Great little engines. I remember when my father built some of them when we were growing up, he has since passed and we never could locate them . They bring back great memories . Will try to turn one on my recently required metal lathe. Keep up the good work. Love them all.
Nice video once again, I really do enjoy these videos of "sale finds" sterling engines do fascinate, but I really like the flame lickers as well. I'll have to go back and search for some of your sterling videos. Thanks again for the videos!
A really fun and interesting video. I had a steam engine and a Lionel diesel train when I was a kid. I think my Dad got as much fun from playing with them as I did. I wish I still had them as they would be worth a fortune now. Being born in 1947, I would have had these during the mid to late 1950s. Thanks for sharing your collection. It was very enjoyable to take a stroll down memory lane. Regards, Dave
Mr TC, always interested in your estate sale and auction adventures. There are many items you have shown that we would never have the opportunity to see, much less learn about, if not for your tutelage! Albert
hi mr Pete the mamod engines were usualy fired by methilated spirit .and the holes on the base plate would line up with meccano which is a metal construction set like your erecta set,Dave in the UK
As mentioned by a few others... I had one of the Meccano Mamod steam engines about 40 years ago, that ran off of the white gas that we also used in the Coleman stove and lantern (I've STILL got both of those! Wish I still had all the Meccano).
Great video, hope you will make videos of the repairs needed to get these engines running. Thanks for all your hard work it takes to bring us these great videos.
Very nice find! Makes me wish I was born long before '91. I never had the privilege to have a steam engine, but now that I am in my 20's as an apprentice machinist, I have the opportunity to build myself an engine. Currently working on making a Stirling engine, hope to see some videos on that. Thanks for sharing! I love hearing about the days gone by for a weathered machinist as yourself. Your stories and videos encourage me!
As always a wonderful video showing forgotten gems. Its great to see the treasures you have found. And also would love to see you build a walking beam steam engine!!!
The Jensen steam engines are indeed still being made here is PA using some of the same machines and techniques used and designed my the founder. There is a very interesting PA public TV show with a 30 minute tour of the facility. Mr Pete, love all your videos no matter the subject. Bought an Atlas TH-42 lathe and have made 2 wobbler engines following your lead. Wish I could figure out ho to make a boiler work. Despite 3 attempts that has eluded me. Loved the Lionel comment. I've been adding "accessories" to my first set for 57 years now.
Hi Mr. Pete, the German company Wilesco still makes stationary steam engines like your Jensen model. some are even 2 cylinder. they also make a steam tractor which is really cool. as with your models they offer all sorts of do-dads to hook up to them and are a bit expensive too. one of the things they still offer is the "drive belt" spring you showed with the Jensen. most of that stuff is easily found in ebay or if you want more variety in german ebay. nice upload thank you for posting
mrpete222 What a Wife you have!, my Wife really dislikes my machines an I say tough. I live in a 55+ gated community and will try to start a new club of people interested in metal machine shop. Retired now but my first 7 working years were in tool & die making shops and I just love running a manual lathe, mill & surface grinder. By spring I should have my garage shop up and running. Don't let the mindless fools with rude comments get you down as you are one very talented & smart man. Thank You Again for all the great videos as they are a huge help to me. Best Regards Bill B
Hi Pete I was hoping to see that little steam engine running really liked the lamp on that. Did laugh my wife is in control of the check book. Same as mine she even carry my credit cards
My Dad had one of those Solar Engine Stirling engines; it fascinated me as a kid. I remember asking, "But where does the water go?" more than once; I don't recall when I finally grasped the difference between a Stirling engine and steam engines.
Hi Mr Pete I'm besotted by model engines. I love steam ,Sterling, and both external and internal combustion beasties. I've been able to acquire a small lathe and made a small electric kiln for casting parts, next on the list is a small mill. It's driving my better half nuts when I go out on hard rubbish collection days looking for castable aluminium and whatever else I think would be useful for materials. Please keep the model engines on your to do list for us grumpy old farts who were doers, experimenters, and explorers as kids. I never understood the mind set of the full on academic or sport kids but they now seem to control the world. Playing in the shed sure beats sitting in front of the goggle box watching the latest financial reports and home shopping repeating over and over again. Cheers Eric
Amazing & remarkable: We had a guy, at our old Church, who built mini steam engines. He moved up to Maine.We had dads who worked on oil platforms, coal mines, dairy farms, built bridges, et al.Sadly, I don't rem any machinists, like yourself, when i was a kid.My dad was gone 1962, but was a soldier WWII.
