Tubalcain pt 8 BUILDS THE STUART PROGRESS STEAM ENGINE
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- Опубліковано 23 лис 2024
- I am tubalcain ----- "YOUR UA-cam SHOP TEACHER".
In this 9 part series there are 220 minutes of machining action, as I build the STUART PROGRESS STEAM ENGINE.
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Hi Lyle! Another great video.
Those steam ports marks you've made are are further apart than 1/8'', because they're centers of holes, while drawing at 6:00 shows that 1/8'' is the distance betheen edges of those holes.
Cheers from Poland!
Mr. Pete, the off topic " NON SENSE" is half the reason I have watched your show for so many years. Thanks for your videos.
Thank you, I should try to include more of it
Ahh. Mr. Peterson, a bagel and a cup of coffee. Makes for a great morning! Thank you, sir!
im getting excited part 9 i love your work thank you sharing. all the way from the UK
"Wood pecker drilling" describes it perfectly! I will remember that terminology thanks !
Thank you for sharing. I built my Stuart steam engine in my college machine shop class. That was 40 years ago. It's fun watching you do that some of the same machining I did.
Well done and expertly explained so that we understand the reasoning behind each machining operation and the straight forward and simple way in which you solved the issue. I enjoy the brief asides as they add a heartfelt personal touch from the man behind the video. Blessings to you and your family. I eagerly await pt. 9 and the running of the engine.
Love your thorough detail and craftsmanship! they don't make em like they use to. cheers to you, sir.
Mr Pete, I can't wait to see your progress on this little engine. It is always so inspiring to watch your craftsmanship and the gentle method of instruction you deliver to your viewers. I am kind of an odd bird, I have registered as a student for machine shop classes at the local local technical college in September at age 46. Its never too late to learn... I would love to have a shop setup like yours someday to enjoy. Like your comment regarding how amazing it is that men achieved such precision work with rudimentary tooling centuries past, I have struggled with errors in fashioning projects with simple hand tools... It takes a lot of patience. I watch all your videos, the estate sales and finds are great! I dream of finding a little "Sterret" gem of my own at local auctions and junk sales too.... No luck so far.
Just so you know, the little details you include in your videos seem to be the "Ah ha!" moments for me... The transfer punch idea is a perfect example of this in this last episode...
Anyway, I just wanted to say, thank you for being so kind and generous to men like me by placing the wealth of knowledge you have on display here on UA-cam. It is a testament to your heart and passion you have to pass on this "lost art" of precision machining.
Thank you again!
Phil
Thank you VERY much--you made my day
Glad you showed the gasket making. Those really do look excellent!
Thanks
I am a custom woodworker and I enjoy your work. in the next year I want to start getting a few big tools around like a metal lathe and small milling machine so I can start doing my own metal working. keep up the great vids!
Making the gasket reminds me of my youth. My best friend back then Simon and I one day decided to de-coke our 2 stroke 50cc moped engines and set too with spanners and more gusto than sense. Needless to say neither of us had the foresight to have handy replacement gaskets but in a flash of inspiration used 'corn flake' breakfast cereal packet cardboard for gaskets instead when we replaced the heads. It worked fine, probably because the compression was so low, and there after we never bought a head gasket again... Although his mother banned us from the kitchen, then my mother, but by then we got wise and squirreled away some empty boxes for future use...
Really enjoyed this build Mr Pete. Looking forward to it running and painted :)
good story-we used donut boxes
Ha ha :) Oh the joys of youth..
Some simple yet effective means of creating gaskets there - thanks.....
Very close to completion, enjoying this very much. Thankyou.
Be great to see the Master work one Regards from the UK.
Great series Lyle. Thought we would see it spin at the end..... but you hooked us for one more video. Love it.
Hi Mr Pete. I've seen a few of those Starrett 174 tap wrenches since I've been subscribed to so many channels on here, but I made one of them at school when I was about 13 or 14yrs. I can remember turning the tapers between centres, filing the flat sides, and the 'pointy' hole. I also remember that the long screw was a bit tricky because it was quite small diameter. I've still got it and use it fairly often.
Another thought. When I was doing my college day release part of my engineering apprenticeship, I remember our tutor showing us a Stuart steam engine that he was building. It was very similar to the Stuart 5a that you showed in the first part of this series, so it probably was one.
