@@ecase727 but this is exactly how it still works, it's just the steam bit is at a power plant somewhere (ignoring renewables). Even fusion power, if it ever happens, will still be driving a steam turbine.
Because I am that kind of sad person, I would like to point out that it would be nice if a teaching series was credible, instead. But yes, I have a hard time understanding electronics, so I like this idea.
When you scale it down to hobby size, the industrial revolution passes pretty quick. In a couple short years, she made it from steam engines to 1980s electronics, to USB1.0 ports.
I guess that's some time dilatation relativistc effect, related to the length contraction.... Or something 🤔 (I learned that stuff too many decades ago)
Do you know how long it took to charge your phone? using this setup? I'm considering of doing the same thing with my own smaller steam engine@@Blondihacks
I'm really glad that you had the foresight to add a lifting point to the top of the generator. Protecting your back is important with these heavy machines.
Quick tip on those protoboards. I usually use the snipped off wires from the components as my traces. This allows for more clean looking paths and the solder bridges the gaps more easily. Also I usually just bend the attached leads to form the traces which technically is bad but in this low cost hobby setting is absolutely fine.
Quinn, I have watched nearly every one of your videos on this channel and I think the thing I appreciate the most are the tiny nuggets of information you often throw in the fact that "balls out" refers to the ball governor of steam engines. Don't get me wrong, your effort in creating educating content is also great, but the fun facts are something that I haven't found anyone else does and it really sets your channel apart.
@@markbernier8434 First attested in the 1960s in the context of aviation, in reference to ball-shaped grips on an aircraft's engine controls (typically throttle, prop pitch and fuel mixture) - Wikipedia
fun little fact from those of us with children... the premixed bubble solution (like for blowing bubbles) is great for finding leaks on airlines or tires and you can buy a pack of a dozen small vials in the party favors section of target, party supply stores, and often even dollar stores for next to nothing. keep one or two in the car, one taped to your bike, a few in the shop, tape one to the regulator on the gas grill and one in your pocket for when you just want to blow some bubbles
Now That's Steam Punk! Flat belt tip from farm boy that has actually run a thresher off a Massey Ferguson PTO. On the farm we put a twist in the belt (runs in a figure 8) this helps the belt track by pulling the belt to the center of the pulleys. You can also reverse the rotation of your motor by putting a twist in the pulley.
This has to be one of the MOST satisfying builds I have ever seen. To watch a complete systems test, from boiler to CandyCrush, was amazing. Some say pride is sin, but I don't care. I truly hope you are bubbling over with it. And well earned.
at a *very* high level, unless you use photovoltaic, hydro, or wind power, this is roughly how the phone is normally charged. We use more modern and efficient technologies for generating the steam, and turbines instead of pistons, but heat source -> water -> steam -> rotary action -> generator -> regulator is a very rough estimate of how current infrastructure forces electrons across membranes in your phone battery.
Quinn, I must say - this has been an absolute pleasure to watch. To me, electronics is something that happens to other people. My brain struggles to comprehent much past wiring a switch to a battery, but the way you explained the voltage regulator was nothing shy of phenomenal. I had a brilliant electronics lecturer at university, but even so, the information could barely make it's way past my thick skull. This, on the other hand, made so much sense, I'm actually a bit shocked(pun intended). That, coupled with the random facts was just the icing on the cake as well as the cherry on top. Absolutely brilliant. Would love to see more electronics content.
If you ever choose to do so I'd love to watch more electronics related content like this! The way you explain things with interesting facts and super helpful advice translates so well.
6:05 As an Amateur (Ham) Radio Operator, I appreciate your use of a linear regulator, rather than a noisy switching device. AM Radio is being killed, one cheap power supply at a time.
Isn't more like stabbing a corpse already? At least in urban enviroments? Ham operator, too. In Germany, where all AM radio stations have been off the air for a few years by now. Half the AM broadcast band is switcher noise anyway.
As a fellow ham operator, I hear ya!! But small cut single rings DC motor/generator are also doing a lot of sparks as the brush switch from one section of the ring to the other. Of course, the angle where the switching is done should be the closest to the zero crossing of the current/voltage generation by the rotating coil on the magnetic field. But it is not always possible to mitigate the whole sparking issue. That is why an AC generator will make less noise as the rings for collecting the power will never be cut. Gaining efficiency and being less noisy an putting less wear on the brush. If you did not knew, it is Tesla that came in with that design ;-)
@@pierremartel3552 Tesla did a lot (at least until ~1900 when he got weird for some reason), but the AC generator on itself predates him. The basic principles came from Faraday, Ferraris worked more on it and later Siemens built the first industrially usable single-phase generators when Tesla was 10 years old. What Tesla did invent was A multiphase system (called it 2-phase, but since those were 2 split phase systems it was more of a 4phase system). He did so simultaneously with Haselwander and Doliwo-Dobrowolski, which came up with the now mostly used 3phase system (which is after all superior because it uses less wires, since you can omit the neutral on symmetrical loads).
