When a watchmaker builds a steam engine. This is actually the best example I've seen showing how the eccentric control mechanism operates to reverse the direction. You've done the original designer proud with your execution of these plans. Worth every minute spent watching, and that's not something I can say about a lot of videos.
I need a metal lathe. I need a lot of things. My days of making anything are over. Had a heart attack and died. Got brought back but two more heart surgeries and still hurting when i do anything. I miss making things and creating art. Just trying to stay alive has become difficult. Enjoyed watching you machine parts. Thank you for sharing. You all make my day better.
I'm a 77 Yr old amputee, but ✊I still keep my hand in, repairing electronics ( Increasingly difficult ), and building the occasional PC.... But my poor attempts at keeping up with the extremely small, bear no relationship to this mans skill.... Breathtaking... I can certainly sympathise with the less fortunate among us but when the COPD kicks in as well, it ain't no joke.... If hurts, we're still alive.. 😳✊
It’s such a rare thing to see an engine that small running so smooth at such a slow speed. Well done. Surely one of the best little engines I have ever seen
Around 20 years ago, i was on a steam engine convention. There was a guy who had a working steam engine inside a walnut and it was not an simple occilating engine. If i remember correctly, it was the smallest non occilating steam engine at that time.
Brilliant stuff. The late father of a great friend was a marine engineer. As part of his apprenticeship back in the 1960s in Glasgow, Scotland he had to build a working scale model of an 1880s steam launch. This included designing and hand engineering the steam engine from scratch. Although its not run for years its a work of art.
I made one about the same sizes 30 years ago that ran on air. It worked a lot more simple than this as the cylinder pivited with the crank as it was made out of 3/8 stainless bar stock. as the cylinder pivoted it passed a intake and exhaust hole, The piston and connecting rod was one solid piece. It was a very cool project when I was in school for machine tooling. I have not ran it in years but it is pretty damn bullet proof. This makes mine look like childs play. Lol
Great viewing. You do beautiful work. The fly wheel has a slight wobble😲. The rest of the engine is perfect. Thank you for going to the trouble to make a very interesting, educational, well edited, video, couldn’t stop watching. We’re watching from Missouri.
VERY Satisfying Video to watch. This Gentleman is a Master in His Craft👌 lots of Videos,but I think this One had me Hooked untill the End. I also build Model Steam Engines and Boilers. One can Learn a Lot from watching this. Keep up The Great Work 🙏 NV. South Africa 🇿🇦
Good heavens, that is an absolutely amazing piece of art from start to finish. I'm just about to start on an old Midwest Products Fantail II steam launch, and this engine would look amazing in it instead of the wobbler that comes in the boiler and engine kit. Fantastic work, definitely subscribed!
I started writing this comment before I finished the video so hear me out... I found one of these steam engine toys while cleaning out a customer's garage. It took me a second or two to figure out what it was. It has a stand, complete with a boiler and flywheel. It even has a centrifugal governor. I put some water in it, put a solid camp fuel cube under the boiler and fired it up... the son of a gun works!. I looked it up online and was amazed by how expensive they are. 300 bucks?! What tha? Ummm... Now I know why..... You do amazing work. Subscribed. Buuut, I do have one gripe... where is the steam? (You said Steam Engine not Air Engine.. ) Where's the boiler, where's the fire box? WHY!?! I'm so disappointed. Are you gonna make a boiler and a firebox or what? I'd really like to see that! Anyway, thanks for the video... very enjoyable. But I'm totally serious about the boiler and the firebox. Come on... you can do it. 🙏
Oh it will run on steam don't you worry, i didn't want this video to be 3 hours long so i will make the boiler in another video. if you want to see some live steam, chack out blondihacks, she has built a few steam engines and is currently building a live steam lovomotive!
I'm so glad that when you realised the cylinder was on upside-down, you didn't have te disassemble the valve gear. Those nuts and bolts are so tiny that it looked on the limit for hand assembly.
