G'day Dave a very interesting video that Snow Machine was something else I couldn't get over that huge fly wheel and how "true" it ran. Looking at those lathe tools really brings it home how things were made in shop and could be adjusted to how you wanted the cut. It was a great look into the past especially the pulley you made what a work of art a credit to you Dave. Thank you for filming this it was a great look into how things were done in the old days good to see you again mate regards John.
I like the way you bring the history alive of these old machines.The Midwest tool collector association is having a show near my home feb 11.It will be my first time attending and I'm hoping to see some old time unusual stuff.Be safe and have a good trip.I don't mind the cold as it keeps me from getting lazy.,and gives me a chance to get my grandson to work on boat engines,and use the lathe to make a part or two.Hey it's all fun.
I figured you would be heading south soon , the weather has been a little rough this year. Those big engines are a sight to see thanks for posting.Have a safe trip .
Heij I am heavily impressed with what You achieved here, David. All that special knowledge from the beginnings You gathered together with some real nice tools and engines is awsome. At first i thought this is a museum (well, it is BUT) but after it became clear that You do this for a living, this is an all day use shop it blew me away. Today all must be done in a hurry, when i watch the slooow turning drill press it relaxes me. Your shop is relaxiation to me, even if i just broom the floors I´d feel honored being a part of this. I don´t remember what brought me here but i am glad i found You. I shure hope You have Your things in order that when the day comes this would be kept as is. That hurts me the most, i watch that all the time when some old mechanic turned the last bolt, all he worked with and for goes straight to the scrapyard. I am a hobbyist mechanic, retired, mostly broke but i love to be in my shop creating or repairing something. If i were in the States I´d shurely ask You if i could become an apprentice of Yours. Stay healthy and safe, God bless, best regards from Germany
That dynamo looks interesting. It'll be interesting to see it running and making some juice. Like those forged tools, very practical, you need a tool, make it. That step pulley turned out nice, it'll be easier next time. Appreciate all you've done.
Hi, when watching you display the machine tooling it brought back some good memories of when back in the early 70s I did my apprenticeship for a company that made industrial valves. one of the jobs we had to do was radiator hot water valves for old hospitals that had elaborate shapes on the spindle covers. What we used to do is hand grind the shape onto carbon steel and then harden it with Bone dust. As the covers where made of brass it always worked to get the numbers out.
wow, that is old school stuff there. That would require heating the finished tool in a metal box packed with the bone dust for many hours to get a surface "case" hardening.....Dave
I am so glad you mentioned those forged lathe tools! I have a set very similar to those that came with a 1924 South Bend 9 that I bought. I was never sure of the reason for some of their designs. Always learning here for sure. Thank you!
Kevin: I've been looking for one of those for awhile now, and a few viewers have stepped up with some DC generator experience so it looks like it will finally happen this summer...I hope....thanks...Dave
DAVID i have cut way back on all my subs because of health reasons and time allotment. But your channel is still one of my favorites and I do love tuning in and stepping back a 100 years into your shop.
Where I live the stack from the Allen S. King power plant is visible from miles around. It's a constant reminder that the whole world still runs mostly on steam.
Henk: Hope you don't mind, I stole one of your playlist links to put up on my g+ page. The steam motorcycle on the "wall of death" is spectacular! Some of the guys at a Florida show here put a wall up every year and do a great job, but the steamer is really something.....Dave
With regard to the scarf joint on the belt. 1869 until 1943 Stanley made a number 11plane for thinning the ends, the only time they made a plane not for use on wood. They don’t make cows that long, good one Dave.
Nice update Dave . Thanks for putting up the info on the triple pulley before you started video's , found that most interesting. Head south for the winter ol'sport and be a 'snow bird'. wishing you a healthy and prosperous New Year.
Happy New Year Dave! Thanks for the post. they all are an inspiration to get out to my own shop and make something. My next task is to install the oil wick kit into a Southbend 9A. Please enjoy your winter digs and have a grand year. RichB form Northern California.
Thanks for the video Dave. You're an inspiration to all of us. You have a great shop that a lot of us aspire to. Motivates me to get in the back yard and continues moving forward on my little project. I like the old school steam power, but unfortunately it's out of my pay grade. You know, boiler and all. But I will be able to run mine on an old gas engine. Still really enjoy watching your well appointed shop running like it should. Thanks. Dave
Dave if you're ever in Wisconsin or Upper Michigan, I think you'd enjoy a look at the big steam engine in Iron Mountain, Michigan. Largest ever built in the U.S. 1200HP 40' 160 ton flywheel
Good stuff, Dave. I can use some of those tool ideas for my lathe work. I have cheap carbide tipped boring bars that I'm not thrilled with and I have some HSS stock laying around that can be heated and shaped into a pretty stout boring bar. I have a friend who has an old B&S horizontal mill who needs a cone pulley for the motor. It might be a good candidate for a small lineshaft setup. Thanks for this video. John
Hi David the Dynamo looks great it will be awesome when it's hooked up to the old electric installations in your shop and powered by steam you have to make some video of it. Great video cheers Henning
Hey Henning, if it will make about 110 volts, I'd like to run it right into the lighting circuit with a double pole double throw knife switch, I think it will have enough capacity. ...Dave
David Richards oh yes a double throw knife switch would be perfect, I have seen them sit on a piece of marble, the old electrical power boards was a piece of artwork.
