Hey everyone- as with every time I post a boiler video, many many people ask why we use a large propane torch for this. I’ll try answering yet again. You have to use a large torch because the large mass of copper sinks heat like nothing you have ever experienced if you have not made copper boilers. Experience you may have from jewelry making, welding, or HVAC work does not map here. This is the way model copper boiler makers have done it for decades for good reason. A smaller torch will never get the joint hot enough to flow the solder before the flux spoils. A hotter torch like acetylene will melt the materials before the joint gets hot enough to flow the solder. Yes, really. I can show you the melted bushings from my first boiler many years ago to prove it. Eight pounds of copper does things with heat that you can’t imagine if you’ve never tried it. We use big propane torches for this because it works the best. Don’t knock it until you’ve built some large copper boilers yourself. It’s a different world.
I would have suggested a smaller tip, yet you have explained the heat sink you are working on. Thank you for being thorough in you explanation. Good work, and best o luck From Monterey area California.
My brother and I have had really good results silver soldering bronze with oxypropane. We've done both thin walls and fairly hefty chunks of 97% copper alloy, (but granted, not eight pounds worth) and it's worked really well for us. I'm sure there's a reason it wouldn't work for your application, but we like the directionality and 'just right' level of heat dispersion.
Just to add on to what Quinn just said: for those who haven't read the book, Kozo even tells you to use propane explicitly in the book, for exactly these reasons.
Yeah folks if you've got the propane to waste you can use a preheater setup or a constant top, side(s) bottom heater and just go at the small joints with a smaller tip. This has its own set of problems - like everything's hot all the time and you are standing right above it or beside it or somewhere near it. The cost of Waldo's for this and the practice you have to have to make good use of them, and a multitude of other problems come to mind. Your choice is best.
An acceptable alternative to your Canadian formal wear would be blue jeans, a metal band t shirt and a jean jacket. There's a reason it's called the Canadian tuxedo.
A common misconception: the Canadian tuxedo was created by an American company for an American celebrity. Bing Crosby had been refused service at a hotel in Vancouver for being "under-dressed" in his denim jacket and jeans, being told he needed a 3 piece suit. So Levi's made him a tuxedo made of denim to spite a hotel in Canada, as it technically met their requirements.
Hi Quinn - when we're doing hydro tests and having trouble locating slow leaks, we use a trick I learned from a boiler safety officer - coat the tubesheet with the developer from a dye penetrant NDT kit. It's basically an ultra fine white powder dispersed in a solvent that leaves the surface covered in a thin layer. Normally this would pull and contrast the dye held in cracks, but it also goes clear instantly if it gets wet - so even a tiny weep is instantly obvious
I'm a retired airline mechanic and that's the method we used to find pneumatic (air) leaks on the bleed air ducts on the engines. Spray everything with developer, run the engine for 5 mins. Any spot where the developer is missing there's a leak. Super simple and fool proof. 👍😁
Athlete's foot spray powder works pretty well, too. I once spent two months locating a motorcycle oil leak using this method. It turned out to be a cracked insulator in a neutral safety switch--a crazy small leak.
As a fellow airline mechanic I get what NDT means. They layman however might not. It means Non Distructive Testing ( NDT) not trying to " mansplane" just trying to make things as clear as mud.
Quinn - I am so glad you have reached this important milestone in your journey. I was so anxious just watching each test, and hoping each repair would not cause more damage. And I must say, that little blob of solder really does tie the room together!
I’m glad that it passed the Cat Scan. I enjoyed watching you build this and will enjoy watching the rest of the project and learned from watching that I will NEVER attempt one of these myself unless it comes in a very good kit form. “You’re a better man than I Blondi Din”
I couldn’t stop laughing at the third “That blob of solder really tied the room together” I was waiting for you to say “Shut up Donnie!! You’re in over your head!”
"The decorative blob really ties the room together". Can't go wrong with a Big Lebowski reference and what we in Manitoba call a "Thunder Bay Dinner jacket". Congrats on the boiler! You have the patience of a saint.