Quinn, please do more electronics on your channel! I love all the machining and your wicked sense of humor, and truly enjoyed THIS episode. At 19:21 I LOVE the "Belt and Braces" look of your Safety Glasses with the Cheaters. :)
I've only ever made one circuit board, I used the etch method but it was a pain. That protoboard looks like a great alternative. I for one would love to see Quinn do more electrictroic projects.
I originally found and followed you for the machining like probably most at this point, but as a computer guy I'm kind of happy the techy bits get some spotlight every now and then
I've watched a lot of maker videos, including most of yours, and this one was so full of such a variety of new information for me. You are so good at explaining things to folks who, like me, are not experts. And this video, with info on, let's see: paint, CO, electronics, steam power, and more, ticked maybe the widest variety of fields in anything I've seen!
HI, the thing that made my PM flywheels wobble is the set screw placement. what I finally did was remove the screw and just Loctite them in place. nice and easy Japenesy😁
With those types of protoboads I like to bend the component legs before soldering to create the traces as that means you don't have to bridge every single pad one by one.
Steam injector or at least a wee steam feedwater pump. I think she'd see longer run times capturing the waste heat from a heat exchanger on the exhaust but do you think that and a feedwater heater would produce more power? Best episode in a while, Quinn (not that the others felt wanting, but great to learn about voltage regulators too).
Hi Quinn Great build by anyone's standards. Suggestion: When you finally mount everything on a nice display base, take the steam coming out of the exhaust port and run it through a coiled copper pipe in the water reservoir. This will pre-heat the reservoir water which means that the boiler does not have to spend so many BTU's to get the new water up to boiling. It will also condense most of the steam back into water so the cloud of steam being generated will be greatly reduced. This may become a factor in an exhibit scenario where the electronics exhibit next door starts to have his exhibit of very finely tuned transistors and things collecting steam condensation and thereby destroying it. Don't ask me how I know this... Tip : Don't even think about putting the condensed water back into the reservoir... It has got oil in it and that will throw the oil to water ratio off the scale which may be a good thing (having extra lubrication) but will probably not be so good in reality. Even in an industrial environment, small mechanical devices do not appreciate changes in parameters (boiler inlet water temperature being the most obvious one in this video) and supplies (BTU's of the fuel used to fire the boiler) to well. So the BIG question... WHATS NEXT???
I could have been seriously wounded diving under my desk when that steam line went supersonic. Please be careful and make sure your First Aid Kit has some burn ointment in it. It actually works very well on minor burns that seem fine for about 10 hours and then make you want to sever the applicable limb with a dull butter knife. (which I do not recommend) I love the sound of the engine under load. The little generator is impressive. The phone on the other hand is a power hog! ;)
Explaining how the regulator worked unlocked a portion of my brain that made me incredibly curious to go read your blog. It felt like a bridge got opened between a conceptual (at best) understanding of how electronics work and the very intimidating process of actually learning how they work and how they can be used 🙏🙏 I'm also very proud to say I understood why balls out in reference to flyball governors makes sense as a saying (thanks Wintergatan).
12:09/12:19 - blob on! That said, pro tip IF you want to reduce that: keep a little container (I use an old prescription pill bottle, for its smooth walls all the way up to the top) of cut leads from resistors, LEDs, and what have you, and you can lay those down as basically jumper wires… solder *that* to the pads, and you don’t need nearly as much total solder - especially if/when you’re bridging a longer distance (the middle pads of which may not even need any solder at all, depending on what you’re doing). But again, blobby works too! Just a tip I learned maybe two years or so ago that I thought I’d pass along. :)
I hope those steam burns went okay Quinn, it was good to see how quickly you dealt with the leaks. 26:56 is a good reminder that any system under pressure is one where safety equipment and double-checks is a must. Steam, pressurised air and hydraulic fluid all have the potential to cause nasty wounds in the event of a pressure leak.
14:20 i LOVE the connections from mechanical engineering to electrical engineering all the way to embedded systems and computer science. this channel is fucking amazing.
It is really cool to see all the parts and pieces we have watched her build come together. I knew in the back of my brain these were parts of a system but it still really hit me with an "Oh, this was the grand plan, just look at them all together" a ha moment. So very very cool.
i've been watching the videos for all these things for a good while now and this set up is such a satisfying pay off!! well done!! bravo! kudos! and even more words expressing how impressive this is. steam power is such a beautiful things. thank you for sharing the making of it all!!!!!!! ps: i learned a bunch of things from the video. but my favorite was the tid bit about 9v batteries. so thank you for that as well!
I've never been particularly into steam engines, but you steam projects definitely have me hoping for a sequel every Saturday. Love the craftmanship and attention to detail you put into these videos, and they are a beautiful example of applied machining techniques. I'm an advanced machinist by now and I still learn something from nearly all your videos. P.S. I've been reading your blogs ever since you got Johnny!
This model work provides us with wonderfully instructive insight into the history of the engineering and manufacturing that it took for our ancestors to go from the inventions of the steam engine and electrical generators to enable the electrical power and grid systems we have now. Thank you as always for your excellent work.
Hi Quinn, I stumbled on your channel while looking at small lathes online. I'm a retired fire truck mechanic, so I have worked in some of the things you show in this video. As I have wandered around through some of your videos I am really impressed with your skill set and knowledge. I'll be back.