Thanks for all the neat videos and I hope you didn't get caught in the snow on the way down. Keith Rucker said he had a blizzard and his pond froze over. Well, he had a dusting of snow and the ice wasn't thick enough to hold up a frog...besides, it only covered half the pond (sorry Keith). Greg
I really love watching your open belt drives. Perhaps i should send some of those hi-viz wearing time wasters over to you, once they walk into your shop they'll die from heart attack so i can do my job without getting told off being too close to rotating parts ....:-)
That's most likely a skill the young folk does not get trained on anymore ... when i was young, we used a line shaft driven winch in the (very tall) barn for lifting up loose straw (with a big gripper) and sacks of grain, apparently i survived that with no major injuries .... :-)
dynoguy They're a pain in the arse are these health and safety moochers... They come along in their coats 2 sizes too big so it makes em look all 'puffed up' and important... They roll up...clipboard in hand.. If I caught any of em shuffling around my yard I'd sling em out...
David Richards You can be in the US..you can be in the UK... They all look, sound & act the same Mr. Richards... I'm in 2 thoughts though about elf n safety.: Recently I went to look at a bandsaw...36" wheels...it were a JAMES SAGAR Halifax...early 1900s... No guards...and no evidence any had ever been fitted... Its things like that...it catches the eye caus if something like that threw a blade it'd cut you in half... Old newspapers are a good source of info on how things were...they're full of short excerpts on people losing hands, arms and sometimes lives...boys crawling about under machinery...hands getting caught up in belts... And these excerpts never make the front page... Its a reminder... But elf n safely has become a product of the cult that is blame/claim...its the CLAIM GAME... an industry... There's little mention of how people used to think about what they were going to do before doing it...and taking responsibility for their actions... We've bred that out of people... All we have now is folk going round with a phone stuck in their faces...and worried that they'll have to pay roaming charges... I go round Leeds where I live and see hundreds of restaurants & bars...all full of youngsters 18-24 year olds... Its decadent...nobody's bothered about stuff like what we like David...nobody cares... All that matters is free WiFi, bargain holidays 4 times a year and stuffing themselves with food & booze... Its all part of the same problem...theres no responsibility...no accountability... We're living longer...and suffer less illness... But we've become a sick society David.. Greedy, selfish and often cruel... Rant over... 🤐
Dave, I have had the privilege of meeting Emanuel King and taking the tour of his foundry, He is like a lot of us, He loves the old machines, You can see it when he starts talking about the old steam tractors he has. One question, Did the pattern you made split, I may have missed it if you mentioned it.
The last hydraulic shovel I ran had a pair of V 16 Cummins in it. Had those engines been put end to end they'd be a fair bit shorter than that Cooper engine. Usual practice is to detune the engines used in a modern mine a bit so each were only putting out 1900- maybe 2100 hp @ 1900 rpm. Not hard to see the relationship between the old steam mill engines and that Cooper though. Some of the castings and parts look they may well have been designed for a steam engine. There's a few large drop valve horizontal steam engines over in Europe that work and look very much like that Cooper. I am curious about those high carbon lathe tools Dave. I've never tried any but I've read that those could be sharpened and honed to a bit keener edge than HSS can. When you look at the size of the massive steam pumping engines that were machined using only high carbon tools it's amazing to me they managed to get the job done considering the lower sfpm with high carbon cutting tools. Boring the very large cylinder castings must have taken days or weeks just for them.
True, looks like they were going with a design that worked for a long time on steam engines. The allowable surface speed is much slower with carbon steel but they made up for it somewhat with heavy roughing cuts. The machines were way more massive and rigid than later machinery. Thanks for the comment.....Dave
Hi Dave I admire what you do over there and watch all your videos, tell me have you lost your supply of free scrap wood that your using coal. I ve learned a lot from watching your channel thanks very much not seen new one for some time.
Hi David. Thanks for an interesting video. I understand your point on orientating the belt so the drive on the pulley doesn't peel up the tapered edge of the join. But I'm wondering about the drag on the driven pulley which be against the direction of the taper. Wouldn't the force of the drag of the driven pulley be roughly equal the the force of the drive on the drive pulley? Just on that Snow engine. I've seen a youtube video with one of those converted to steam. I think it was in a rice mill in Thailand. Cheers!
Great question Andy, You're right, the theory works backwards on the driven end, but the driving pulley is the most critical. There is usually more torque transmitted to the belt from the driver than from the belt to the driven. The driven seldom slips first. The NOS main drive belt had "run this direction" and an arrow branded into the pulley side every 10 feet or so. We didn't notice it until it had run awhile. ...Dave
Dave, Do you have any children and/or grandchildren to hand your trade & shop down to? Or any young assistants your teaching? It would be great for another generation to continue on in your footsteps.
Haven't found a kid that interested yet Paul. TH-cam shows that 13-24 year- olds make up 3 1/2% of this channels viewership. But it's a nice thought.....Dave
Dave, In keeping active since I retired, I decided to drive school bus a few days a week. My kids are grown & moved away and I enjoy talking with youngsters. I see hundreds of students each week. You may want to talk with the shop teachers at local high school(s) & vocational-tech(s). Be a guest speaker some day. Talk to the class about what a career in machining is all about. You'll see which students have lights on & which have nobody home. Invite that certain student(s) the teacher recommends & you sense have potential. Don't give them any clue what your looking for. You just may have a student say "Mr. Richards, can I stop by some day & help you.?" It may take a few years or you may find some youngster who's enthusiastic to learn all you can teach him. My impression of the kids today is not a good as it was 40 years ago. But there's still those students out there who were raised right, have good work ethics & are anxious to learn & apply themselves. Just a thought. Watching your videos, I wish i was 18 years old once again and lived nearby.
