks. Maybe some day.
Like a turbo charged steam engine! That would be cool
Fantastic work! I'm currently working on a 3200sf train layout and this would be an amazing feature to add to the sawmill portion of this project. Do you have any resources on where I could find a working horizontal steam engine? I already have one modeled, but this is way more exciting! Any help you have in this area would be very much appreciated. Thaks!
Sorry, but I can't help you. I have built several horizontal mill engines from scratch, but I never made a plan.
I think this guy could almost have made a steam engine that could fly a airplane
Les,
Do you have a video of you making the boilers? I would like to learn your technique and possibly adopt it to be used in making a fuel tank for my gas engines. Currently I'm converting small tomato paste cans, but it's not the look I really want. Shoot me an email if need be.
Thanks, Matt
grntitan1 he dose I have seen it
Fantastico.
What's price. I want.plz one build for me
Sorry, I don't have any for sale.
@@LeslieProper Some things are simply priceless. Just to be admired, neither sold nor bought!!
He says built in 1998...actually it says 1989
Sorry.
Make a steaming Engine out of pop cans
safety valve??
Yes, it is the little ball on the top of the fill cap. It is held down by a little spring and is set to release at about 10 psi.
o thats cool! can you make a video on how to make one? im just starting and ive always been interested in steam power and that kinda stuff, and i wanna make a little boiler and maybe a cylinder attached to it. my grandftaher gave me a copper pipe from when he was a teenager and i dont actually know where to start, uve got some tips?
Send me your email address, to lesproper@gmail.com and I will send you a PDF with information.
ok thnx :)