Even after you had completed your inspections and tests, I was *still* freaking tense--and then Sprocket arrived to set my heart at ease. Thanx, Sprocket, and let me know if you'd like my cat (and dog) cookie recipe.
@@oldfarthacks It's a recipe for soft/chewy dog treats, though my cats helped themselves when my back was turned. They're good for pets who can't handle the crunchy stuff.
I thought there was something different about the workshop, it seemed fresher, more vibrant. Who knew it was that blob of solder! It's subtle, you'd notice if it wasn't there. It's the bayleaf of workshop feng shui :D
I know this was anxiety-inducing for you but for a lot of us mere mortals, these videos reduce anxiety. We know there will be failures and setbacks on projects but it helps to see the wins and losses. Social media has a way of portraying everything in an unrealistic "perfect" sort of way. Life isn't like that. I like when people keep it real as it's much more engaging. Congrats on the pressure test. :)
Just when I think you have shown me your mettle you demonstrate a level of patience and skill far beyond us mere mortals. I would give you a well deserved hug after that. CONGRATULATIONS- Phew!
Congratulations Quinn, well done. My grandfather was born in 1874 and he was a boilermaker for a railroad in NC. In 1900 he built a house an built a boiler for heating and hot water in the basement, Many made the comment your house is going to blow up. His response was he had built many boilers for the railroad and none of those ever blew up! And that was on a shaking train. It was the only house in eastern NC that had running hot water. In the 1940’s he converted the boiler from coal fired to #2 fuel oil that system worked with out fail until 1974 when a down stairs bathroom was added on. An electric cold water heater was installed. Yes a cold water heater! Who heats hot water? 🤣🛫
Bonjour Quinn, I had no doubt about the success of your pressure test. Your skillness and ability to solve problems make for me the interest of your videos. Furthermore, as steam passionate, I can't wait to see your next video. One regret, not having seen a steam test of your large vertical steam machine, so well machined that a small amont of steam should make it run. Amicalement, Raphaël
A lot of people are sweating along with you... The last couple minutes when you explain it's not your first boiler really helps. And the Sprocket inspection.
Of course the most critical part of the build would be episode 13. Great work. I have no desire to play with steam, but I have watched Keith Appelton for several years, and your steam projects are fun to watch too. I'm an engineer, so he steam thing must spring from that even though my degrees are electrical, and computer. It's always interesting to watch Keith Rucker do videos on the Vulcan engine, because it's just like the models, but way bigger.
Well I am very happy this boiler worked out for you. And no matter what the railroad club says (which will likely be a thumbs up), it passed the most important test. Yes the feline sniff of indifference is by far the most important.
I really appreciate all the footage you leave out to keep the video entertaining and watchable. I feel like it has to be very hard to put a bunch of time into a repair and then not show us any of that work you just did because we already saw it once before. So thanks for that, and keep up the good work!
In the begining i did not think i was interested in watching someone make a boiler but i watch a couple of your first vids and then found myself enthralled with seeing the final product. I was even crossing my fingers for your success during this video. Im looking forward to.the rest of the build.Thanks for sharing.
I was the last Boiler Tech class at U.S. Navel Station Great Lakes in 1995 before combining with the Machinest Mate rate. These episodes have been a great memory play back of my time in the navy.👍👍👍👍👍Tip for pressure testing use 300psi 90* degree needle gauge valves.
It's all well and good having a gauge tell you that you have a good boiler but instruments are fallible, Sprocket's final test and approval is what really counts. When you go to the club for its testing I am sure that their cat will agree with Sprocket. Congratulations to you both,
I can see why you were losing sleep over this! The closest I get to this is my change request outages at work. Sometimes you're 2 hours into your 3 hour outage window, and if things aren't going right you've got to make the call whether to cancel the change and roll back, or push ahead and try to get it to a mostly working (mostly) stable state, so you can keep the business running and try to fix the problems another night. And sometimes things fail so spectacularly that the rollback process also fails and you're forced to throw all your plans out and do whatever's necessary to make it work. Which is what seems closest to your boiler testing, so I definitely know how you feel. Seeing it hold up was a relief to see for me, but I can imagine how it felt for you.