Thanks for showing the 485 HP Cooper engine at Rough & Tumble Dave. We ( the volunteers at Rough & Tumble ) spent many years working on the Cooper Engine. It was quite satisfying when we ran it on propane the first time. Here's a link to Rough & Tumble's website with more pictures and videos of the Cooper engine. www.roughandtumble.org/cooperengineproject Nice to talk with you at the Threshersman Reunion at Rough & Tumble this past August. Jeff
Hi David Very enjoyable vidio and well done thanks. I have a questions re.leather drive belts.Do you run the hide side (outside) or the meat (inside) against the pully? Ray
Dave, your dynamo is a Ft. Wayne Electric Works. They were taken over by General Electric in early 20th century. Yours is probably 125vdc. I can't tell if it just shunt wound or compound wound from the video. It looks as if it may have been direct connected to a gas engine or perhaps a pelton water motor judging by the hefty flywheel and three bearings. It probably needs to run somewhere near 1800rpm. If you connect a 12v battery to any two adjacent brushes it will run as a motor. It will need to be driven in the same direction. I have a data plate from the 4kw Ft. Wayne dynamo I have that someone tried to convert into an alternator but can't find it. It is not working nor is the 1kw DC one I have. A little clean up and yours will probably gen. GE closed the last Ft. Wayne plant operations in 2014. Patrick.
Hi Pat, Thanks very much for the information on the dynamo. I knew someone would recognize it. I'll get Tom to take some closer photos and get them to you. Am I right that the compound wound configuration puts the field in series with the load so the voltage will be more stable under changing load? You figure this one could be 4 Kw? Thanks....Dave
Pat, I don't find an email address for you, email me at enginedrdave@gmail.com and I'll send you some more photos and dimensions on the generator...Dave
I'm building a small lathe, horizontal mill, and a shaper and was planning on having all 3 run off of a single steam engine. I'd thought about it for a while, and now I'm thinking of buying an old drill press for the motor. Which should I go with? The load will be pretty light, and I have to make pretty much everything. I'd have to build the engine, the boiler, and everything in between. I'm on the fence with both. On the one hand, the steam engine would have more torque, but it would take a while to build steam and it could be dangerous if I build it wrong. The electric motor would start immediately but would be too fast, so I'd have to step it down and it might not have the torque.
It would probably depend on the motor size and type. Some are designed to start well under a load, some not. Also the line shaft would have a lot to do with it. If you can use a smaller shaft like 1" diameter with ball bearing blocks which are self aligning, it would spin pretty freely. A double belt reduction to get the speed down to about 275 RPM will really increase the torque from the motor (probably a 1725RPM motor). Try not to use a pulley smaller than 3" to get good belt traction. You can add to steam engine when you get it built......Dave
Hi Aron, Same with most of the pulley re machining in earlier videos, I use a boring bar with the tool bit in backwards and try to keep the overhang as short as possible....Dave
During WWII, some of those old machinists didn't appreciate the government telling them what to build or ordering them to run 24 hours. One shop around here had a wind-up time clock with the handle like a slot machine.
Greetings from England Mr. Richards. Well...where do I start...? First of all I think your Utube channel is great...as is your workshop...i think the late Mr. Fred Dibnah would've approved... I have 30 odd machine tools currently in storage...they all need rebuilding... Most of em really just require a rebuild/service & paint... But I've a few that require welding and whathaveyou... I found the section on making the pattern for the stepped pulley interesting...as I'm going to have to make some myself... Question: Did you leave it outside to weather before chucking it on the lathe...or was it OK to machine straight from the foundry... I've been lucky in many ways as I seem to be in the right place at the right time when it comes to acquiring things...I've collected quite a few flat belt pulleys, counter shafts and stuff... Most of what I've got is British made....although I've got a nice old 14 1/2" south bend lathe with a 6ft bed... I've an old radial drill by William Asquith Halifax Yorkshire...thats a 3 1/2 ton brute... 4 or 5 MT...i'm not exactly sure.. Its a hobby really... I collect them for a hobby but I don't collect anything that wouldn't have been steam powered originally... If it was electric powered from new then it's too late for me... Funny as I'm an electrical contractor by trade...lol...