Excellent series BTW, and even though I'm not especially into steam engines, I almost feel like I'd like to make one.
Regards Mark in the UK
p.s. we don't call it 'jointing' paper, we call it gasket paper, or gasket material.
G'day mrpete great idea how you made the gaskets and making the steam ports, again it's turned out a great looking little steam engine, I learnt a lot on this one especially how you made the little punches to mark the holes thank you again regards John
slicker than a slug in dish soap
Or snot on a glass door knob.
Great job so far and I'm sure the rest will make it run perfectly and look mighty fine, too. Greg
Dang, making transfer punches for the ports. That's brilliant. Now I don't have to guess anymore
What a tease at the end there! You could have used a threaded plug and then we wouldn't have to wait ;)
Your channel was the first place I saw transfer punches (I'm not a tradesman) and I really liked how you used them to mark your steam port locations for this engine, great idea.
Going to be a bit rude and annoying now - I would have put the exhaust in the middle, over the pivot so the exhaust from both sides traveled the same distance. You've already said your engine runs well so I assume it makes no difference.
Enjoying this series a lot, thanks for making it.
I don't know who gave you ( unlike ) and why.. you keep explain every step with details, and that answer all questions may we have in our mind.. keep up.. we really injoy watching your videos...
Alaa Mohsin
unfortunately always going to be one turd in the pool
I always wonder who does that to any video, I get it on my channel and I never know why. Why not just move on to the next video on your feed.
You should be required to leave a reason for a thumbs down..... even if only the channel owner sees the reason.
Probably one of his students from years ago who earned a poor grade...
THANK YOU...for sharing.
RE: broaching a round hole to a square.
That's easily done in the Bridgeport using an old tap for the broach. Grind it to the appropriate sized flat with the appropriate clearance angles then chuck it in an R-8 collet, reach up and apply the spindle brake and begin broaching. Start out at taking about .005" of material per stroke.
It actually goes faster than you think and leaves a nice machined surface. I'm a retired tool&diemaker and have used this technique numerous times. Respectfully, TreeTop
ETA
Oh by the way, IMO, your videos are NOT too long! I could watch you and listen to you for hours!
Back in HS, one of our Bridgeports had a broaching attachment set up on the rear of the machines ram. We never did use it, however I got to use it personally. As one of the shortest kids in the class, I was standing near said Bridgeport and turned around quickly and ran my head right into it. After a trip to the nurses office with a bleeding head, that attachment had a foam pad firmly taped to it from then on.
Thanks--I intend to try that or similar method to make a tap wrench--I have done that many times for keyways
Wish I had one of those. Hit my head plenty of times at school
that pin vise really does look handy, i could use one of those for my lock pin making :P cant wait to see her run!
I really like the this machinist, still learning at age 62
Mr. Pete, you do have a smaller hammer. I recall seeing it in the video of you going through the tools from the auction. Tiny! It looks like the one I made 45 years ago just for making gaskets and still use. Try it next time, they work great and cut clean...Russ
mrpete, did you notice that at about the 20:30 mark (when you were drilling the angled hole), that the part moved in the vice?
It apparently didn't hurt anything, but when I see that kind of stuff, I always have what we used to call (in my younger days in construction), "A half-inch heart attack".
That's when you step backwards while up high on a scaffold, and the board you step to is just a half inch or so lower than you expect it to be, and the full 1/1000th's of a second it takes for your foot to eventually hit it, you completely convince yourself that you are falling to your death.
I saw that part drop maybe 10 or 15 thousandths and I literally jumped and said, "OH NO!"
LOL!
I guess because I have broken SO many drill bits and such in my life...
outstanding work so far... Thanks for sharing sir...
Just wanted to let you know I enjoy your engine videos. You've mentioned they don't get much of a following. Keep them coming. I've also build a few.
Excellent video, thanks.
That's really coming together nicely. I know you have a lot of faith in loctite but I would want to press fit or thread that plug in.
I used to use The end of a 1\2 7\16 AF open ended spanner to cut gaskets you have better control over a hammer
Very nice work. It would be great to see it run on steam. I always think when they run on air its like working the arms and legs on a dead man.
Miles....I love that comparison. I can see a picture in my mind; up, down, up down and stop grinning at me! It's giving me the heebi jeebies. Hey, lets have some live steam.
Amen to that Ellie!