I read your blog; I actually read your blog for quite some time before you started updating primarily on UA-cam! I think someone shared a particularly engineering-heavy post about an overbuilt cat feeder and I spent the next week reading the rest of your posts.
What a great introduction for me to your channel! 10/10 humour, 10/10 knowledge, 10/10 relaxed vibe 😊 Thank you for putting what you do into the world!
Another awesome, awesome video. I really like the builds and machining, but I think this is one of your best videos yet. The combination of electrical and mechanical knowledge you have is superb. Thank you for making these videos.
Lovely! This is a great powerplant and I think everyone should have to use a phone charger like this. I really appreciate your demo here. Will have to watch your engine build videos, soon.
WELL, it was worth hanging around for these years to see an electronics video from you. your soldering looked perfectly servicable. Dare I say even time-served. not "blobby". Tis perf board. Nature of the beast. Next time go Manhattan or dead bug and really get some comments.
Fantastic final episode for this series🙌🏻. Loved the dip into electronics and demo of how much load the phone puts on the engine mechanically. Thanks for sharing your extensive knowledge and ability to convey it.
Watching you build these two projects helped me vicariously live out a childhood dream of mine! Which nicely lets me focus on other projects right now :)
I’m so glad you demonstrated the engine loading up when you plugged the phone in. I had thought to myself moments prior “I wonder if the load is significant enough to be noticed by the model engine” and then you showed us! I was full of glee
That is a super accomplishment. If you want it to add more to the project, you could flow the steam engine exhaust through a heat exchanger in one direction and the feed water in the other and it might make up for the burner shortcomings. Thanks for the video keep on keeping on.
I absolutely loved this video! For me personally....the best one yet. It was almost like watching a time elapse video or something where the dawn of ECE meets Modern Technology. Very cool....Love it!
The first time I’ve seen your post and completely enjoyed it. My knowledge of electronics is only enough for my train layout (watch is British 00). And at my age would be redundant. I was thinking the other day whilst working with my real steam model locomotive why hadn’t someone come up with a steam powered charger and now here you are. Bravo!! And hats off to you.
It's so awesome to see that engine run on steam. And I did not know about the data ports on the USB, very good information. Thank you for sharing. Have a Great Day!
If you want to extend the life of paints and primers, when you’re done with using them, clean the rims of the can and the lid, closed it as tight as you can, wipe any excess, then turn the can upside down in the storage shelf or cabinet. That will prevent air from entering the can hence extending longevity. Thank you for your videos.
Excellent video! Charging communications devices by steam power has some history. During the Second World War the British built steam-powered dynamo sets and dropped them by parachute for Resistance agents to use to charge their radio-transmitter batteries. The set was called an Alco Firefly and the steam engine was a Stuart Sirius twin cylinder high-speed unit. I love the idea that across Europe there are steam generators tucked away in the attic that grandad or grandma used when they were in the Resistance. A Firefly has a boiler, a Sirius and a dynamo in a metal case. I understand they were not popular because they made a lot of noise that could attract unwanted attention. There's quite a bit of information about them on the Internet. The casting for the Sirius are still available from Stuart Models and I'm lucky enough to have a set. They were a milestone-birthday gift from my niece and nephews and are ageing on a shelf until they are ready to machine.
This project sounds like a perfect application for a rope drive. It would period correct for the engine. Modeltec had an article by Elmer Verbeg on building one. The article may be in one of the Elmer's engines booke
Playlists are wonderful things, especially for onboarding new viewers. Whenever I see a video I am interested in, but it's part of a series, I check the "playlists" tab on the creator's youtube channel. If there isn't an updated, sorted playlist of that series there, I often don't bother watching the video series. Trust that your work is onboarding more people like me.
Dear Quinn, Great work again. It heats up my curiosity beyond reasonable levels 😁 Now you have the perfect opportunity to measeure efficiency of this victorian setup. Put the gas bottle on a precision kitchen scale and put usb watt hour meter between dynamo and phone charger. The rest is in the math... grams used vs watt hours...
I changed from using helzapopping heat dumping 7805 to linear converters - RECOM R78-e-5.0-1.0 seems to have done the trick in my last project. Also a one-device, through hole, hairy-dc-volts-go-in-nice-dc-volts-come-out magic doohickey that doesn’t need any extra resistors or whatnot. Pricier, natch, but better characteristics and no heat sink needed breaks even for me
Your humor bone is perfectly tuned. You make me laugh out loud. And since I wear headphones (so as to not disturb others) my sudden out bursts are met with rolled eyes and shrugs.
Hey Quinn, I'm at the point on primer, and I have a suggestion with those brushes. In your list of cleaning agents for them, what about a soak in a saturated baking soda solution, first? It might still need another cleaner, but I think neutralising the acid would be a good step. Cheap to try, too, and you never know. Love that you really like follower tips, and keep growing your skills!
Hey, I may not be a blog kinda person, but I use the playlists all the time! I love watching a series til I fall asleep when I'm having trouble doing so
I remember a website I bumped into a long time ago where a guy in Japan used that same construction method to build various things. He had *many* illustrations and made it look quite elegant. I see no problems with this approach to building something.