Thanks for writing Glenn, You have a good start on a shop. Others will enjoy hearing from you now and then if you get something set up. I don't think anything I've done so far with casting the pulley and shaft hangars would require any "aging" of the green castings. An accurate machine frame, etc. might. My foundry produces very good castings, never found a void, hard spot, etc.....Dave
David Richards There was a vertical double compound steam engine a bit back on ebay...it were in south Wales... It had been an anchor winding engine from a royal navy auxiliary ship... Should have grabbed it really... Hmm... I've 2 table saws...they're both 2 ft blades... Ones a DALTON...the other is possibly a J. A FAY & COMPANY... I've 3 pillar drills... Ones unnamed...thats a 3MT Another is by Jones & Shipman, new century works, Leicester, England...thats a 4MT The other is by Easterbrook Allcard & company, Sheffield, England...thats a 3MT...and I doubt you'd see another... Easterbrook Allcard & company became PRESTO... famous for taps, dies, drills, reamers and measuring & marking out... I've a couple of donkey saws.. I've another radial drill...smaller than the Asquith...2MT... Thats by Fred Pollard, corona works, Leicester, England...fred pollard was one of the founding directors of Jones & Shipman before moving across Leicester to set up pollards.... Jones & Shipman Hardinge are still an entity...Pollards are sadly no longer with us... Ive loads more stuff....🙂
David Richards Wasn't the 'carlton' radial drill a fosdick product Mr. Richards...? From what I can work out both Fosdick in the USA and Asquiths & James Archdale in the UK were catering to the same market...monsters for use in heavy industries and shipyards etc... Archdale's did a lot of milling machines....as well as radial drills.... Asquith's did a lot of girder end facing machines as well as drills... NILES and PACIFIC in the USA did a lot of heavy plate machinery: (guillotines, break presses and rolls)...really big stuff... the equivalent of NILES in the UK would've been KEARNS RICHARDS of Broadheath, Manchester, FAIRBURNS of Hunslet, Leeds, RUSHWORTH, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax and HUGH SMITH, Possil works, Glasgow... Again...beastly stuff...
Glenn,... just noticed you got a 14 1/2 South Bend too, mine is a #183D with the 7ft bed from 1942, it always does need some some work but i use it regulary and i am very happy with it ... even it's American ...:-) .. I am in the West Midlands, btw.
dynoguy The gap bed south bends are rare...watch em...they don't have hardened bedways... I think mine is from 1920-1930...you can date em by stampings near the tailstock end... I've 3 wood lathes...1 is just a standard one...I'd say about 1900 Another is a Pattern makers lathe...I'd say 1900-1920... Third one is a WILSON of Leeds...1920s..its a 1/2-3/4 ton brute with a gap bed and 18" swing over the toolrest... I've an old grinder by DENBIGH...they were in Tipton...it were Staffordshire back then hence the DENBIGH logo being the Staffordshire knot... I've a very old bandsaw...WATTS of Sheffield... 1900-1920s...24" wheels and still has fast/loose pulleys with belt shipper... I've an old WADKIN EV...thats a spindle moulder...not many about.. I've all sorts...😉
Dave, you do good work. I am watching my way through all your videos and it will take some time, as I go slow and enjoy every minute. Wish I was your neighbor and could come over and lend a hand. I do not see how to email you, or is it just by comments on here?
People don't even understand how steam made this country and still does. They think gas and diesel are the best , yet these old steamers run forever. Great job on the pullies bet that cast was pricy . I'm looking for a piece of gray iron to make the stabilizer on my little atlas mill and wow for 3" x 24" x 3/4" is near $150. 00 ill be using aluminum or steel .
AH! You have found out how expensive new metal is. Please look for metal scrappers. They love to sell you steel, iron, brass & copper, and aluminum. Prices are very low. Padnos, my supplier sells aluminum for about $1.75 per pound and steel for about .36 per pound. (Prices vary to the market prices.) You get stock, but may be rough or other disfigurement but you can usually machine it away.
Silverbullet Everything was steam powered at one time in industrialised countries... There were water Wheels and Pelton type wheels around...but the strength of economies back in the early 1900s was based on coal, iron and steel production... To give you an example...where I live in Yorkshire UK the whole place was just a sea of coal mines, coking plants, iron & steel foundries, textile Mills and factories, heavy industries etc...the whole area would have been black bright from all the coal smoke and dust from manufacturing operations... It was the same in Lancashire, the Black Country (West Midlands), the North East, Glasgow and Staffordshire etc... I imagine industrialised areas in the US were the same...the whole place would have stank and life expectancy would have been considerably lower than in the country... People migrated from country areas where work was seasonal...into the heavy industrialised areas where work was monotonous, often dangerous...but regular... Old photographs of street life are interesting as they show how conditions were back then...its clear that people thought they were escaping poverty...but in turn had become impoverished...almost like being trapped in poor housing, sanitation and low wages...
Thanks Dave, for all your good work. . In splicing a belt, do you ever make the splice at an angle? And did I ever see a spliced belt that was sewn? I hear that memory is the second thing to go... 😆
Willy, They have to be straight and square. They were often "laced" with leather strips. I should do one that way. I my case, they both went at the same time so it doesn't matter....Dave
David Richards I have a one inch belt sander. And not knowing what I am doing, I thought I needed a slanted joint in order to get more square inches of glue able area. My joints haven't failed. But maybe the way that I am doing it is overkill. . Anyhow, , thanks for the reply... Happy New Year, and all the best to you and your's. ..😆
Nice video Dave. Very Interesting to see that big engine running, what an unusual looking cam shaft. Did you get my email concerning the iron pulleys I have? I can send pictures if you want.
It works out the same because you are still pulling the splices over the pulley in the same direction, just running the driven pulley backwards. The belt rubbing against itself at the cross doesn't t seem to be a problem....Dave
Old school saying; history will repeat it self, and I can't wait: real stuff no plastic gears and the so called modern JUNK. I'm still running my 20 heavey 8 foot Greaves Klusman belt lathe, I think what I found is 1918 or before my mainline.s are S.Bend's 9 & 10 A's 1942 war jobs which the 9 is dedicated for theading and the ten is for tapers the Greaves for long shafting. My shaper eats rust (shapers have finnally made a comback) why cause HSS is cheap, then to the big guy Cincinnati mill for finish. sam
Brian, AC or DC doesn't matter with a bulb. What does matter is the voltage the item is intended to run on. The Edison base bulbs you buy at the market work just fine on 110 VDC. AAMOF, they will last longer on DC. Eli D.