Hi, love your work, because of you, yes you! I will be joining the Clare Valley Model Engineers, South Australia. Being an X General motor mechanic, and now Network Engineer, seems like a good thing, thank you again.
Hi Quinn Your boiler is a very functional thing of beauty. I have known a couple "model builders", that made Kozo A3's. That is most of an A3. They built the tender, and running gear and both did pretty good work. But neither had the gumption to build the boiler. Building a copper locomotive boiler is no easy task. Jack
You really do have the patience of a Saint. I've learnt so much about steam boilers from your videos: recently I was at Chipping Steam Fair (it's only a couple of miles from here) and I was looking at all of the steam-powered vehicles with new-found respect. It was as if I had X-ray vision: I could imagine all the complexity hidden inside their boilers which look, from the outside, like simple tubs for boiling water. Now I know better, thanks to you. On the subject of gappy teeth: I was lying supine, reefing on a rusted bolt on a Range Rover. The bolt suddenly sheared. I inadvertently punched the chassis and let go of the socket driver. It fell, handle first, through my front teeth. My NHS dentist patched me up within an hour and subsequently did a definitive repair - I think it cost me less than £200 in total. Those were the days, when you could find an NHS dentist, and get instant emergency treatment.
The amount of work that goes into making something like this can not be understated. It's an absolute pleasure to watch, and I'm extremely happy that this has been a success. Can't wait for what's to come! P.S. - Sprocket content is always welcome
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On!' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race." - Calvin Coolidge
Congrats on having the patience and skill to see such a tedious and exacting project through to the final passing result, lots of mental fortitude required on this one-~~
I haven't been a practicing Canadian for many years but, as I remember Canadian formal wear was a Red Green plaid. Good to see your boiler passed a rigorous CAT scan. I enjoy your vids. Thanks for sharing.
Congratulations on a successful build! I'll be the first to admit, what you demonstrated here with such a (relatively) simple boiler, is why I gave up dreaming of building a locomotive. I wanted to build a 1½in scale model of a streamlined 2-6-4, based on a shrunk NKP Berk. If I ever do, it'll be an electric drive, lol. Superb work!
Quinn , you are a brilliant engineer , and you have the patience of a Saint!!!!! you need to get a Tig welder you could have made those repairs the same way flux and solder but you use the intense localized heat of the tig torch so you dont damage your previous work , you put sooo much time into this ....I feel if you watch a few of Ron Covell"s tig welding videos you would be a great weldor ..... Thanks for taking the time to make these vidieos
I rarely get this anxious watching a machine shop video, but I'm so glad it passed the test. I recently did a minor repair on a boost cooler and that simple little adventure nearly gave me PTSD. I can only imagine how utterly nerve-racking this must've been!
Not gonna lie - even though there were more videos (so I knew this succeeded), I was still on the edge of my seat, hoping that everything was going to turn out okay. Congrats Quinn!
I mean this as a complement, but you would have been a boon to early submersible ship development with all the pressure testing and repair. And thank you for the content, this and all the other projects are just really fun to watch!
Hey everyone- as with every time I post a boiler video, many many people ask why we use a large propane torch for this. I’ll try answering yet again. You have to use a large torch because the large mass of copper sinks heat like nothing you have ever experienced if you have not made copper boilers. Experience you may have from jewelry making, welding, or HVAC work does not map here. This is the way model copper boiler makers have done it for decades for good reason. A smaller torch will never get the joint hot enough to flow the solder before the flux spoils. A hotter torch like acetylene will melt the materials before the joint gets hot enough to flow the solder. Yes, really. I can show you the melted bushings from my first boiler many years ago to prove it. Eight pounds of copper does things with heat that you can’t imagine if you’ve never tried it. We use big propane torches for this because it works the best. Don’t knock it until you’ve built some large copper boilers yourself. It’s a different world.
I would have suggested a smaller tip, yet you have explained the heat sink you are working on. Thank you for being thorough in you explanation. Good work, and best o luck
From Monterey area California.