You did such a good job on the plinth for that engine, it looks excellent. I did watch the whole series so I know I can go back and see how you did it :) First cuts on a friend's stationary engine yesterday. An Australian design called a Bolton No. 2.
Tu es absolument merveilleuse! De l’électronique en passant par le moteur à vapeur pour finalement charger ton cell! Remarquable Blondie. Keep impressing us! I have watched ALL you tutorials and set up a small machine shop in my garage in Montreal. Love your stuff.
Thank you so much for talking about having the CO detector nearby when you did the steam up. Too many people wouldn’t think about it and hurt themselves.
Absolutely wonderful watching the culmination of all the work in this fascinating and informative series. What a great result! I wish i were in a position to support via patreon; if it's any consolation, i DO sit through (rather than skip) all rhe ads.
This was an excellent tutorial about electronics and I'd love it if you share additional electronic projects. For those beginning in electronics I highly recommend the book Make: Electronics by Charles Platt. The book starts with you licking a 9V battery and ends with you programming an Arduino.
The power of Steam, most agreeable. I've found "Gun Wash" to clean most paints, excluding 2 pack obviously. Love the application Quinn. Thanks for sharing.
To tell the time that becomes increasingly out of whack because it can't be synchronized? The camera could be still useful for remembering how to skin a rabbit or set a trap.
@@ThePaulv12 If the apocalypse doesn't touch satellites you _should_ still get an accurate time from GPS. But even though GPS is receive-only, my phone still can't seem to tell where I am when it's in airplane mode, so it's possible GPS time wouldn't work without a network connection either.
Great video. Putting steam to good use. Hearing that you had to give the boiler time to catch up reminded of steam train rides in Ireland in the late 1950s I went to school in Dublin and on school breaks I would come home by steam train. The last part of the journey was by a local service which was fired with turf/Peat. We would have to stop at least twice to let the engine build pressure again. Turf has a very low BTU count. I think they would say they were Brewing Up.
I didn't know that about the flat pulley and crowned wheel but it makes all the sense since I learned about train wheels. The crown has slightly higher speed at the same RPM becausr it's larger. So it's going to pull the belt harder at the crown - as the belt slides down it will want to get back up to the top of the crown
Finally! I've been complaining about the small size and simplicity of modern phone chargers for years. At last, a solution.
I had to laugh at that opening, the latest technology, being charged by some of the oldest technology, oh the irony.
Almost a Rube Goldberg setup. How much equipment can we use to accomplish a simple task. 👍
@@ecase727 but this is exactly how it still works, it's just the steam bit is at a power plant somewhere (ignoring renewables). Even fusion power, if it ever happens, will still be driving a steam turbine.
@@ollysworkshop excellent point, just a bit longer wires involved.
@@deepsleep7822It was fun seeing it actually do something.
I would LOVE to have some Blondihacks electronics teaching series. Judging how well you’ve taught machining. It would be incredible.
Seconded!
Hear, hear.
Because I am that kind of sad person, I would like to point out that it would be nice if a teaching series was credible, instead. But yes, I have a hard time understanding electronics, so I like this idea.
Yes 👍 😀
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When you scale it down to hobby size, the industrial revolution passes pretty quick. In a couple short years, she made it from steam engines to 1980s electronics, to USB1.0 ports.
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I guess that's some time dilatation relativistc effect, related to the length contraction.... Or something 🤔
(I learned that stuff too many decades ago)
What will be next? A jet engine or a desk-top nuclear reactor?
unfortunately she never went through a world war so she can't make airplanes or atomic weapons yet
Do you know how long it took to charge your phone? using this setup? I'm considering of doing the same thing with my own smaller steam engine@@Blondihacks
Great video, Quinn. Now you have no excuses for an un-charged phone. Nice to see the water tank in use again!
I'm really glad that you had the foresight to add a lifting point to the top of the generator. Protecting your back is important with these heavy machines.
I really enjoyed the electronics segment in this one 👌
Quick tip on those protoboards. I usually use the snipped off wires from the components as my traces. This allows for more clean looking paths and the solder bridges the gaps more easily. Also I usually just bend the attached leads to form the traces which technically is bad but in this low cost hobby setting is absolutely fine.
Quinn, I have watched nearly every one of your videos on this channel and I think the thing I appreciate the most are the tiny nuggets of information you often throw in the fact that "balls out" refers to the ball governor of steam engines. Don't get me wrong, your effort in creating educating content is also great, but the fun facts are something that I haven't found anyone else does and it really sets your channel apart.
Do you know where "balls to the wall" comes from?
Agreed. Quinn has such a great mix of useful tips, interesting facts, and beautiful camerawork.
@@markbernier8434 First attested in the 1960s in the context of aviation, in reference to ball-shaped grips on an aircraft's engine controls (typically throttle, prop pitch and fuel mixture) - Wikipedia
fun little fact from those of us with children... the premixed bubble solution (like for blowing bubbles) is great for finding leaks on airlines or tires and you can buy a pack of a dozen small vials in the party favors section of target, party supply stores, and often even dollar stores for next to nothing. keep one or two in the car, one taped to your bike, a few in the shop, tape one to the regulator on the gas grill and one in your pocket for when you just want to blow some bubbles
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Funny to see and hear how the steam engine reacts to turning off the display, lowering the load...