You scored some nice engines. If I were a kid (who says I grew up anyway?) I'd really like the last one with the generator and a light! How cool is that when the engine gets to actually doing some work? You've been "balls out" with the videos lately...cool :-) Thanks, Colin
You are correct, Jensen still makes steam engines. They have a web site and offer parts for many of their engines going way back, including that spring drive "belt". I have two Jensens and run them with/for my grandsons.
As others have stated, Jensen is still in business at the same location in Jeanette, PA. They also carry repair parts for many of their engines, so you can repair the site glasses or fix the steam leaks with your other models. The one you just shown is a 25-G, which is still in production (with the wooden board too!). Your engine is probably from the early seventies before they quit making the cast-iron based generators. The generator uses a #14 miniature bulb. You can get these at a reasonable cost from many retailers. By the way, the Jensen generator produces AC. You can use your Dremel speed controller to turn down the heat for the boiler if you like to run your engines slow without blowing the pressure-relief valve. If you check my whopping one UA-cam video, you can see my Jensen 25 running a Jensen workshop using this method.
Probably a bit late to mention and someone might already have said but anywho, a lot of the older Mamod boilers (and Bowman if you're lucky enough to find one) were soft soldered instead of a good silver solder, got a good example floating somewhere where one of the little copper steam pipes has de-soldered its self, the bases were designed to be compatible with Meccano/Erector sets so you could steam power your build via that little brass pulley
I bought a South Bend 9 last fall and I am still in the shit house. I have a big old freezer to hide my new tools and toys in until they are well used.
Very Nice ! Love your new toys. My Wife is the same as yours as wife just hates tools and especially my machine tools. Have a Clausing table mill, Hardinge HSL Speeder lathe and a 20" Delta drill press. I really enjoy your videos and Thank You for sharing you vast knowledge on machining & steam engines. Bill B Naperville IL
+Bill Brennan I have been to Naperville many times. I have eaten in teds steakhouse. And I like the big Barnes and noble bookstore. You are wrong about my wife, she loves my tools and machines. Thanks for watching
mrpete222 What a Wife you have!, my Wife really dislikes my machines an I say tough. I live in a 55+ gated community and will try to start a new club of people interested in metal machine shop. Retired now but my first 7 working years were in tool & die making shops and I just love running a manual lathe, mill & surface grinder. By spring I should have my garage shop up and running. Don't let the mindless fools with rude comments get you down as you are one very talented & smart man. Thank You Again for all the great videos as they are a huge help to me. Best Regards Bill B
I can't say that I ever remember seeing any of these in my childhood, or adulthood for that matter. That last one you showed, I think you called it a Jensen, is just absolutely amazing. They must have been made before my time, but they are absolutely beautiful and you have me wanting to check them out more and maybe get one or two to restore. But tell me, Did these have a functional purpose back in the 30s, or where they just sold as a child's toy?
Hi , The Weeden soft soldered boiler is OK to use with a flame as the solder requires 300 degrees centigrade to melt, which it would do if there was no water. The water absorbs the heat and limits the max temperature to 100 degrees centigrade and the more heat put into the water then the more steam is produced thus regulating the overall temperature to well below the solder melting point. MoK
At one time there was a company called Caldwell Industries in Caldwell Texas that sold cast iron steam engine castings. I was always one payday away from buying a kit for an engine. Have you ever heard of them?
Keep doing these videos when you come back from these sales, I live somewhere toy and miniature steam engines are extremely rare, I love to see all the different types.
Agree about the wife - I just spent near 2 grand on a very nice 13x40 South Bend. I will be buying shoes, accessories, and whatever equals my purchase over the next several months!
Thank you for summarizing your auction purchases. I'm just getting into model steam. I've been fascinated with it for many years but my interest has grown since my retirement. My emersion will be as limited as my financial resources so I'll be limited to cheaper, used engines that I'll have to recondition, nevertheless, I enjoy the challenge. The knowledge you impart with your videos is greatly appreciated,
A great auction purchess . Love the steam engine also love the Stirling engine . Thought when i get older i can get some but now im older i find there more expencive lol.