My brother and I have had really good results silver soldering bronze with oxypropane. We've done both thin walls and fairly hefty chunks of 97% copper alloy, (but granted, not eight pounds worth) and it's worked really well for us. I'm sure there's a reason it wouldn't work for your application, but we like the directionality and 'just right' level of heat dispersion.
Best QC inspector in the world!!!
Just to add on to what Quinn just said: for those who haven't read the book, Kozo even tells you to use propane explicitly in the book, for exactly these reasons.
Yeah folks if you've got the propane to waste you can use a preheater setup or a constant top, side(s) bottom heater and just go at the small joints with a smaller tip. This has its own set of problems - like everything's hot all the time and you are standing right above it or beside it or somewhere near it. The cost of Waldo's for this and the practice you have to have to make good use of them, and a multitude of other problems come to mind. Your choice is best.
An acceptable alternative to your Canadian formal wear would be blue jeans, a metal band t shirt and a jean jacket. There's a reason it's called the Canadian tuxedo.
Or Carhartts and a hoodie.
has to have a jean button down shirt too. And if you want to get classy a jean vest.
A Canadian dealing with so many leaks: "I'm just aboot sick of this!"
A common misconception: the Canadian tuxedo was created by an American company for an American celebrity. Bing Crosby had been refused service at a hotel in Vancouver for being "under-dressed" in his denim jacket and jeans, being told he needed a 3 piece suit. So Levi's made him a tuxedo made of denim to spite a hotel in Canada, as it technically met their requirements.
@@ANeMzero rotflol that is truly hilarious and sounds like something old school Levi's would do back in the day. 🤣
Hi Quinn - when we're doing hydro tests and having trouble locating slow leaks, we use a trick I learned from a boiler safety officer - coat the tubesheet with the developer from a dye penetrant NDT kit. It's basically an ultra fine white powder dispersed in a solvent that leaves the surface covered in a thin layer. Normally this would pull and contrast the dye held in cracks, but it also goes clear instantly if it gets wet - so even a tiny weep is instantly obvious
I was going to suggest chalk powder, but this is easier.
C’mon fellas, don’t make it too easy. Otherwise the vids will get shorter!
I'm a retired airline mechanic and that's the method we used to find pneumatic (air) leaks on the bleed air ducts on the engines. Spray everything with developer, run the engine for 5 mins. Any spot where the developer is missing there's a leak. Super simple and fool proof. 👍😁
Athlete's foot spray powder works pretty well, too. I once spent two months locating a motorcycle oil leak using this method. It turned out to be a cracked insulator in a neutral safety switch--a crazy small leak.
As a fellow airline mechanic I get what NDT means. They layman however might not. It means Non Distructive Testing ( NDT) not trying to " mansplane" just trying to make things as clear as mud.
“Scales don’t lie, except when I’m standing on them.” 😂
Great work. Really enjoyed the series!🚂
Quinn - I am so glad you have reached this important milestone in your journey. I was so anxious just watching each test, and hoping each repair would not cause more damage. And I must say, that little blob of solder really does tie the room together!
I thing your brave to youtube your first loco boiler build! Well done.
I’m glad that it passed the Cat Scan. I enjoyed watching you build this and will enjoy watching the rest of the project and learned from watching that I will NEVER attempt one of these myself unless it comes in a very good kit form. “You’re a better man than I Blondi Din”
I couldn’t stop laughing at the third “That blob of solder really tied the room together”
I was waiting for you to say “Shut up Donnie!! You’re in over your head!”
LOL lets go bowling!
@@KimberlyB-x8y I don't roll on Shabbat.
"Decorative blob of solder that really ties the room together".....😂😂
Quinn gap-tooth has a nice ring that really ties the room together... 😂
I feel irrationally proud of you and your work when it succeeds. A triumph! Hard won and well earned!
"The decorative blob really ties the room together". Can't go wrong with a Big Lebowski reference and what we in Manitoba call a "Thunder Bay Dinner jacket". Congrats on the boiler! You have the patience of a saint.