David Richards Boost, buck, boost/buck converters are cheap if you need to up dc to 120 or down to 12. Or to whatever you like. Most are adjustable to your liking and with current limiting and will give you steady output. Lots of 12v LED lights to make better use of the power if you're not against LED.
What steam oil you use?Can hemp oil be used at the steam engine lubricant?Can you make steam engine stainless steel,aluminium,brass,copper, or is there problems and what they are? If somebody can answer these questions it would be nice. Thank you.
I don't know what the characteristics of hemp oil are, so I can't help you there. The old original steam oil had quite a lot of tallow (animal fats) in it which made it somewhat compatible with steam and would cling to the metal sliding parts. When engines were developed further and the pressures (and temperatures) got a lot higher, other ingredients were used. In superheated type locomotives, the flash point of the oils was exceeded....Dave
David Richards Thank you for the answer about the steam oil.I was meaning that can you make pistons and sylinders other material than casted iron?Or do you have problems at steam will wear the material faster than casted iron?If anybody knows it would be nice know. Keep up making good videos and thank you sharing information and knowledge.
The traditional engine would have an iron or steel piston in a cast iron cylinder, sealed with cast iron piston rings. It is possible to make model engines with brass cylinders and high temperature O-rings for sealing, and many modern engines use nitrided aluminum cylinders with aluminum pistons and unobtanium piston rings. Avoid stainless steel, it wants to work harden when machined and has some serious problems with a special type of corrosion that happens when it is exposed to steam. The corrosion that results will make it eventually explode.
That should be really expensive nowadays to buy a cow on a roll ?? I like that old generator but it is DC so no light flickering !! but if you install a torture chamber in the back may-be you can stretch a cow to have less joint in the strap and we will see the light go down and up ????
Awesome engine. That's even bigger than this one that I've seen run in-person : threshingbee.org/corliss.html in Sycamore, IL at the steam show. Send us some warm weather to the Chicagoland area. Regards -
Great ole engine, There were some big steam engines down here in FL at one time driving refrigeration to make ice for shipping seafood north by rail. That invention was a great boom to the fishing industry around here in early 1900s......Dave
Dave: came across this on Craigslist in my area. Only reason I thought of you was its age, 1891, and it was originally line shaft driven and is a small bench top little drill press that's friction driven and has a friction driven down quill (I think?) He's s bit pricey but there might be room to talk I'm sure should you be interested? Scott. PS: I would just buy it and you could reimburse me.portland.craigslist.org/clk/tls/d/antique-mechanics-machine-co/6469523601.html
G'day Dave a very interesting video that Snow Machine was something else I couldn't get over that huge fly wheel and how "true" it ran. Looking at those lathe tools really brings it home how things were made in shop and could be adjusted to how you wanted the cut. It was a great look into the past especially the pulley you made what a work of art a credit to you Dave. Thank you for filming this it was a great look into how things were done in the old days good to see you again mate regards John.
Look at the old Anderson Brothers static balancer - very cool.
I like the way you bring the history alive of these old machines.The Midwest tool collector association is having a show near my home feb 11.It will be my first time attending and I'm hoping to see some old time unusual stuff.Be safe and have a good trip.I don't mind the cold as it keeps me from getting lazy.,and gives me a chance to get my grandson to work on boat engines,and use the lathe to make a part or two.Hey it's all fun.
I figured you would be heading south soon , the weather has been a little rough this year. Those big engines are a sight to see thanks for posting.Have a safe trip .
Old school is what got us here, thanks for preserving it.
Heij
I am heavily impressed with what You achieved here, David. All that special knowledge from the beginnings You gathered together with some real nice tools and engines is awsome. At first i thought this is a museum (well, it is BUT) but after it became clear that You do this for a living, this is an all day use shop it blew me away. Today all must be done in a hurry, when i watch the slooow turning drill press it relaxes me. Your shop is relaxiation to me, even if i just broom the floors I´d feel honored being a part of this.
I don´t remember what brought me here but i am glad i found You. I shure hope You have Your things in order that when the day comes this would be kept as is. That hurts me the most, i watch that all the time when some old mechanic turned the last bolt, all he worked with and for goes straight to the scrapyard.
I am a hobbyist mechanic, retired, mostly broke but i love to be in my shop creating or repairing something. If i were in the States I´d shurely ask You if i could become an apprentice of Yours.
Stay healthy and safe, God bless, best regards from Germany
Enjoy your time away. Another good one. Thanks.
What a nice surprise, thought we would have to wait until spring to see another video
Another great installment. I really enjoy the variety of topics you cover. Thanks for sharing it.
That dynamo looks interesting. It'll be interesting to see it running and making some juice. Like those forged tools, very practical, you need a tool, make it. That step pulley turned out nice, it'll be easier next time. Appreciate all you've done.
Thanks Dana, I think the dynamo will get interesting....Dave
Thanks Dave. Enjoy the warm weather of winter down south.