Great build!
😂👍👍
Now That's Steam Punk! Flat belt tip from farm boy that has actually run a thresher off a Massey Ferguson PTO. On the farm we put a twist in the belt (runs in a figure 8) this helps the belt track by pulling the belt to the center of the pulleys. You can also reverse the rotation of your motor by putting a twist in the pulley.
This has to be one of the MOST satisfying builds I have ever seen. To watch a complete systems test, from boiler to CandyCrush, was amazing.
Some say pride is sin, but I don't care. I truly hope you are bubbling over with it. And well earned.
at a *very* high level, unless you use photovoltaic, hydro, or wind power, this is roughly how the phone is normally charged.
We use more modern and efficient technologies for generating the steam, and turbines instead of pistons, but heat source -> water -> steam -> rotary action -> generator -> regulator is a very rough estimate of how current infrastructure forces electrons across membranes in your phone battery.
Quinn, I must say - this has been an absolute pleasure to watch. To me, electronics is something that happens to other people. My brain struggles to comprehent much past wiring a switch to a battery, but the way you explained the voltage regulator was nothing shy of phenomenal. I had a brilliant electronics lecturer at university, but even so, the information could barely make it's way past my thick skull. This, on the other hand, made so much sense, I'm actually a bit shocked(pun intended). That, coupled with the random facts was just the icing on the cake as well as the cherry on top. Absolutely brilliant. Would love to see more electronics content.
If you ever choose to do so I'd love to watch more electronics related content like this! The way you explain things with interesting facts and super helpful advice translates so well.
Really enjoyed this, the combination of mechanical and steam made it so interesting, thanks Quinn. Fred Dibnah would be proud of you.
I got a real shock when you said the steam engine had been sitting for ywo years! 😱
I watched you bring that little sucker into the world. ❤️
6:05 As an Amateur (Ham) Radio Operator, I appreciate your use of a linear regulator, rather than a noisy switching device. AM Radio is being killed, one cheap power supply at a time.
Isn't more like stabbing a corpse already? At least in urban enviroments?
Ham operator, too. In Germany, where all AM radio stations have been off the air for a few years by now. Half the AM broadcast band is switcher noise anyway.
Even with CE EMC testing, the flood of questionable imports and even malfunctioning quality equipment makes AM hopeless in the long run.
another one here
As a fellow ham operator, I hear ya!! But small cut single rings DC motor/generator are also doing a lot of sparks as the brush switch from one section of the ring to the other. Of course, the angle where the switching is done should be the closest to the zero crossing of the current/voltage generation by the rotating coil on the magnetic field. But it is not always possible to mitigate the whole sparking issue. That is why an AC generator will make less noise as the rings for collecting the power will never be cut. Gaining efficiency and being less noisy an putting less wear on the brush. If you did not knew, it is Tesla that came in with that design ;-)
@@pierremartel3552 Tesla did a lot (at least until ~1900 when he got weird for some reason), but the AC generator on itself predates him. The basic principles came from Faraday, Ferraris worked more on it and later Siemens built the first industrially usable single-phase generators when Tesla was 10 years old.
What Tesla did invent was A multiphase system (called it 2-phase, but since those were 2 split phase systems it was more of a 4phase system). He did so simultaneously with Haselwander and Doliwo-Dobrowolski, which came up with the now mostly used 3phase system (which is after all superior because it uses less wires, since you can omit the neutral on symmetrical loads).
So you could also run that HO scale A3 switcher on steam. And an electronics episode every now and then would be awesome.
Quinn, please do more electronics on your channel! I love all the machining and your wicked sense of humor, and truly enjoyed THIS episode. At 19:21 I LOVE the "Belt and Braces" look of your Safety Glasses with the Cheaters. :)
I've only ever made one circuit board, I used the etch method but it was a pain. That protoboard looks like a great alternative. I for one would love to see Quinn do more electrictroic projects.
if it's at all going to be permanent, there are a lot of mail order custom PCB fabs out there. Could be worth a look vs protoboard.
I originally found and followed you for the machining like probably most at this point, but as a computer guy I'm kind of happy the techy bits get some spotlight every now and then
Same here. Found you by the project you did with Adam, found the blog, binged it and would love to see more!
I've watched a lot of maker videos, including most of yours, and this one was so full of such a variety of new information for me. You are so good at explaining things to folks who, like me, are not experts. And this video, with info on, let's see: paint, CO, electronics, steam power, and more, ticked maybe the widest variety of fields in anything I've seen!
I think Quinn is a generalist, and there aren't many of us left.
Seems to me that a useful project at some time might be a steam powered paint can shaker.
Gotta have 3 hours of set up and configuring to mix my 1/2 can of paint.
The bent crankshaft could be put to use for that 🤠
Absolutely. It seems like it would be a lot more fun to use live steam to mix paint than the traditional Armstrong method.
HI, the thing that made my PM flywheels wobble is the set screw placement. what I finally did was remove the screw and just Loctite them in place. nice and easy Japenesy😁
With those types of protoboads I like to bend the component legs before soldering to create the traces as that means you don't have to bridge every single pad one by one.