I would like to see more engines that perform actual work. I like when they spin, but I like it better when the power of the engine is used for something.
Sir you are so entertaining,you have a fabulous voice.You produce great programs,the major broadcaster produce rubbish programs and spend millions pound/Dollars....KEEP THE GOOD WORK UP
I had a Mamod stationary engine when I was 10. I put wheels on it and a belt drive, fired it up and let er go... Totally uncontrollable and lucky i didn't burn the house down!
Lovely video,,, what a nice selection of old toy steam engines,,, I had the Mamod reversing engine and your right it was made to be used with an "erector set" called Meccano here in the U.K. I made a 6 wheel drive lorry, all independent suspension, a huge reduction gear box also 6 speeds and clutch etc, with the Mamod engine driving it and the engine would have to run 30 odd seconds just to take up all the play or slack in the transmission chain before the wheels would turn, after many attempts at reinforcing the back twin axles so could put a huge pile of my Dads Railway magazines on the lorry, and on all the differential crown wheels and pinions etc the axle rods had to have flats filed into them so the little screws hold them firm without slipping ,,,, it finally got enough grip on the carpet that it pull me as a 8 or 9 year old on a trailer my Dad made out of an old wooden box from a Electrolux cylinder vacuum cleaner, But the trailer had to be on the hard Lino or linoleum flooring with a 2 foot long tow bar to the lorry on the carpet,, and on one fuelling of methylated spirits the little engine pulled me and the trailer 14 inches, Your videos are great,,,, many thanks, Mr Pete.
I tried making something like that with a Mamod engine (which i still have) but it was belt drive and belt kept slipping so would only work on a hard surface like a table . . .Mine would of been very basic compared to yours
Tubalcain, you should make these Engines into device charging stations for your grand kids. Or maybe hook it up to a radio. Every time I see a tiny engine I wonder why it is considered a novelty item instead of it actually put to work for something practical.
I very much liked your purchases, including the Stanley plane, retail price of stanley 92 will be more than $100 if that makes you feel any better. Re the good lady, I think all us men operate in the same way, how does it go volunteer nothing, admit only what you have too, I get the impression you are a very lucky man, you pursue your interests without an overseer, a couple of pairs of shoes, cheap at half the price, all the best to the both of you, PS keep the videos coming
I started watching your "video library" with the 5 part series on building a wobbler steam engine, although I am beyond that in my machining skills, but one can always learn something new. I just started to build Elmer Ver(? don't recall his last name) "Geared Steam Engine; this one is a bit challenging and so are the prices of the two gears! In this video, I have two of the engines that you show; the walking beam and one of the Weeden engines that you show is electric; I have the electric cord for mine. Yours was missing the whistle. My brother and I owned these two engines as kids. Your correct; as kids, my brother and I have very little in toys, the money just wasn't there for them. have run both of these engines at the NAMES show here in Michigan in years past. I can see now, I'll be spending a lot more time watching your various videos as them seem to be very well done and interesting. Regards
I have a Wilesco (German ?), which I have now had for about 45 - 50 years, I am now 57, and for the last 40 years it has sat in its rather battered cardboard box. How do you spell the name of the manufacturer of the German one you bought that has a cast iron base, please ? Something sounding like Wheedon.
I have several of those springs in packs if three... After confusing them with hair ties for my daughter, they've been banished to an overflowing junk drawer permanently..lol. would you like me to them your way, sir?
I would love to hear what your wife thinks about all this stuff. I know she is fine with it but then again it would be nice to hear here thoughts and stories for about 10 minutes or an hour or two. I bet she has some stories that would be great!
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Great little engines. I remember when my father built some of them when we were growing up, he has since passed and we never could locate them . They bring back great memories . Will try to turn one on my recently required metal lathe. Keep up the good work. Love them all.
Nice video once again, I really do enjoy these videos of "sale finds" sterling engines do fascinate, but I really like the flame lickers as well. I'll have to go back and search for some of your sterling videos. Thanks again for the videos!