Hi, when watching you display the machine tooling it brought back some good memories of when back in the early 70s I did my apprenticeship for a company that made industrial valves. one of the jobs we had to do was radiator hot water valves for old hospitals that had elaborate shapes on the spindle covers. What we used to do is hand grind the shape onto carbon steel and then harden it with Bone dust. As the covers where made of brass it always worked to get the numbers out.
wow, that is old school stuff there. That would require heating the finished tool in a metal box packed with the bone dust for many hours to get a surface "case" hardening.....Dave
Yes it was time consuming one of the worst outcomes would be to have the tool crack which they did from time to time.
Thanks Dave. Safe travels. Love that Kinzer show. Been a few years since I have been there. We are 40 minutes away
Safe travels south
Jim
Thanks for sharing some of the history of putting together your shop!
I am so glad you mentioned those forged lathe tools! I have a set very similar to those that came with a 1924 South Bend 9 that I bought. I was never sure of the reason for some of their designs. Always learning here for sure. Thank you!
Love the exhaust sounds when the engine is running. I could sleep to that.
Thanks for posting this video up , Always great to get a notice form youtube that you posted a vid.. Have a great winter.
Love the dynamo Dave !! Can't wait to see it running. Nice video thanks for sharing
Kevin: I've been looking for one of those for awhile now, and a few viewers have stepped up with some DC generator experience so it looks like it will finally happen this summer...I hope....thanks...Dave
Thank you great video, enjoy the warmer weather.
DAVID i have cut way back on all my subs because of health reasons and time allotment. But your channel is still one of my favorites and I do love tuning in and stepping back a 100 years into your shop.
Glad to be on your list Dave....Dave
Very interesting Dave. Thanks for all you do for your viewers!
Great videos Sir! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom with us.
Where I live the stack from the Allen S. King power plant is visible from miles around. It's a constant reminder that the whole world still runs mostly on steam.
Hello David.
Hope you have a good time in Florida.
Thank you for this interesting video.
Good as always.
Greetings from the Netherlands
Henk: Hope you don't mind, I stole one of your playlist links to put up on my g+ page. The steam motorcycle on the "wall of death" is spectacular! Some of the guys at a Florida show here put a wall up every year and do a great job, but the steamer is really something.....Dave
With regard to the scarf joint on the belt. 1869 until 1943 Stanley made a number 11plane for thinning the ends, the only time they made a plane not for use on wood. They don’t make cows that long, good one Dave.
Very enjoyable as ever Dave. That Cooper engine sure is a beast. Some hard work gone into restoring that. Hope you enjoy the warm weather down south.
Throughly enjoy your videos ! You are truly talented.
Thanks James, glad you're along on the channel....Dave
i have to watch that big cooper engine run about every 6 months. thanks
Nice update Dave . Thanks for putting up the info on the triple pulley before you started video's , found that most interesting. Head south for the winter ol'sport and be a 'snow bird'. wishing you a healthy and prosperous New Year.
Have a nice warm winter Dave! 😀
Dear Dave, Thank you for another steam video.
Thanks Jim, thanks for watching...Dave
Happy New Year Dave! Thanks for the post. they all are an inspiration to get out to my own shop and make something. My next task is to install the oil wick kit into a Southbend 9A. Please enjoy your winter digs and have a grand year. RichB form Northern California.
You are so amazing Dave. I hope you have had a wonderful Christmas and new year. Keep up the awesome videos. Have a great week.
Thanks for the video Dave. You're an inspiration to all of us. You have a great shop that a lot of us aspire to. Motivates me to get in the back yard and continues moving forward on my little project. I like the old school steam power, but unfortunately it's out of my pay grade. You know, boiler and all. But I will be able to run mine on an old gas engine. Still really enjoy watching your well appointed shop running like it should. Thanks.
Dave
Dave: Glad your with us here...Dave
I've watched the Bessemer's in buildings pumping gas and they were VERY impressive. Don't get sunburned down in Bluehairville!
I love that generator, I run an electric motor shop and that is very special
Great video Dave , our stoker engine is reasembled. Workshop back up and running . So we are nearly ready for steam up at the end of February
I'll be looking for a video...Dave
David Richards just put one up !!
Great share Dave , Enjoyed man ! Thanks ..
Dave if you're ever in Wisconsin or Upper Michigan, I think you'd enjoy a look at the big steam engine in Iron Mountain, Michigan. Largest ever built in the U.S. 1200HP 40' 160 ton flywheel
Good stuff, Dave.
I can use some of those tool ideas for my lathe work.
I have cheap carbide tipped boring bars that I'm not thrilled with and I have some HSS stock laying around that can be heated and shaped into a pretty stout boring bar.
I have a friend who has an old B&S horizontal mill who needs a cone pulley for the motor. It might be a good candidate for a small lineshaft setup.
Thanks for this video.
John
Looking forward to seeing that dynamo up and running.
Thanks, I'm hoping we don't find anything major electrically wrong....Dave
Have a safe trip and thank you for showing how you machined the step pulley, I was curious about the crowning.
l Iove the crazy valve gear on that pumping engine.
Hi David the Dynamo looks great it will be awesome when it's hooked up to the old electric installations in your shop and powered by steam you have to make some video of it. Great video cheers Henning
Hey Henning, if it will make about 110 volts, I'd like to run it right into the lighting circuit with a double pole double throw knife switch, I think it will have enough capacity. ...Dave
David Richards oh yes a double throw knife switch would be perfect, I have seen them sit on a piece of marble, the old electrical power boards was a piece of artwork.