You and loctite, it reminds me of boatbuilding with epoxy, you get so far then wait until the stuff is dry the next day.
A hair dryer will cure most Loctite in three minutes.
Hi Mr Pete loving this build just waiting to see it run .A while you bought a Rhodes shaper as i have saved one from the scrap man would you to do a video on running one hope you can find some time Regards Andy
Andy--I hope to get back to working on my rhodes. I have done very little with it. Hope to make some projects on it.
the simplicity of this engine is what got my attention. a steam two stroke as it were. no reed valves....no poppet valves. just porting. really neat concept. in actual use though on a larger scale...what sort of lubricant would be appropriate?
All steam engines are 2-stroke, in and out. The only poppet valves that I have seen on a 2-stroke were on a Detroit Diesel, though there may be others I am not familiar with. An interesting website www.animatedengines.com/
Mike (o\!/o)
TFS Mr Pete, like the gasket making cheers G :)
Dear Tubalcain AKA Mr. Pete
I just want to say thank you very much, the teaching videos you have are very useful particularly for a newbie in metalworking like me.
Btw how to get all the plans related to every videos?
I also appreciate nicely made and finely finished tools. I even have a Chinese collet chuck that is impressively made and finished. How they could make it for the relatively cheap price??? Adjustable back plate like the name brand "Run True" ones. I've acquired a few nice used tools but they are hard to come by around here.
+Larry Schweitzer yes, I like quality tools
looking good
The steam line connects to the inlet passage to the inlet ports to the cylinder ports to the exhaust ports to the exhaust passage to the atmosphere or return line if using a condenser or the next stage manifold if it's a compound engine. Try saying that all in one breath.
Mike (o\!/o)
Dear Mr. Pete, I have been thinking about a possible new format of videos specifically suited to your experience. In some videos you mention what procedures are suited for school kids in metal working classes. In some others you tell funny anecdotes with school kids in the shop. With your experience of many years as a metal shop teacher your knowledge base of how to teach young people could be very valuable to the metal working community in youtube. I think of the following scenario: Many hobby metal workers have their own kids or grand kids, related kids or kids in the neighborhood who might show interest in metal working. Now you would be the perfect person to show hobby metal workers how to teach those kids. What kind of projects and processes are suitable in which progression? What is not suitable? Safety issues specifically concerning kids. How to catch and keep up the interest of the kids? Sure ways to loose their interest. How to lead kids to experiences of successes and artifacts to be proud of, to take home and show their friends? The idea is not to train full blown shop teachers but to give hobbyists good advice how to interest young people for their hobby. The above said could even be differentiated according to the equipment of the hobbyist like projects suited to hand tools only , a drill press only, drill press and a lathe, and a mill on top. Let's try to lure the kids away from those video games at least for some time and show them the joy of producing things instead of only consuming :-) It is obvious that many of your videos are already made suitable also for young metal workers. By advising hobbyists to teach kids you could further extend the reach of your existing and future videos.
Thanks Rol
Those are interesting & useful observations & suggestions. Some of this I am of course already doing.
I have almost no following of young kids as shown by google analytics.
I try to make vids that will get the greatest viewership--(and it ain't easy).
Luring kids away fro games is almost impossible--in fact they bring them to school. I take your ideas under advisement and hope that I can implement some of them. I was not able to interest my own sons in what I do--and it was a heartbreaker.
lyle
I understand. I dont know if my proposed video format would yield high viewer numbers. But still it might be a way to reach youngsters via personal contacts of your active machinist viewers. This may be the place for other viewers of your videos to write about their experience with the interest of young people and whether my proposal has some chance of success. Or somebody comes up with a better idea to reach that goal. Maybe CNC is better hooking onto the 3D-printing train and it also involves flickering screens that seem to attract the youngsters so much.
rol eic, correct me if I'm wrong, and mrpete, pardon my intrusion here, but the way I read rol's suggestion actually plays on your strengths in teaching us adults, and relies on the strengths of those adults that already have kids interested.
Basically, what I think would be great is a few short "Teach the teacher" classes - aimed at adults who already are nurturing kids or young adults in the arts of metal working.
As for reaching as large an audience as possible, this would not only reach the admittedly limited number of folks teaching kids, but, I believe, it would interest many adults who have never been inside a machine shop and who are watching your stuff vicariously.
I think rol eic's idea is a really good one, but I am not privy to your time constraints and such.