A really fun and interesting video. I had a steam engine and a Lionel diesel train when I was a kid. I think my Dad got as much fun from playing with them as I did. I wish I still had them as they would be worth a fortune now. Being born in 1947, I would have had these during the mid to late 1950s. Thanks for sharing your collection. It was very enjoyable to take a stroll down memory lane.
Regards,
Dave
Glad you like them
Mr TC, always interested in your estate sale and auction adventures. There are many items you have shown that we would never have the opportunity to see, much less learn about, if not for your tutelage!
Albert
hi mr Pete the mamod engines were usualy fired by methilated spirit .and the holes on the base plate would line up with meccano which is a metal construction set like your erecta set,Dave in the UK
I love seeing these, sir. Please keep showing us you finds. I hope to build some of these some day, so it's great to see them.
As mentioned by a few others... I had one of the Meccano Mamod steam engines about 40 years ago, that ran off of the white gas that we also used in the Coleman stove and lantern (I've STILL got both of those! Wish I still had all the Meccano).
Great video, hope you will make videos of the repairs needed to get these engines running. Thanks for all your hard work it takes to bring us these great videos.
Very nice find! Makes me wish I was born long before '91. I never had the privilege to have a steam engine, but now that I am in my 20's as an apprentice machinist, I have the opportunity to build myself an engine. Currently working on making a Stirling engine, hope to see some videos on that. Thanks for sharing! I love hearing about the days gone by for a weathered machinist as yourself. Your stories and videos encourage me!
I am glad you had a blast at the auction and also got some things you wanted. I will bet your Grand Son is very excited! You are a fun Grand Dad.
Thank you. Reminds me of when I was a kid. Great find on your part. Keep up the great shows.
As always a wonderful video showing forgotten gems. Its great to see the treasures you have found. And also would love to see you build a walking beam steam engine!!!
The Jensen steam engines are indeed still being made here is PA using some of the same machines and techniques used and designed my the founder. There is a very interesting PA public TV show with a 30 minute tour of the facility.
Mr Pete, love all your videos no matter the subject. Bought an Atlas TH-42 lathe and have made 2 wobbler engines following your lead. Wish I could figure out ho to make a boiler work. Despite 3 attempts that has eluded me.
Loved the Lionel comment. I've been adding "accessories" to my first set for 57 years now.
Hi Mr. Pete, the German company Wilesco still makes stationary steam engines like your Jensen model. some are even 2 cylinder. they also make a steam tractor which is really cool.
as with your models they offer all sorts of do-dads to hook up to them and are a bit expensive too. one of the things they still offer is the "drive belt" spring you showed with the Jensen. most of that stuff is easily found in ebay or if you want more variety in german ebay. nice upload thank you for posting
mrpete222 What a Wife you have!, my Wife really dislikes my machines an I say tough. I live in a 55+ gated community and will try to start a new club of people interested in metal machine shop. Retired now but my first 7 working years were in tool & die making shops and I just love running a manual lathe, mill & surface grinder. By spring I should have my garage shop up and running. Don't let the mindless fools with rude comments get you down as you are one very talented & smart man. Thank You Again for all the great videos as they are a huge help to me. Best Regards Bill B
+Bill Brennan thanks, and good luck with the machine shop
Hi Pete I was hoping to see that little steam engine running really liked the lamp on that. Did laugh my wife is in control of the check book. Same as mine she even carry my credit cards
My Dad had one of those Solar Engine Stirling engines; it fascinated me as a kid. I remember asking, "But where does the water go?" more than once; I don't recall when I finally grasped the difference between a Stirling engine and steam engines.
Hi Mr Pete
I'm besotted by model engines. I love steam ,Sterling, and both external and internal combustion beasties.
I've been able to acquire a small lathe and made a small electric kiln for casting parts, next on the list is a small mill.
It's driving my better half nuts when I go out on hard rubbish collection days looking for castable aluminium and whatever else I think would be useful for materials.
Please keep the model engines on your to do list for us grumpy old farts who were doers, experimenters, and explorers as kids. I never understood the mind set of the full on academic or sport kids but they now seem to control the world.
Playing in the shed sure beats sitting in front of the goggle box watching the latest financial reports and home shopping repeating over and over again.
Cheers Eric
You are right on all accounts.