Great explanation of how to read a device data sheet and use the accompanying device!
On the "Build List" condenser oil trap/feed water heater to complement the hand pump and an injector.
As always, excellent content.
Steam injector or at least a wee steam feedwater pump. I think she'd see longer run times capturing the waste heat from a heat exchanger on the exhaust but do you think that and a feedwater heater would produce more power? Best episode in a while, Quinn (not that the others felt wanting, but great to learn about voltage regulators too).
From the Iron Age to the Space Age, she can do it all! What a talented fabricator. Well done You.
Hi Quinn
Great build by anyone's standards.
Suggestion:
When you finally mount everything on a nice display base, take the steam coming out of the exhaust port and run it through a coiled copper pipe in the water reservoir.
This will pre-heat the reservoir water which means that the boiler does not have to spend so many BTU's to get the new water up to boiling.
It will also condense most of the steam back into water so the cloud of steam being generated will be greatly reduced.
This may become a factor in an exhibit scenario where the electronics exhibit next door starts to have his exhibit of very finely tuned transistors and things collecting steam condensation and thereby destroying it.
Don't ask me how I know this...
Tip :
Don't even think about putting the condensed water back into the reservoir...
It has got oil in it and that will throw the oil to water ratio off the scale which may be a good thing (having extra lubrication) but will probably not be so good in reality.
Even in an industrial environment, small mechanical devices do not appreciate changes in parameters (boiler inlet water temperature being the most obvious one in this video) and supplies (BTU's of the fuel used to fire the boiler) to well.
So the BIG question...
WHATS NEXT???
Great to see the generator painted and run off your steam engine. Nice little electronics segment too. Looking forward to the burner upgrade.
I could have been seriously wounded diving under my desk when that steam line went supersonic. Please be careful and make sure your First Aid Kit has some burn ointment in it. It actually works very well on minor burns that seem fine for about 10 hours and then make you want to sever the applicable limb with a dull butter knife. (which I do not recommend)
I love the sound of the engine under load. The little generator is impressive. The phone on the other hand is a power hog! ;)
Explaining how the regulator worked unlocked a portion of my brain that made me incredibly curious to go read your blog. It felt like a bridge got opened between a conceptual (at best) understanding of how electronics work and the very intimidating process of actually learning how they work and how they can be used 🙏🙏 I'm also very proud to say I understood why balls out in reference to flyball governors makes sense as a saying (thanks Wintergatan).
12:09/12:19 - blob on! That said, pro tip IF you want to reduce that: keep a little container (I use an old prescription pill bottle, for its smooth walls all the way up to the top) of cut leads from resistors, LEDs, and what have you, and you can lay those down as basically jumper wires… solder *that* to the pads, and you don’t need nearly as much total solder - especially if/when you’re bridging a longer distance (the middle pads of which may not even need any solder at all, depending on what you’re doing).
But again, blobby works too! Just a tip I learned maybe two years or so ago that I thought I’d pass along. :)
thx :)
I hope those steam burns went okay Quinn, it was good to see how quickly you dealt with the leaks.
26:56 is a good reminder that any system under pressure is one where safety equipment and double-checks is a must. Steam, pressurised air and hydraulic fluid all have the potential to cause nasty wounds in the event of a pressure leak.
I imagine Savery, Newcomen and Watt all leaning over the edge of their clouds, and looking down with a rye, if somewhat bemused smirk on their faces.
@@bwyseymail Pleez excooz the triveyal brane fart. I stand korrekted.
@@bwyseymail you never know - they might have a slice of hearty bread in their hands.
@@sayethwe8683or some whisky.
Actually, they are generating megawatts of electricity from spinning in their graves to see what their marvelous inventions have come down to!
I mean, if you can't get a good ham on rye in heaven, is it worth going?@@sayethwe8683
14:20 i LOVE the connections from mechanical engineering to electrical engineering all the way to embedded systems and computer science. this channel is fucking amazing.
Such a nice ending to a build, having the gang all together doing some important work!
It is really cool to see all the parts and pieces we have watched her build come together. I knew in the back of my brain these were parts of a system but it still really hit me with an "Oh, this was the grand plan, just look at them all together" a ha moment. So very very cool.
I love the PPE eyewear while sewing the first belt. Safety first !
I love it! The marriage of my favorite hobbies, electronics/ham radio and machining.
i've been watching the videos for all these things for a good while now and this set up is such a satisfying pay off!! well done!! bravo! kudos! and even more words expressing how impressive this is. steam power is such a beautiful things. thank you for sharing the making of it all!!!!!!!
ps: i learned a bunch of things from the video. but my favorite was the tid bit about 9v batteries. so thank you for that as well!
You get a B+ for that comment.
i cant wait for my report card so i can slap that thang on the fridge!!!!! hell yeah!@@oldfarthacks
I've never been particularly into steam engines, but you steam projects definitely have me hoping for a sequel every Saturday. Love the craftmanship and attention to detail you put into these videos, and they are a beautiful example of applied machining techniques. I'm an advanced machinist by now and I still learn something from nearly all your videos.