Great work as always.
Thanks for the video.
Thanks for all the neat videos and I hope you didn't get caught in the snow on the way down. Keith Rucker said he had a blizzard and his pond froze over. Well, he had a dusting of snow and the ice wasn't thick enough to hold up a frog...besides, it only covered half the pond (sorry Keith). Greg
Yeah, NY winters are about -25F for days and 50" of snow at a time, just ask Mike......Dave
I really love watching your open belt drives. Perhaps i should send some of those hi-viz wearing time wasters over to you, once they walk into your shop they'll die from heart attack so i can do my job without getting told off being too close to rotating parts ....:-)
Just "watch it" when you're walkin around....Dave
That's most likely a skill the young folk does not get trained on anymore ... when i was young, we used a line shaft driven winch in the (very tall) barn for lifting up loose straw (with a big gripper) and sacks of grain, apparently i survived that with no major injuries .... :-)
dynoguy
They're a pain in the arse are these health and safety moochers...
They come along in their coats 2 sizes too big so it makes em look all 'puffed up' and important...
They roll up...clipboard in hand..
If I caught any of em shuffling around my yard I'd sling em out...
Glen: Sounds like some of the local building code guys down here.....Dave
David Richards
You can be in the US..you can be in the UK...
They all look, sound & act the same Mr. Richards...
I'm in 2 thoughts though about elf n safety.:
Recently I went to look at a bandsaw...36" wheels...it were a JAMES SAGAR Halifax...early 1900s...
No guards...and no evidence any had ever been fitted...
Its things like that...it catches the eye caus if something like that threw a blade it'd cut you in half...
Old newspapers are a good source of info on how things were...they're full of short excerpts on people losing hands, arms and sometimes lives...boys crawling about under machinery...hands getting caught up in belts...
And these excerpts never make the front page... Its a reminder...
But elf n safely has become a product of the cult that is blame/claim...its the CLAIM GAME... an industry...
There's little mention of how people used to think about what they were going to do before doing it...and taking responsibility for their actions...
We've bred that out of people...
All we have now is folk going round with a phone stuck in their faces...and worried that they'll have to pay roaming charges...
I go round Leeds where I live and see hundreds of restaurants & bars...all full of youngsters 18-24 year olds...
Its decadent...nobody's bothered about stuff like what we like David...nobody cares...
All that matters is free WiFi, bargain holidays 4 times a year and stuffing themselves with food & booze...
Its all part of the same problem...theres no responsibility...no accountability...
We're living longer...and suffer less illness...
But we've become a sick society David..
Greedy, selfish and often cruel...
Rant over... 🤐
I had been wanting to get a video with more about the line shaft arrangement
Bonjour David, and Happy New Year !
May your passion for steam go on and I wish you a lot of new subscribers.
Amicalement, Raphaël
Thanks Raphael, steam on....Dave
Dave, I have had the privilege of meeting Emanuel King and taking the tour of his foundry, He is like a lot of us, He loves the old machines, You can see it when he starts talking about the old steam tractors he has. One question, Did the pattern you made split, I may have missed it if you mentioned it.
It was a one piece pattern, they cast it vertically....Dave.
The last hydraulic shovel I ran had a pair of V 16 Cummins in it. Had those engines been put end to end they'd be a fair bit shorter than that Cooper engine. Usual practice is to detune the engines used in a modern mine a bit so each were only putting out 1900- maybe 2100 hp @ 1900 rpm. Not hard to see the relationship between the old steam mill engines and that Cooper though. Some of the castings and parts look they may well have been designed for a steam engine. There's a few large drop valve horizontal steam engines over in Europe that work and look very much like that Cooper.
I am curious about those high carbon lathe tools Dave. I've never tried any but I've read that those could be sharpened and honed to a bit keener edge than HSS can. When you look at the size of the massive steam pumping engines that were machined using only high carbon tools it's amazing to me they managed to get the job done considering the lower sfpm with high carbon cutting tools. Boring the very large cylinder castings must have taken days or weeks just for them.
True, looks like they were going with a design that worked for a long time on steam engines. The allowable surface speed is much slower with carbon steel but they made up for it somewhat with heavy roughing cuts. The machines were way more massive and rigid than later machinery. Thanks for the comment.....Dave
GREAT VIDEO !!!
Hi Dave I admire what you do over there and watch all your videos, tell me have you lost your supply of free scrap wood that your using coal. I ve learned a lot from watching your channel thanks very much not seen new one for some time.
That would be a scarf joint on the leather belting, the same as in wood joinery
Impressive that glue would hold up on those belts - do you know what they used?
Hi David. Thanks for an interesting video.
I understand your point on orientating the belt so the drive on the pulley doesn't peel up the tapered edge of the join. But I'm wondering about the drag on the driven pulley which be against the direction of the taper. Wouldn't the force of the drag of the driven pulley be roughly equal the the force of the drive on the drive pulley?
Just on that Snow engine. I've seen a youtube video with one of those converted to steam. I think it was in a rice mill in Thailand.
Cheers!