Great video on your new toys. I wonder if you have any room left over with all the machine tools and the steam engines?
What a great day you had. Thanks for sharing it with us. I would like to see some
of your other auction finds.
Please do share more of your findings. And a video when you fire these engines up. Thanks!
Neat old engines. I hope you give us a look at them running some day.
Amazing & remarkable: We had a guy, at our old Church, who built mini steam engines. He moved up to Maine.We had dads who worked on oil platforms, coal mines, dairy farms, built bridges, et al.Sadly, I don't rem any machinists, like yourself, when i was a kid.My dad was gone 1962, but was a soldier WWII.
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You scored some nice engines. If I were a kid (who says I grew up anyway?) I'd really like the last one with the generator and a light! How cool is that when the engine gets to actually doing some work?
You've been "balls out" with the videos lately...cool :-)
Thanks,
Colin
You are correct, Jensen still makes steam engines. They have a web site and offer parts for many of their engines going way back, including that spring drive "belt".
I have two Jensens and run them with/for my grandsons.
Very interesting video. Thanks for sharing.
As others have stated, Jensen is still in business at the same location in Jeanette, PA. They also carry repair parts for many of their engines, so you can repair the site glasses or fix the steam leaks with your other models. The one you just shown is a 25-G, which is still in production (with the wooden board too!). Your engine is probably from the early seventies before they quit making the cast-iron based generators.
The generator uses a #14 miniature bulb. You can get these at a reasonable cost from many retailers. By the way, the Jensen generator produces AC.
You can use your Dremel speed controller to turn down the heat for the boiler if you like to run your engines slow without blowing the pressure-relief valve. If you check my whopping one UA-cam video, you can see my Jensen 25 running a Jensen workshop using this method.
Probably a bit late to mention and someone might already have said but anywho, a lot of the older Mamod boilers (and Bowman if you're lucky enough to find one) were soft soldered instead of a good silver solder, got a good example floating somewhere where one of the little copper steam pipes has de-soldered its self, the bases were designed to be compatible with Meccano/Erector sets so you could steam power your build via that little brass pulley
Love the old steam engines, as well as the hot air. I have a few in my collection
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Awe, I love the Jemson power plant! That is a complete setup there. The only way it could be better is if it was fuel fired instead of electric. :)
I bought a South Bend 9 last fall and I am still in the shit house. I have a big old
freezer to hide my new tools and toys in until they are well used.
Very Nice ! Love your new toys. My Wife is the same as yours as wife just hates tools and especially my machine tools. Have a Clausing table mill, Hardinge HSL Speeder lathe and a 20" Delta drill press. I really enjoy your videos and Thank You for sharing you vast knowledge on machining & steam engines. Bill B Naperville IL
+Bill Brennan I have been to Naperville many times. I have eaten in teds steakhouse. And I like the big Barnes and noble bookstore. You are wrong about my wife, she loves my tools and machines. Thanks for watching
mrpete222 What a Wife you have!, my Wife really dislikes my machines an I say tough. I live in a 55+ gated community and will try to start a new club of people interested in metal machine shop. Retired now but my first 7 working years were in tool & die making shops and I just love running a manual lathe, mill & surface grinder. By spring I should have my garage shop up and running. Don't let the mindless fools with rude comments get you down as you are one very talented & smart man. Thank You Again for all the great videos as they are a huge help to me. Best Regards Bill B
Nice collection I like the Beam Type engine I would like to make a Replica of the whistle ,
I can't say that I ever remember seeing any of these in my childhood, or adulthood for that matter. That last one you showed, I think you called it a Jensen, is just absolutely amazing. They must have been made before my time, but they are absolutely beautiful and you have me wanting to check them out more and maybe get one or two to restore. But tell me, Did these have a functional purpose back in the 30s, or where they just sold as a child's toy?
JUST TOYS
What a great collection. I had a Mamod engine but it didn't have the reverse though.
Great haul! I would love to see the beam engine running.
Me too for sure!!! Please Mr. Pete consider doing a video on getting your beam pump engine working! That’d be awesome!!! 👍🇺🇸
Great idea...to link them up to be a working factory...similar to a working train yard!