P.S. I've been reading your blogs ever since you got Johnny!
Stitching the belt? 👌 ❤lovely touch
This model work provides us with wonderfully instructive insight into the history of the engineering and manufacturing that it took for our ancestors to go from the inventions of the steam engine and electrical generators to enable the electrical power and grid systems we have now. Thank you as always for your excellent work.
Hi Quinn,
I stumbled on your channel while looking at small lathes online. I'm a retired fire truck mechanic, so I have worked in some of the things you show in this video. As I have wandered around through some of your videos I am really impressed with your skill set and knowledge. I'll be back.
I read your blog; I actually read your blog for quite some time before you started updating primarily on UA-cam! I think someone shared a particularly engineering-heavy post about an overbuilt cat feeder and I spent the next week reading the rest of your posts.
What a great introduction for me to your channel! 10/10 humour, 10/10 knowledge, 10/10 relaxed vibe 😊 Thank you for putting what you do into the world!
Another awesome, awesome video. I really like the builds and machining, but I think this is one of your best videos yet. The combination of electrical and mechanical knowledge you have is superb. Thank you for making these videos.
Absolutely wonderful Rube Goldberg solution for charging a cell phone! 👍👍👍👍
Lovely! This is a great powerplant and I think everyone should have to use a phone charger like this. I really appreciate your demo here. Will have to watch your engine build videos, soon.
WELL, it was worth hanging around for these years to see an electronics video from you.
your soldering looked perfectly servicable. Dare I say even time-served. not "blobby". Tis perf board. Nature of the beast. Next time go Manhattan or dead bug and really get some comments.
Great electronic segment!
I can't wait to see the full steam power plant build.
Fantastic final episode for this series🙌🏻.
Loved the dip into electronics and demo of how much load the phone puts on the engine mechanically. Thanks for sharing your extensive knowledge and ability to convey it.
Watching you build these two projects helped me vicariously live out a childhood dream of mine! Which nicely lets me focus on other projects right now :)
Michael Faraday and Thomas Newcomen would smile. Nicely done. Thank you for sharing.
I’m so glad you demonstrated the engine loading up when you plugged the phone in. I had thought to myself moments prior “I wonder if the load is significant enough to be noticed by the model engine” and then you showed us! I was full of glee
Your blog is how I found you! Some really good writeups on low level computing and of course Johnny Mnemonic!
That is a super accomplishment. If you want it to add more to the project, you could flow the steam engine exhaust through a heat exchanger in one direction and the feed water in the other and it might make up for the burner shortcomings. Thanks for the video keep on keeping on.
I absolutely loved this video! For me personally....the best one yet. It was almost like watching a time elapse video or something where the dawn of ECE meets Modern Technology. Very cool....Love it!
Love hearing you feel out over the small things.
The first time I’ve seen your post and completely enjoyed it. My knowledge of electronics is only enough for my train layout (watch is British 00). And at my age would be redundant. I was thinking the other day whilst working with my real steam model locomotive why hadn’t someone come up with a steam powered charger and now here you are. Bravo!! And hats off to you.
I discovered your blog from hackaday in 2010s. I didn't know you were a youtuber at that time. Thank you for all these good stuff.
It's so awesome to see that engine run on steam. And I did not know about the data ports on the USB, very good information. Thank you for sharing. Have a Great Day!
If you want to extend the life of paints and primers, when you’re done with using them, clean the rims of the can and the lid, closed it as tight as you can, wipe any excess, then turn the can upside down in the storage shelf or cabinet. That will prevent air from entering the can hence extending longevity. Thank you for your videos.
Excellent video!
Charging communications devices by steam power has some history. During the Second World War the British built steam-powered dynamo sets and dropped them by parachute for Resistance agents to use to charge their radio-transmitter batteries. The set was called an Alco Firefly and the steam engine was a Stuart Sirius twin cylinder high-speed unit. I love the idea that across Europe there are steam generators tucked away in the attic that grandad or grandma used when they were in the Resistance. A Firefly has a boiler, a Sirius and a dynamo in a metal case. I understand they were not popular because they made a lot of noise that could attract unwanted attention. There's quite a bit of information about them on the Internet.
The casting for the Sirius are still available from Stuart Models and I'm lucky enough to have a set. They were a milestone-birthday gift from my niece and nephews and are ageing on a shelf until they are ready to machine.
Just want to say i really appreciate your curated playlists mate!
So glad you've reached a successful end of the chapter! Such a wondrous combination of your efforts - thank you for sharing your hobbies!
Knicker elastic- how fantastic! 21:46
This project sounds like a perfect application for a rope drive. It would period correct for the engine. Modeltec had an article by Elmer Verbeg on building one. The article may be in one of the Elmer's engines booke
Playlists are wonderful things, especially for onboarding new viewers. Whenever I see a video I am interested in, but it's part of a series, I check the "playlists" tab on the creator's youtube channel. If there isn't an updated, sorted playlist of that series there, I often don't bother watching the video series. Trust that your work is onboarding more people like me.
Dear Quinn,
Great work again. It heats up my curiosity beyond reasonable levels 😁
Now you have the perfect opportunity to measeure efficiency of this victorian setup.