I love this! Keep up the great work making these amazing videos! It never gets old watching someone take the time to pay attention to every tiny detail to make something that works out of some boring chunks of metal. Incredible
Beautiful workmanship, beautiful documentation great job. I built the Stewart castings engine, a little larger than that one. I tried to send some pictures of engines that I’ve built to you. I don’t know if you will get them or not always looking for a new projects and that look like it might be a good one. Keep up the good work thanks
you screwing those small screws directly makes me anxious 🤣 i always turn them the opposite way till the thread enters correctly and only then i start to screw them... can you show us your machine? are they watch making lathe and milling machine? great video as always, keep them coming.
@@JellyFishMachinethat's a brilliant tip. I'm having a nightmare soldering replacement LEDs on my son's 2001 Volkswagen Polo dashboard. Thanks for the tip
This is the first time here on your channel sir, and finding out that you are a watchmaker answers some questions I had lol knowing that. I presume you made all those beautiful little hex headed bolts? It would have been nice if you had included footage of you making at least one of them. And what thread did you use? The whole machine is excellently executed and looks fantastic. Did you have any trouble timing the eccentric chest valve? At first when you were assembling it, there seemed to be a tight spot at the bottom of the piston stroke, but when aired up it ran beautifully!
this was a generic silver bearing structural solder (not full blown silver solder) but it doesn't perform very well and has acid flux core which causes a lot of corrosion. i'm going to try "Tix" solder
Nothing short of astounding! Bravo sir! Anybody know if there's a link to the magazine the plans originated from? Edit: nevermind, saw the plans linked in the description.
I've got a piece of mahogany set aside for it, it's big enough for a boiler too.... i sized the flywheel so it can be set into the base, like this www.steamofsteel.de/p/gussteilsatz-novelty
Fantastic work inspiring! Quick question on larger engines the slide valve floats so it can seat and seal on the face. How have you gotten the valve to seat fixed to the rod? Is it machined to just sit on it or is there something I’m missing?
I assembled the valve, rod, and chest together then lapped them smooth on a piece of 3M lapping film, similar to how i finished the reversing quadrant at 20:09
Now, all you need is a little boiler and a tiny steam launch to put them in. I'm really surprised they had a steam engine in "Strictly I.C." What issue is that? I can't read it even in full-screen mode. I'd like to see if I have that issue. Thanks!
Thanks for watching! I was thinking of making a boiler for it and using it to run one of the PM Research Machine tools. pmmodelengines.com/machine-tools/machine-models/ I do want to build a boat, i'm designing a 2 cylinder engine so it can be self starting. It's volume 6 No. 33, June/July 1993 and this is the only steam engine (compressed gas engine as Mr. Washburn called it) in the whole magazine lol. I keep looking at the 1/6th scale Kinner K5 Radial starting in Vol 9 No. 53, all of the parts are small enough to fit in my machines (Barely)
@@JellyFishMachine If you look in “The Shop Wisdom of Rudy Kouhoupt,” there is a 2-cylinder marine compound engine that I believe is small enough to be built on the Sherline lathe and mill. The biggest part is the bed plate, which is made from 1/8” thick aluminum, and it’s is approximately 3” x 4”. The columns are ¼” CRS. The biggest turned part is the disc flywheel, and it’s 2 ½” on diameter. I’ve started on it, but my machines are larger than yours. The book is published by Village Press, the publishers of Live Steam and Home Shop Machinist magazines.