Hi ,
The Weeden soft soldered boiler is OK to use with a flame as the solder requires 300 degrees centigrade to melt, which it would do if there was no water. The water absorbs the heat and limits the max temperature to 100 degrees centigrade and the more heat put into the water then the more steam is produced thus regulating the overall temperature to well below the solder melting point.
MoK
+Mo King Thanks for watching
At one time there was a company called Caldwell Industries in Caldwell Texas that sold cast iron steam engine castings. I was always one payday away from buying a kit for an engine. Have you ever heard of them?
YES-had their catalog. Never had the money either.
Whats the point of thumbs down on this video i have no clue mr pete great finds thumb up!
Yes pete MORE SALES PLEASE keep up the hunting
Nice haul. I've always been a fan of those Empire Engines, horizontal or vertical.
If you sell, let me know.
Keep doing these videos when you come back from these sales, I live somewhere toy and miniature steam engines are extremely rare, I love to see all the different types.
Mine upstairs lists for $185 but I spent way more than that on those miserable fuel tablets.
Agree about the wife - I just spent near 2 grand on a very nice 13x40 South Bend. I will be buying shoes, accessories, and whatever equals my purchase over the next several months!
ALL is well when Mama has the check book!!!
their should be a Allen head screw in the flywheel that allows you to tighten it up on the beam engine.
thanks mr pete for showing and taking time to educate us to the past tech. five stars to ypu.
i enjoy seeing the steam powered engines, Id like to try and make one some day when i have the tools to do so
I def wanna see the last one with the generator put to work!!
Are/have been these electric steam boilers a common thing? I only know these as extra accessories.
Love each and everyone of them. Your wife sounds like mine lol. Keep it up please
Thanks always like your auction videos, I do like that beam engine, looking forward to seeing it run!
Thank you for summarizing your auction purchases. I'm just getting into model steam. I've been fascinated with it for many years but my interest has grown since my retirement. My emersion will be as limited as my financial resources so I'll be limited to cheaper, used engines that I'll have to recondition, nevertheless, I enjoy the challenge. The knowledge you impart with your videos is greatly appreciated,
Thank you very much
A great auction purchess . Love the steam engine also love the Stirling engine . Thought when i get older i can get some but now im older i find there more expencive lol.
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nice score on that Stanley rebate plane..92?
I would like to see more engines that perform actual work. I like when they spin, but I like it better when the power of the engine is used for something.
i used to have the same mamod engine used to run a saw and a grinder on it
Hi Tubalcain, can you post a video showing these particular engines running? Thanks.
Great video sir! Fascinating stuff!
+Harry Mullica Thank you
Nice collection thanks for posting ,are they multiplying ? Haha
Some really nice finds ...
Good video ! Looks like a lot of fun !!
Sir you are so entertaining,you have a fabulous voice.You produce great programs,the major broadcaster produce rubbish programs and spend millions pound/Dollars....KEEP THE GOOD WORK UP
Thank you very much. I think I spent millions of dollars too
Hi mrpete,
Will be fun to see those run...
+pierre beaudry Thanks for watching
Would love to see the generator running
Those engines are really cool
I look forward to seeing some of them running!
I can't use liquid alcohol without spilling it, sterno gel fuel is what I'd use. I'm just too clumsy.
Is there a difference between a "beam" engine and a "walking beam" engine?
Don't think Cash did the double whistle, Earl Scruggs could.
Check the Earl Scruggs Revue , track 09 - Hey Porter.
I had a Mamod stationary engine when I was 10. I put wheels on it and a belt drive, fired it up and let er go... Totally uncontrollable and lucky i didn't burn the house down!
Thank you for watching, but be careful
those are awesome engines, can't wait to see that jenson running :)
Lovely video,,, what a nice selection of old toy steam engines,,, I had the Mamod reversing engine and your right it was made to be used with an "erector set" called Meccano here in the U.K. I made a 6 wheel drive lorry, all independent suspension, a huge reduction gear box also 6 speeds and clutch etc, with the Mamod engine driving it and the engine would have to run 30 odd seconds just to take up all the play or slack in the transmission chain before the wheels would turn, after many attempts at reinforcing the back twin axles so could put a huge pile of my Dads Railway magazines on the lorry, and on all the differential crown wheels and pinions etc the axle rods had to have flats filed into them so the little screws hold them firm without slipping ,,,, it finally got enough grip on the carpet that it pull me as a 8 or 9 year old on a trailer my Dad made out of an old wooden box from a Electrolux cylinder vacuum cleaner, But the trailer had to be on the hard Lino or linoleum flooring with a 2 foot long tow bar to the lorry on the carpet,, and on one fuelling of methylated spirits the little engine pulled me and the trailer 14 inches, Your videos are great,,,, many thanks, Mr Pete.