Put the gas bottle on a precision kitchen scale and put usb watt hour meter between dynamo and phone charger. The rest is in the math...
grams used vs watt hours...
I changed from using helzapopping heat dumping 7805 to linear converters - RECOM R78-e-5.0-1.0 seems to have done the trick in my last project. Also a one-device, through hole, hairy-dc-volts-go-in-nice-dc-volts-come-out magic doohickey that doesn’t need any extra resistors or whatnot. Pricier, natch, but better characteristics and no heat sink needed breaks even for me
Your humor bone is perfectly tuned. You make me laugh out loud. And since I wear headphones (so as to not disturb others) my sudden out bursts are met with rolled eyes and shrugs.
Hey Quinn, I'm at the point on primer, and I have a suggestion with those brushes. In your list of cleaning agents for them, what about a soak in a saturated baking soda solution, first? It might still need another cleaner, but I think neutralising the acid would be a good step. Cheap to try, too, and you never know. Love that you really like follower tips, and keep growing your skills!
Time well spent. One of your best, Quinn.
My dad, a live steamer, would have LOVED this! Excellent video!
Hey, I may not be a blog kinda person, but I use the playlists all the time! I love watching a series til I fall asleep when I'm having trouble doing so
I remember a website I bumped into a long time ago where a guy in Japan used that same construction method to build various things. He had *many* illustrations and made it look quite elegant. I see no problems with this approach to building something.
You did such a good job on the plinth for that engine, it looks excellent. I did watch the whole series so I know I can go back and see how you did it :) First cuts on a friend's stationary engine yesterday. An Australian design called a Bolton No. 2.
Tu es absolument merveilleuse! De l’électronique en passant par le moteur à vapeur pour finalement charger ton cell! Remarquable Blondie. Keep impressing us! I have watched ALL you tutorials and set up a small machine shop in my garage in Montreal. Love your stuff.
This is so amazing. Beautiful work, and now you have a backup to charge your phone if the power goes out.
I must say, the electronics diversion is a pleasant change in diet. Thank you Quinn.
Thank you so much for talking about having the CO detector nearby when you did the steam up. Too many people wouldn’t think about it and hurt themselves.
Absolutely wonderful watching the culmination of all the work in this fascinating and informative series. What a great result! I wish i were in a position to support via patreon; if it's any consolation, i DO sit through (rather than skip) all rhe ads.
This was an excellent tutorial about electronics and I'd love it if you share additional electronic projects. For those beginning in electronics I highly recommend the book Make: Electronics by Charles Platt. The book starts with you licking a 9V battery and ends with you programming an Arduino.
All your videos are fantastic but this one has been next level. Nice to see project applications. Really cool thank you.
The power of Steam, most agreeable.
I've found "Gun Wash" to clean most paints, excluding 2 pack obviously.
Love the application Quinn.
Thanks for sharing.
This wins the internet!
In the post-apocalyptic world you will be one of the very few people with a fully-charged phone :-)
Yeah, then all you have to worry about is powering the towers and all their infrastructure.
But no one to call...😂
@@jeandunow7794 who CALLS people anymore? Heaps of offline-only apps could be useful after the apocalypse 😏
To tell the time that becomes increasingly out of whack because it can't be synchronized? The camera could be still useful for remembering how to skin a rabbit or set a trap.
@@ThePaulv12 If the apocalypse doesn't touch satellites you _should_ still get an accurate time from GPS.
But even though GPS is receive-only, my phone still can't seem to tell where I am when it's in airplane mode, so it's possible GPS time wouldn't work without a network connection either.
Great video. Putting steam to good use. Hearing that you had to give the boiler time to catch up reminded of steam train rides in Ireland in the late 1950s I went to school in Dublin and on school breaks I would come home by steam train. The last part of the journey was by a local service which was fired with turf/Peat. We would have to stop at least twice to let the engine build pressure again. Turf has a very low BTU count. I think they would say they were Brewing Up.
Machinist here , WAIIIIT WUUUUUUT ????!!! 🥰🤩😘.Thank you! Soo simple and NICE! Project commenced .💥
I enjoyed this video as much as I enjoyed seeing the steam engine, boiler, and now generator being constructed.
Really cool to see all these previous projects make an appearance in this video.
B...y cool. Impressing on all parts. Thanks for the info on double crown (one is enough). I'll to revisit my band saw.
That was super fun. For a person not into steam or electronics, I really enjoyed that 😍
Wow, your one quirky, eclectic, lady! Love it! I've learned a lot from your channel. Thank you!
Schrödinger’s USB Port theory states that every USB port is in the incorrect orientation until you attempt to use it, reverse and retry the cable.
USB A ports are 4 dimensional...
Only to find that somehow, you were correct but uncoordinated on your first attempt!
I didn't know that about the flat pulley and crowned wheel but it makes all the sense since I learned about train wheels. The crown has slightly higher speed at the same RPM becausr it's larger. So it's going to pull the belt harder at the crown - as the belt slides down it will want to get back up to the top of the crown
Thanks!
Excellent demo Quinn! I'm constantly amazed at your efforts and expertise. Great stuff.