Thats some strong superglue! I tried to fix a reear view mirror and it lasted all of 5 seconds after letting the mount cure for 3 days beofre putting any weight on it.. how many g forces is the piece of brass being subjected to
I saw all of your comments, i'll reply here to keep it all in one place. It's a sherline lathe, i haven't used the proxxon but i'm not too impressed by them and i haven't really heard anything either way about them, but the sherline machines are great and the accessory catalog is unbeatable. As a comparison to watchmaking - this is WAY easier, it's hard to tell watching on a screen but all of these parts are significantly larger than watch parts, the reversing gear may be close in size to a setting lever spring or a fusee watch set-up click. Mr. Daniel's books are phenomenal, i've read all of them more times than i can count, except The Art of Breguet (i don't have a copy yet) The broken fusee chain is rough, but they can be fixed! it's possible to file off the rivet and take out the bad link, the watch won't mind if the chain is a few links shorter, as long as it is close it will work fine, especially for a verge escapment. I just finished up servicing an english lever fusee watch, I set the video to unlisted to clean up clutter on my channel page (it didn't perform well) so you might not have seen it. here's a link: ua-cam.com/video/Xb56aB5bYCY/v-deo.html
@JellyFishMachine thanks.. I might have a bash at repairing the chain..it's the only issue with the watch. The only rubbish thing is my Victorian Era watch lathe got knocked over by the dog and I no longer trust it.. it was kne of the single leg ones. I'm looking for another but need to save up first!
When a watchmaker builds a steam engine. This is actually the best example I've seen showing how the eccentric control mechanism operates to reverse the direction. You've done the original designer proud with your execution of these plans. Worth every minute spent watching, and that's not something I can say about a lot of videos.
❤
I need a metal lathe. I need a lot of things. My days of making anything are over. Had a heart attack and died. Got brought back but two more heart surgeries and still hurting when i do anything.
I miss making things and creating art. Just trying to stay alive has become difficult. Enjoyed watching you machine parts. Thank you for sharing. You all make my day better.
Most people won’t understand the tolerances required for something this small to work. That reverse mechanism is minute! Bravo! 👏🏻
Outstanding craftsmanship! I sincerely hope you keep making videos, they're an absolute treat to watch!
Seeing that little engine run at the end made me incredibly happy :)
That precision is such a satisfying break from the widespread chaos in our world. Thank you!
Just your tooling and fixtures alone are more professional than anything I've made the last 20 years.
I'm a 77 Yr old amputee, but ✊I still keep my hand in, repairing electronics ( Increasingly difficult ), and building the occasional PC.... But my poor attempts at keeping up with the extremely small, bear no relationship to this mans skill.... Breathtaking...
I can certainly sympathise with the less fortunate among us but when the COPD kicks in as well, it ain't no joke....
If hurts, we're still alive.. 😳✊
My accomplishment for the day is getting out of bed. I think you have me beat.
❤ be proud 👏
It’s such a rare thing to see an engine that small running so smooth at such a slow speed. Well done. Surely one of the best little engines I have ever seen
After a bit more tuning i've gotten it to run even slower than in the video lol. i'm thinking a twin cylinder should be able to run even slower...
@@JellyFishMachineoooooo if you make one post it!!!!
Around 20 years ago, i was on a steam engine convention. There was a guy who had a working steam engine inside a walnut and it was not an simple occilating engine.
If i remember correctly, it was the smallest non occilating steam engine at that time.
not very many people can do this or understand,you did super job.god bless you .
Brilliant stuff. The late father of a great friend was a marine engineer. As part of his apprenticeship back in the 1960s in Glasgow, Scotland he had to build a working scale model of an 1880s steam launch. This included designing and hand engineering the steam engine from scratch. Although its not run for years its a work of art.
This is the most beautiful piece of work I have ever seen. As a scale modeler, I think you have me beat. Good job my guy. Keep up the good work
Beautifully made and expertly filmed. What I would give for your keen eyesight, steady hands and enviable workshop.
You put more care and craftsmanship in this tiny engine, than Renault did in my whole car...
I made one about the same sizes 30 years ago that ran on air. It worked a lot more simple than this as the cylinder pivited with the crank as it was made out of 3/8 stainless bar stock. as the cylinder pivoted it passed a intake and exhaust hole, The piston and connecting rod was one solid piece. It was a very cool project when I was in school for machine tooling. I have not ran it in years but it is pretty damn bullet proof. This makes mine look like childs play. Lol
Gotta' love the Sherline lathe. That's a pretty small engine, but it looks great 👌
As someone who likes steam engines, This is just exquisite...