That must f been quite a little steam truck. Steam has tremendous power. Thanks for watching
I tried making something like that with a Mamod engine (which i still have) but it was belt drive and belt kept slipping so would only work on a hard surface like a table . . .Mine would of been very basic compared to yours
Tubalcain, you should make these Engines into device charging stations for your grand kids. Or maybe hook it up to a radio. Every time I see a tiny engine I wonder why it is considered a novelty item instead of it actually put to work for something practical.
How is a piston made ? Do you have a video on how to make them ?
oops forgort to add one of the best references for mamods is the freesteam forum
I very much liked your purchases, including the Stanley plane, retail price of stanley 92 will be more than $100 if that makes you feel any better. Re the good lady, I think all us men operate in the same way, how does it go volunteer nothing, admit only what you have too, I get the impression you are a very lucky man, you pursue your interests without an overseer, a couple of pairs of shoes, cheap at half the price, all the best to the both of you,
PS keep the videos coming
Thanks--that was good
I started watching your "video library" with the 5 part series on building a wobbler steam engine, although I am beyond that in my machining skills, but one can always learn something new. I just started to build Elmer Ver(? don't recall his last name) "Geared Steam Engine; this one is a bit challenging and so are the prices of the two gears! In this video, I have two of the engines that you show; the walking beam and one of the Weeden engines that you show is electric; I have the electric cord for mine. Yours was missing the whistle. My brother and I owned these two engines as kids. Your correct; as kids, my brother and I have very little in toys, the money just wasn't there for them. have run both of these engines at the NAMES show here in Michigan in years past. I can see now, I'll be spending a lot more time watching your various videos as them seem to be very well done and interesting. Regards
Thanks for watching. elmer veerberg-I think
would love to see you fire em up. i had one as a kid and if i recall it ran on sterno.
Ronald Whittaker hey Ron how are ya?
Very interesting video.
I love this man .
I would love to get a run through of how a sterling hot-air engine works.
I already have a video of that
Oh, have to look harder then. Sorry for missing it and thank you for pointing it out.
I thought balls out was something else entirely, thanks for the education!
good video and awesome engines
Those are some good ones !!
Weedens were made in New Bedford, Mass. USA
I have a Wilesco (German ?), which I have now had for about 45 - 50 years, I am now 57, and for the last 40 years it has sat in its rather battered cardboard box.
How do you spell the name of the manufacturer of the German one you bought that has a cast iron base, please ? Something sounding like Wheedon.
Its WEEDEN and I found out it is USA made.
mrpete222 Thanks for that, I asked because it is well made and worth looking for others like it.
Too loose la trek (I can't spell in French) Thanks for the smiles!
You're the only one that got it.
Great stuff! That was fun. Thanks.
We called it MECARNO over in the old Country Sir I think I mite have missed spelt it
I have several of those springs in packs if three... After confusing them with hair ties for my daughter, they've been banished to an overflowing junk drawer permanently..lol.
would you like me to them your way, sir?
Thank you, I have enough Springs for a the-moment. Keep watching
I would love to hear what your wife thinks about all this stuff. I know she is fine with it but then again it would be nice to hear here thoughts and stories for about 10 minutes or an hour or two. I bet she has some stories that would be great!
Thanks for a fun video!
Any of those ASME approved boilers? - (joke) Wow runn'n balls out - alway wonder what it really ment THANKS TUBALCAIN!
Yes
really neat models brilliant.
keep them great videos coming
apr 11 2014 you went to estate sale did you do anything with your steam engins and do you display them ? thanks!:)
Walt Bellamy just played with them. Theres one on ebay now-search empire engine tubalcain
Mrpete you keep going to sales you are going to have to expand .
Very cool steam engines