You're a machine, I don't know how you can consistently upload such great videos week after week
These videos will be watched 50 plus years from now.
Nice to see your boiler passed the catscan
Your patience fixing leak after leak is incredibly admirable!
Even after you had completed your inspections and tests, I was *still* freaking tense--and then Sprocket arrived to set my heart at ease. Thanx, Sprocket, and let me know if you'd like my cat (and dog) cookie recipe.
You make cookies out of dogs and cats?
So should we inquire about your brownie recipe, or perhaps forgo that question all together?
Over here in the UK this would probably have been termed a CAT ( Computer Aided Tomography Scan )!!!!!
@@oldfarthacks It's a recipe for soft/chewy dog treats, though my cats helped themselves when my back was turned. They're good for pets who can't handle the crunchy stuff.
@@elizabethturner2421 good recipes are always fun whether for dogs ,cat or people !!!
Ok! Two leg stretches equals "acceptable" from Sprocket. Well done, Quinn.
Congratulations! You passed the Cat Scan!
The Cat Scan worked out great. Great job
I am so happy Sprocket approved the boiler 😁
Fantastic result! You’ve taken years off my life through anxiety, but since the content is so good, all’s forgiven 😋
I thought there was something different about the workshop, it seemed fresher, more vibrant. Who knew it was that blob of solder!
It's subtle, you'd notice if it wasn't there. It's the bayleaf of workshop feng shui :D
Sprocket-certified..
..more or less.
Excellent work.
Whoa! Achievemnt unlocked, Sprocket says so! I am very happy for you!
Well done, it was great reaching this milestone with you.
This project will require a lot of patience and perseverance to succeed. Never give up! Great job.
I know this was anxiety-inducing for you but for a lot of us mere mortals, these videos reduce anxiety. We know there will be failures and setbacks on projects but it helps to see the wins and losses. Social media has a way of portraying everything in an unrealistic "perfect" sort of way. Life isn't like that. I like when people keep it real as it's much more engaging. Congrats on the pressure test. :)
Just when I think you have shown me your mettle you demonstrate a level of patience and skill far beyond us mere mortals. I would give you a well deserved hug after that. CONGRATULATIONS- Phew!
Congratulations Quinn, well done. My grandfather was born in 1874 and he was a boilermaker for a railroad in NC. In 1900 he built a house an built a boiler for heating and hot water in the basement, Many made the comment your house is going to blow up. His response was he had built many boilers for the railroad and none of those ever blew up! And that was on a shaking train. It was the only house in eastern NC that had running hot water. In the 1940’s he converted the boiler from coal fired to #2 fuel oil that system worked with out fail until 1974 when a down stairs bathroom was added on. An electric cold water heater was installed. Yes a cold water heater! Who heats hot water? 🤣🛫
Cracking me up! I use that term 'visiting the powder room' quite regularly. Remnants of times gone by, while watching TCM Chanel .
Congratulations on the pressure test!! Boiler looks great. Really looking forward to the rest of the build. See ya next week Quinn!!
Good thing I powdered my nose just before watching! Seriously, a fantastic job; I would have probably gone catatonic chasing the leaks.
I am so relieved this worked in the end. I when the one fix resulted in 2 new leaks I was sure the spiral had started. Thank goodness it’s all good.
Bonjour Quinn,
I had no doubt about the success of your pressure test. Your skillness and ability to solve problems make for me the interest of your videos.
Furthermore, as steam passionate, I can't wait to see your next video. One regret, not having seen a steam test of your large vertical steam machine, so well machined that a small amont of steam should make it run.
Amicalement, Raphaël
Yay!
Pressure test, passed.
Catscan, passed with general disdain.
It's a win!
Congratulations!
Thanks, and Meow to Sprocket.
And again another video proving your awesome power of endurance... Unbelievable, this patience!
Not exactly a walk in the park. I admire your persistence.
A lot of people are sweating along with you... The last couple minutes when you explain it's not your first boiler really helps. And the Sprocket inspection.