Beautifully built!
Great viewing. You do beautiful work. The fly wheel has a slight wobble😲. The rest of the engine is perfect. Thank you for going to the trouble to make a very interesting, educational, well edited, video, couldn’t stop watching. We’re watching from Missouri.
VERY Satisfying Video to watch. This Gentleman is a Master in His Craft👌 lots of Videos,but I think this One had me Hooked untill the End. I also build Model Steam Engines and Boilers. One can Learn a Lot from watching this. Keep up The Great Work 🙏 NV. South Africa 🇿🇦
I'm sure that you enjoyed creating that as much as we enjoyed watching you.
Good heavens, that is an absolutely amazing piece of art from start to finish. I'm just about to start on an old Midwest Products Fantail II steam launch, and this engine would look amazing in it instead of the wobbler that comes in the boiler and engine kit.
Fantastic work, definitely subscribed!
What an adorable little guy
You've made the world a better place.
I started writing this comment before I finished the video so hear me out... I found one of these steam engine toys while cleaning out a customer's garage. It took me a second or two to figure out what it was. It has a stand, complete with a boiler and flywheel. It even has a centrifugal governor. I put some water in it, put a solid camp fuel cube under the boiler and fired it up... the son of a gun works!. I looked it up online and was amazed by how expensive they are. 300 bucks?! What tha? Ummm... Now I know why..... You do amazing work. Subscribed. Buuut, I do have one gripe... where is the steam? (You said Steam Engine not Air Engine.. ) Where's the boiler, where's the fire box? WHY!?! I'm so disappointed. Are you gonna make a boiler and a firebox or what? I'd really like to see that! Anyway, thanks for the video... very enjoyable. But I'm totally serious about the boiler and the firebox. Come on... you can do it. 🙏
ENOUGH with the endless chatter and deafening music ! -- hehe - fabulous video. Subscribed.
alright alright i'll be more quiet next time LOL
i think for april fools i'm going to do a "HEY GUYs WELCOME BACK..." type of video
amazing build! very cute! Too bad people never test these things with actual steam :( i'd love to see it run on steam!
Oh it will run on steam don't you worry, i didn't want this video to be 3 hours long so i will make the boiler in another video. if you want to see some live steam, chack out blondihacks, she has built a few steam engines and is currently building a live steam lovomotive!
I'm so glad that when you realised the cylinder was on upside-down, you didn't have te disassemble the valve gear. Those nuts and bolts are so tiny that it looked on the limit for hand assembly.
Yeah that's a lucky break! the screws are 1.2mm thread diameter lol
Your work is on par with Chris at Clickspring. I hope you evolve the channel to include more teaching. Keep showing us, this is wonderful.
Really high quality content right here! Love every part of this!
Amazing craftsmanship. Respect.
Sir, that is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Thank you for posting
Beautiful. Runs so free. I wonder given all the care taken with the jig why the flywheel runs out a bit.
I genuinely needed that this morning. Excellent work!
Curious about how much something like this would cost. Beautiful workmanship!
Best video I've watched this year. Stunning work, thanks so much for sharing.
I love this! Keep up the great work making these amazing videos! It never gets old watching someone take the time to pay attention to every tiny detail to make something that works out of some boring chunks of metal. Incredible
Brilliant. This is the kind of work-and this was a lot of work!-that makes UA-cam wonderful.
That was awesome! Beautiful craftsmanship
Fantastic footage thank's for the detailed info ,great craftsmanship, I do like your approach on the wheel.
Beautiful workmanship!
Just too amazing, you sir are a true artist.
Fascinating and mesmerizing. Well done.
Nice build. I’m sure your accomplishment gave you much more joy than mine watching this. Made me smile.