Yes that is what I meant to say. Mrpete could try to share some of his knowledge to teach young people with adult hobby machinists who are already in contact with interested young people or know some kids who they hope could be interested in the future. Of course mrpete is right that this is a narrow group of viewers and will result in low viewer numbers. But it is also a group with potential to grow the community by bringing in young people. So it might boost the viewer numbers of others of his videos in the long term.
Since the youngsters are so fond of video games and computers I suspect that some form of CNC might attract them more than hand filing. So if somebody has ideas about how to use CNC with youngsters then that could be useful as well. Although that seems not the field of mrpete's expertise somebody else's videos on that could add to the attractiveness of machine work for youngsters.
All very good ideas--thanks for the analaysis . I thought that is what I am already doing?
What a cliffhanger!
looks like fun
What is your source of air? Will it run efficiently on an aquarium air pump? Or must it have a compressor to provide enough pressure?
An aquarium pump will have trouble, if it works at all -- it's got airflow, but not really any pressure; and once you start getting pressure in the tubing, it stops working well.
I have the first engine I made that I ran on my desk with an aquarium pump for many years until it wore the valve gear out. Lubrication was not optimum on a desk that you want to keep clean. It takes a fairly large pump even for a small model and the engine must work very easily.
“Browne and Dull punch”. Hehe.
Looking great mrpete! Can't wait to see it run. I watch some of ave's videos also but don't care for the constant cussing. To each his own I guess.
I unsubed from ave after a very short sub, for the same reason! I've heard enough of that, in my lifetime. Semper Fi, TreeTop
hemiram05 I too found AvE's 'colorful' language and references distasteful and unsub'ed.
It's not necessarily a matter of being overly sensitive, it's only reasonable to expect a person to speak well and not abuse the language. Professional people do not curse when interacting with others. (I'm not talking about when you get your hand stuck in a meat grinder.) Trailer and ghetto trash _are_ foul mouthed on a constant basis. Which side is the better side to reside?
And you're senseless comment on live executions tells us that you might just the one that's overly sensitive.
You _are_ the sensitive one if you can get that torqued over a comment at UA-cam.
In reading your diatribe the psychological term "projection" comes to mind. And not quietly.
Why are you making snide comments about what I (and others) choose to watch? AVE can say anything he wants, as far as I am concerned. But I also have a choice-- and I choose to spend my time watching other people. Live and let live.
+mrpete222 -- You probably saw it already, but 'NYCCNC' has a tour of the Starrett factory. Get to meet a couple of the guys who make their tools (no tap wrenches though). Great videos as always. It's a real shame that "shop" class wasn't available around here in the schools (though, being a kid, I'd have probably skipped it anyway ... *sigh* the things you don't know as a kid)
saw it-liked it
Figured you did ... the comment about "the guys who make these tools" made me think of it.
Enjoying the series, whole lot easier to work with than the one I was helping restore for a short time ... but then it was 12 inch to the foot scale :)
Cant you sharpen your gasket punches? Seems like it'd take 5 minutes in the lathe with a honing stone of your choice.
sure-was not in the mood
You must do a pull-out at 2 and half the dia. of the drill, old screw machine set-up machinist
Any spesific reason for pluggin the port above the inlet, instead of using that one as exhaust ?
Nils Nerland I was thinking the same thing. My only thought was that there may not be enough room for the plumbing if they're close together.
mr. Peterson
I need your help I might be acquiring a South Bend 10-inch lathe it has been crashed the idle gear for the quick-change gearbox has a couple of teeth broke off of it and the banjo is broken or the banjo that holds the idle gears I've only had a quick glimpse of this but the guy wants to give it away for free somebody is already torn it apart he has a manual for it my question is when I find out what model number this is and what part numbers I need could I possibly contact you to see if maybe you might have something stashed I would completely make it worth your while this way supposedly came off a battleship I was going to go with Grizzly machine and have them look up the number when I get it and find out the exact history and make model number of this machine if you could be of any help to this it would be greatly appreciated
I have no spare parts for south bends---but you WILL find them on ebay sooner or later. So ebay or craigs list is your best bet.
mrpete222 alright well thanks anyway keep up the good work on the videos they sure are enjoyable maybe I'll post some of mine when I get this lathe....
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Did you ever have a girl in your class?
We love the off topic nonsense.