Been quietly watching along since the start. Can I just say… woooohoooo way to go Quinn! 🥳 🍾
Of course the most critical part of the build would be episode 13. Great work. I have no desire to play with steam, but I have watched Keith Appelton for several years, and your steam projects are fun to watch too. I'm an engineer, so he steam thing must spring from that even though my degrees are electrical, and computer. It's always interesting to watch Keith Rucker do videos on the Vulcan engine, because it's just like the models, but way bigger.
Well I am very happy this boiler worked out for you. And no matter what the railroad club says (which will likely be a thumbs up), it passed the most important test. Yes the feline sniff of indifference is by far the most important.
Wow! Such a complex project and you are now past the toughest portion. Congratulations, this cannot be easy.
I really appreciate all the footage you leave out to keep the video entertaining and watchable. I feel like it has to be very hard to put a bunch of time into a repair and then not show us any of that work you just did because we already saw it once before. So thanks for that, and keep up the good work!
Excellent results. You are a credit to Canada, my friend. Cheers from Comox Valley.
In the begining i did not think i was interested in watching someone make a boiler but i watch a couple of your first vids and then found myself enthralled with seeing the final product. I was even crossing my fingers for your success during this video. Im looking forward to.the rest of the build.Thanks for sharing.
You are one determined person I would like to have your patience. Great job.
Woohoo!!! Congrats! That's gotta be so gratifying.
That inspector is suspiciously adorable, lol 🐈
So please that after all your work and efforts the boiler test went OK. Well done Quinn. Cheers Nobby
I am pleased to see this pass the pressure test, so much work!
I was the last Boiler Tech class at U.S. Navel Station Great Lakes in 1995 before combining with the Machinest Mate rate. These episodes have been a great memory play back of my time in the navy.👍👍👍👍👍Tip for pressure testing use 300psi 90* degree needle gauge valves.
It's all well and good having a gauge tell you that you have a good boiler but instruments are fallible, Sprocket's final test and approval is what really counts. When you go to the club for its testing I am sure that their cat will agree with Sprocket. Congratulations to you both,
awesome. Look forward to the rest of the build
Boiler passed and all that, but the most pleasing part in this vid was a good look at Sprocket.
Glad it worked because I really want to see the rest of the engine completed.
What a patience, and what a achievement
Sprocket FTW!!! You've got a fantastic QA department Quin.
So happy for you Quinn I remember the failed boiler build. Glad to see this one has gone well for you. 😊
And relax, well done with the boiler.
Wow you’re patience. Congratulations 👍
I can see why you were losing sleep over this! The closest I get to this is my change request outages at work. Sometimes you're 2 hours into your 3 hour outage window, and if things aren't going right you've got to make the call whether to cancel the change and roll back, or push ahead and try to get it to a mostly working (mostly) stable state, so you can keep the business running and try to fix the problems another night. And sometimes things fail so spectacularly that the rollback process also fails and you're forced to throw all your plans out and do whatever's necessary to make it work.
Which is what seems closest to your boiler testing, so I definitely know how you feel. Seeing it hold up was a relief to see for me, but I can imagine how it felt for you.
That's the real pressure.
Hi, love your work, because of you, yes you! I will be joining the Clare Valley Model Engineers, South Australia. Being an X General motor mechanic, and now Network Engineer, seems like a good thing, thank you again.
Well that's a major milestone Quinn, well done!
Hi Quinn
Your boiler is a very functional thing of beauty. I have known a couple "model builders", that made Kozo A3's. That is most of an A3. They built the tender, and running gear and both did pretty good work. But neither had the gumption to build the boiler. Building a copper locomotive boiler is no easy task.
Jack
It would be hard to overstate how excited I am to see the locomotive build now.
Congratulations on the pressure test passing.
Congratulations on the successful squeeze. Always a nervous process.
Great job onward and upward
That's a nice piece! Great demonstration of problem solving and step by step construction. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the locomotive too.