Beautiful work...well don indeed.... what a lovely little engine. I just love the tiny valve gear... 🙂
Perfekt.
Das haben damals Geniale Menschen erfunden, ohne PC.
Krásná práce, děkuji!! Rád jsem se potěšil, lepší než politika! 👍👍👍
Beautiful workmanship, beautiful documentation great job. I built the Stewart castings engine, a little larger than that one. I tried to send some pictures of engines that I’ve built to you. I don’t know if you will get them or not always looking for a new projects and that look like it might be a good one. Keep up the good work thanks
Runs like a fine watch ❤
i wish i had the skill to do stuff like this 😁
Excellent work - beautiful engine!
Amazing hand!
Absolutely amazing work you do!
you screwing those small screws directly makes me anxious 🤣 i always turn them the opposite way till the thread enters correctly and only then i start to screw them...
can you show us your machine? are they watch making lathe and milling machine?
great video as always, keep them coming.
nvm i just checked the description and everything is there already 🙂
Very interesting project I am amazed at all your miniature machining.😮
Beautiful work, congratulations!
Oh come on. You could have made it even smaller!!
Just amazing work sir!
Awesome video! Very impressive.
Beautiful work
Gotta to love it: steam engine from STRICTLY INTERNAL COMBUSTION magazine.
Push start ? nice efforts 👍👍
Beautiful engine, great work
What's the white stuff you put on before brazing around 1:44?
that's liquid paper correction fluid, the solder won't flow over it so you don't solder the part to the base!
@@JellyFishMachinethat's a brilliant tip. I'm having a nightmare soldering replacement LEDs on my son's 2001 Volkswagen Polo dashboard. Thanks for the tip
Awesome job!
I know who to call when I need a makeshift generator in the zombie apocalypse that runs almost silently.
Amazing craftsmanship ...
Beautifully done👏
Outstanding! 🫡👍🏻
What an amazing project ✌️
absolutely fascinating! very satisfying build.
I have been learning a lot from watching your videos :)
I need a Lathe/Mill setup with an indexer... I don't know why... great vijeo
This is the first time here on your channel sir, and finding out that you are a watchmaker answers some questions I had lol knowing that. I presume you made all those beautiful little hex headed bolts? It would have been nice if you had included footage of you making at least one of them. And what thread did you use? The whole machine is excellently executed and looks fantastic. Did you have any trouble timing the eccentric chest valve? At first when you were assembling it, there seemed to be a tight spot at the bottom of the piston stroke, but when aired up it ran beautifully!
Beautiful model did you make the bolts as well ? And thanks for sharing
yes from 1/16 allen wrenches, i left it out so the video wouldn't be 6 hours long!
Thanks for watching!
Great build! You’re always top notch. What I wouldn’t give to spend a day with u and pick your brain. Please don’t stop making videos lol
What kind of solder are u using?
this was a generic silver bearing structural solder (not full blown silver solder) but it doesn't perform very well and has acid flux core which causes a lot of corrosion. i'm going to try "Tix" solder
Show us the mound of failed parts at the end of your videos so we mere mortals can feel like we have a chance of replicating your success.
Nothing short of astounding! Bravo sir!
Anybody know if there's a link to the magazine the plans originated from?
Edit: nevermind, saw the plans linked in the description.
That was so frakking cool.
Very nice engine. Good job sir
dang! Loving it!
Wait, is that why flywheels all look like that? Cool
Power a tiny steam donkey or a car or a train or a tool or smthing, its frickin awsome!
gotta build a boiler first lol
Das ganze auf ein schönes, lackiertes Stück Teakholz mit Messing-Geländer ❤❤❤😊
I've got a piece of mahogany set aside for it, it's big enough for a boiler too.... i sized the flywheel so it can be set into the base, like this www.steamofsteel.de/p/gussteilsatz-novelty
I like it very much excellent work !! Its only for the wheel wobble .....
yeah i'm going to add some clamps to the fixture to hold it all in place better while assembling.
thanks for watching!
