A CASTLE STEAM V6 BOILER WITH A STUART 5A STEAM ENGINE

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  • Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
  • A Castle Steam V6 Boiler With A Stuart 5A Steam Engine in the Garden. In this video I am using the superb Castle Steam V6 Boiler to test a Stuart 5A Steam Engine that I have been working on. They are available from www.castleinstruments.co.uk and I highly recommend them. Their design is innovative yet traditional and they work very well...................................................... / keithappleton
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 28

  • @bullettube9863
    @bullettube9863 4 роки тому +1

    It's hard to believe that little boiler can put out so much steam! It would be able to power a boat and look good as well!

  • @mikefochtman7164
    @mikefochtman7164 4 роки тому +2

    Great video. Hope the neighbors enjoy your steaming as much as we do. Ever thought of building some sort of dynomometer for these sorts of runs? Always wished I had a boat somewhat like the 'African Queen', powered by steam. But I'd never kick the boiler like Bogart did in the movie. lol

  • @simontaylor4791
    @simontaylor4791 4 роки тому +2

    Glad to see you back keith was starting to think you were ill or something.

    • @keithappleton
      @keithappleton  4 роки тому +3

      I am fine thanks, I still make a new video almost every day. www.patreon.com/keithappleton

  • @kcaskmelater5079
    @kcaskmelater5079 4 роки тому +1

    Another beautiful setup

  • @TimsBitsnPieces
    @TimsBitsnPieces 4 роки тому +1

    I would love to have a nice wooden clinker with this setup in it..

  • @skyfsa
    @skyfsa 4 роки тому +2

    My dream is a steam launch and when you mentioned boat lengths my mind raced off.. thanks for a great video.

  • @scarletlightning565
    @scarletlightning565 4 роки тому +2

    I'd love to see you make or convert a small boat to steam.
    And might I say: I've found your channel very recently and it is such a joyous place to be. Thank you and I look forward to all your future content

  • @willi-fg2dh
    @willi-fg2dh 4 роки тому +1

    lovely engine . . . beast of a boiler!

  • @johnkillen588
    @johnkillen588 4 роки тому +1

    outstanding.............thank you!

  • @JohnnySteam
    @JohnnySteam 4 роки тому +2

    A great video Keith. Thank you very much. The Castle boiler is amazing.

    • @keithappleton
      @keithappleton  4 роки тому +2

      it is indeed something special . . .

  • @theslimeylimey
    @theslimeylimey 4 роки тому +1

    What a beauty of a boiler.

  • @johnkinnane547
    @johnkinnane547 4 роки тому +1

    That's a really handsome boiler I would love to have one like that including side pump, great! John

  • @JamesPetts
    @JamesPetts 4 роки тому +1

    That is quite a boiler - and quite an engine.

  • @ImTheReal
    @ImTheReal 4 роки тому +1

    Awesome as ever 🙏🏻💎
    Try to use small pieces of charcoal to start fire ☺️

    • @keithappleton
      @keithappleton  4 роки тому +3

      Do you mean exactly like I show at the beginning of the video?

  • @nikhilbhale79
    @nikhilbhale79 4 роки тому +2

    On ocean going ships it takes 24 hours to raise steam from a cold boiler.

  • @PilotMan71
    @PilotMan71 4 роки тому

    Is it feasible to fit a condenser on the cylinder exhaust and feed that back to the boiler? I imagine on a boat clean water recovery could be important. Thanks for the awesome videos!

    • @keithappleton
      @keithappleton  4 роки тому

      not really worth it is these small scales as it is difficult to separate the oil from the condensate.

    • @PilotMan71
      @PilotMan71 4 роки тому

      Keith Appleton Thank you Keith!

  • @haydenbrown4596
    @haydenbrown4596 4 роки тому

    Keith, I was talking to a chap from Auckland, New Zealand who has one of these V.6 boilers on the way to him, he has ordered some Welsh Coal and Hallett oil from me. As it is a super steamer I was wondering what the ratio of heating surface to water volume is as there seem to be many tube. It appears to be almost flash steam by the rate it makes steam. It looks like to use Welsh Dry Steam Coal too? I really must get my 8" VFT boiler going but I would be tempted to get one of these too. Thanks.

    • @keithappleton
      @keithappleton  4 роки тому

      It's best to Email the manufacturer for that information.

  • @bleeksbentbits3150
    @bleeksbentbits3150 4 роки тому

    That boiler would look great on a double out-rigger canoe & a pair of paddle wheels...
    Would also look great in the middle of a Cli-Shay!
    In fact, I cant think of a place it WOULDNT look good- except gathering dust on a shelf or at a scrap yard....
    Bloody luvly boiler that!
    Do they now sell them with the extra's you had to make to finish it off???
    That is the ash-pan e.t.c....

    • @keithappleton
      @keithappleton  4 роки тому +1

      I fitted the pump & whistle - everything else is standard.

    • @bleeksbentbits3150
      @bleeksbentbits3150 4 роки тому

      @@keithappleton Im sure I remember you making something to do with the ash-pan or base.....
      To insulate it from the base board maybe?
      And changed the gauge glass too I think...
      I remember it looking moew modern small industrial looking & you "fettled" it & now it's more a model/purposeful art....
      Either way, bloody luvly' boiler that!

    • @keithappleton
      @keithappleton  4 роки тому +2

      Castle Steam sent me a heat insulator which I fitted to the ashpan and now it doesn't set fire to the baseboard }:-)))