Way to stick with it and run all the issues down. I'm sure it's a great source of pride for you and a testament to your craftsmanship
You really do have the patience of a Saint. I've learnt so much about steam boilers from your videos: recently I was at Chipping Steam Fair (it's only a couple of miles from here) and I was looking at all of the steam-powered vehicles with new-found respect. It was as if I had X-ray vision: I could imagine all the complexity hidden inside their boilers which look, from the outside, like simple tubs for boiling water. Now I know better, thanks to you.
On the subject of gappy teeth: I was lying supine, reefing on a rusted bolt on a Range Rover. The bolt suddenly sheared. I inadvertently punched the chassis and let go of the socket driver. It fell, handle first, through my front teeth. My NHS dentist patched me up within an hour and subsequently did a definitive repair - I think it cost me less than £200 in total. Those were the days, when you could find an NHS dentist, and get instant emergency treatment.
The amount of work that goes into making something like this can not be understated. It's an absolute pleasure to watch, and I'm extremely happy that this has been a success. Can't wait for what's to come!
P.S. - Sprocket content is always welcome
The "Quinn gap tooth" joke, made me actually laugh out loud.
Only one word: WOW!
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On!' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race." - Calvin Coolidge
Congrats on having the patience and skill to see such a tedious and exacting project through to the final passing result, lots of mental fortitude required on this one-~~
I haven't been a practicing Canadian for many years but, as I remember Canadian formal wear was a Red Green plaid.
Good to see your boiler passed a rigorous CAT scan.
I enjoy your vids.
Thanks for sharing.
Pennsylvania A3 Patience Tester.
But it's Sprocket approved, so well worth it ;)
Seriously, inspirational to see
Congratulations on a successful build!
I'll be the first to admit, what you demonstrated here with such a (relatively) simple boiler, is why I gave up dreaming of building a locomotive. I wanted to build a 1½in scale model of a streamlined 2-6-4, based on a shrunk NKP Berk. If I ever do, it'll be an electric drive, lol.
Superb work!
"That's why boiler makers have their own drink." What a great comment. I'll have one tonight.
The final cat scan is the ultimate test. Your boiler should be qualified now. Nice job!
Congratulations! I am looking forward to seeing the rest of the build!
Quinn , you are a brilliant engineer , and you have the patience of a Saint!!!!! you need to get a Tig welder you could have made those repairs the same way flux and solder but you use the intense localized heat of the tig torch so you dont damage your previous work , you put sooo much time into this ....I feel if you watch a few of Ron Covell"s tig welding videos you would be a great weldor ..... Thanks for taking the time to make these vidieos
I have no nails after watching that. Good job 👍 can't wait for the rest. This is better than Netflix 🙂
Thanks for the video Quin. I love your work. I'm looking forward to the rest of the build now!
Never thought a Blondihacks video would actually stress me out. Congrats on the success.
Congratulations Its a Boiler !
Enjoyed...
I'm so excited to see the chassis build!
I rarely get this anxious watching a machine shop video, but I'm so glad it passed the test. I recently did a minor repair on a boost cooler and that simple little adventure nearly gave me PTSD. I can only imagine how utterly nerve-racking this must've been!
Quinn, the thing with the wotsit in the place, did really tie the room together, thanks. Helped a lot! ....*sprocket* ..hi
Not gonna lie - even though there were more videos (so I knew this succeeded), I was still on the edge of my seat, hoping that everything was going to turn out okay. Congrats Quinn!
Thanks Chris! 😄
Nice work, thanks for taking as along for the ride!
Congrats on another milestone. A very enjoyable project to watch.
adorable kitty! congrats on completing this stage!
I mean this as a complement, but you would have been a boon to early submersible ship development with all the pressure testing and repair. And thank you for the content, this and all the other projects are just really fun to watch!
Congratulations Quinn! That is a huge milestone and I’m so glad that it all worked out!
Such patience! Congrats, I would have an eight pound paperweight
Quinn, you have patience beyond belief. Great job !! Thank you for your videos !!
When your determination is outstanding! Job nicely done.
Well done. Congrats on the successful pressure test and Cat Scan.