Fantastic work inspiring! Quick question on larger engines the slide valve floats so it can seat and seal on the face. How have you gotten the valve to seat fixed to the rod? Is it machined to just sit on it or is there something I’m missing?
I assembled the valve, rod, and chest together then lapped them smooth on a piece of 3M lapping film, similar to how i finished the reversing quadrant at 20:09
Now, all you need is a little boiler and a tiny steam launch to put them in. I'm really surprised they had a steam engine in "Strictly I.C." What issue is that? I can't read it even in full-screen mode. I'd like to see if I have that issue. Thanks!
Thanks for watching! I was thinking of making a boiler for it and using it to run one of the PM Research Machine tools.
pmmodelengines.com/machine-tools/machine-models/
I do want to build a boat, i'm designing a 2 cylinder engine so it can be self starting.
It's volume 6 No. 33, June/July 1993 and this is the only steam engine (compressed gas engine as Mr. Washburn called it) in the whole magazine lol. I keep looking at the 1/6th scale Kinner K5 Radial starting in Vol 9 No. 53, all of the parts are small enough to fit in my machines (Barely)
@@JellyFishMachine If you look in “The Shop Wisdom of Rudy Kouhoupt,” there is a 2-cylinder marine compound engine that I believe is small enough to be built on the Sherline lathe and mill. The biggest part is the bed plate, which is made from 1/8” thick aluminum, and it’s is approximately 3” x 4”. The columns are ¼” CRS. The biggest turned part is the disc flywheel, and it’s 2 ½” on diameter. I’ve started on it, but my machines are larger than yours.
The book is published by Village Press, the publishers of Live Steam and Home Shop Machinist magazines.
Wow it’s beautiful😍👍 your work it’s amazing
Just amazing
Молодец! Волшебник!
Prachtkerl! Zauberer!
Very good! High skill! Where is my engine? Oh, under my thumbnail!! Thank's...
Fantastic job Thanks
Amazing...very cool
Beautiful work. The only thing I would succeed with here would be to put the cylinder upside down.
Sterling Engine next ^^
GOOD JOB
How long it did take to build it ?
roughly 300 hours.
Thanks for watching!
36:53 bravo, meinen Respekt hast du
Thats some strong superglue! I tried to fix a reear view mirror and it lasted all of 5 seconds after letting the mount cure for 3 days beofre putting any weight on it.. how many g forces is the piece of brass being subjected to
Is that the Proxon lathe you are using? The one you can sort of double up for watch work?
I saw all of your comments, i'll reply here to keep it all in one place. It's a sherline lathe, i haven't used the proxxon but i'm not too impressed by them and i haven't really heard anything either way about them, but the sherline machines are great and the accessory catalog is unbeatable.
As a comparison to watchmaking - this is WAY easier, it's hard to tell watching on a screen but all of these parts are significantly larger than watch parts, the reversing gear may be close in size to a setting lever spring or a fusee watch set-up click. Mr. Daniel's books are phenomenal, i've read all of them more times than i can count, except The Art of Breguet (i don't have a copy yet)
The broken fusee chain is rough, but they can be fixed! it's possible to file off the rivet and take out the bad link, the watch won't mind if the chain is a few links shorter, as long as it is close it will work fine, especially for a verge escapment. I just finished up servicing an english lever fusee watch, I set the video to unlisted to clean up clutter on my channel page (it didn't perform well) so you might not have seen it. here's a link:
ua-cam.com/video/Xb56aB5bYCY/v-deo.html
@JellyFishMachine thanks.. I might have a bash at repairing the chain..it's the only issue with the watch. The only rubbish thing is my Victorian Era watch lathe got knocked over by the dog and I no longer trust it.. it was kne of the single leg ones. I'm looking for another but need to save up first!
No swear words were said in the making of this video🤫😉