Great question Andy, You're right, the theory works backwards on the driven end, but the driving pulley is the most critical. There is usually more torque transmitted to the belt from the driver than from the belt to the driven. The driven seldom slips first. The NOS main drive belt had "run this direction" and an arrow branded into the pulley side every 10 feet or so. We didn't notice it until it had run awhile. ...Dave
Thanks Dave . Enjoy the warm down south . How many spare beds you might have company !
Are you any good at lawn work?....Dave
Dave, Do you have any children and/or grandchildren to hand your trade & shop down to? Or any young assistants your teaching? It would be great for another generation to continue on in your footsteps.
Haven't found a kid that interested yet Paul. TH-cam shows that 13-24 year- olds make up 3 1/2% of this channels viewership. But it's a nice thought.....Dave
Dave, In keeping active since I retired, I decided to drive school bus a few days a week. My kids are grown & moved away and I enjoy talking with youngsters. I see hundreds of students each week. You may want to talk with the shop teachers at local high school(s) & vocational-tech(s). Be a guest speaker some day. Talk to the class about what a career in machining is all about. You'll see which students have lights on & which have nobody home. Invite that certain student(s) the teacher recommends & you sense have potential. Don't give them any clue what your looking for. You just may have a student say "Mr. Richards, can I stop by some day & help you.?" It may take a few years or you may find some youngster who's enthusiastic to learn all you can teach him. My impression of the kids today is not a good as it was 40 years ago. But there's still those students out there who were raised right, have good work ethics & are anxious to learn & apply themselves. Just a thought.
Watching your videos, I wish i was 18 years old once again and lived nearby.
That old cooper engine was cool. I wonder how much harder it would run on propane rather than natural gas.
Thanks for showing the 485 HP Cooper engine at Rough & Tumble Dave. We ( the volunteers at Rough & Tumble ) spent many years working on the Cooper Engine. It was quite satisfying when we ran it on propane the first time. Here's a link to Rough & Tumble's website with more pictures and videos of the Cooper engine. www.roughandtumble.org/cooperengineproject
Nice to talk with you at the Threshersman Reunion at Rough & Tumble this past August.
Jeff
Thanks for the comment and link Jeff, hope to see you for the spring fire up...Dave
its cold down there ya might as well stay up here and play, it just started to snow! is there room in the trunk for a stow away? lol
Hi David Very enjoyable vidio and well done thanks. I have a questions re.leather drive belts.Do you run the hide side (outside) or the meat (inside) against the pully? Ray
Hair side out Ray. Some of mine are so old and have been run both ways so I can't tell....Dave
Dave, your dynamo is a Ft. Wayne Electric Works. They were taken over by General Electric in early 20th century. Yours is probably 125vdc. I can't tell if it just shunt wound or compound wound from the video. It looks as if it may have been direct connected to a gas engine or perhaps a pelton water motor judging by the hefty flywheel and three bearings. It probably needs to run somewhere near 1800rpm. If you connect a 12v battery to any two adjacent brushes it will run as a motor. It will need to be driven in the same direction. I have a data plate from the 4kw Ft. Wayne dynamo I have that someone tried to convert into an alternator but can't find it. It is not working nor is the 1kw DC one I have. A little clean up and yours will probably gen. GE closed the last Ft. Wayne plant operations in 2014. Patrick.
Hi Pat, Thanks very much for the information on the dynamo. I knew someone would recognize it. I'll get Tom to take some closer photos and get them to you. Am I right that the compound wound configuration puts the field in series with the load so the voltage will be more stable under changing load? You figure this one could be 4 Kw? Thanks....Dave
Get some overall dimensions and it might shed some light on the capacity. My 4kw frame is about 18" in diameter and 6.5" wide.
Compound wound dynamos have better self voltage regulation than shunt wound.
Pat, I don't find an email address for you, email me at enginedrdave@gmail.com and I'll send you some more photos and dimensions on the generator...Dave
I'm building a small lathe, horizontal mill, and a shaper and was planning on having all 3 run off of a single steam engine. I'd thought about it for a while, and now I'm thinking of buying an old drill press for the motor. Which should I go with? The load will be pretty light, and I have to make pretty much everything. I'd have to build the engine, the boiler, and everything in between. I'm on the fence with both. On the one hand, the steam engine would have more torque, but it would take a while to build steam and it could be dangerous if I build it wrong. The electric motor would start immediately but would be too fast, so I'd have to step it down and it might not have the torque.
It would probably depend on the motor size and type. Some are designed to start well under a load, some not. Also the line shaft would have a lot to do with it. If you can use a smaller shaft like 1" diameter with ball bearing blocks which are self aligning, it would spin pretty freely. A double belt reduction to get the speed down to about 275 RPM will really increase the torque from the motor (probably a 1725RPM motor). Try not to use a pulley smaller than 3" to get good belt traction. You can add to steam engine when you get it built......Dave
I wish that I was as cool as Dave Richards.
The picture of your stepped pulley in the lathe had me wondering how you reached the largest diameter. That's a pretty big workpiece.
Hi Aron, Same with most of the pulley re machining in earlier videos, I use a boring bar with the tool bit in backwards and try to keep the overhang as short as possible....Dave
During WWII, some of those old machinists didn't appreciate the government telling them what to build or ordering them to run 24 hours. One shop around here had a wind-up time clock with the handle like a slot machine.
Greetings from England Mr. Richards.
Well...where do I start...?
First of all I think your Utube channel is great...as is your workshop...i think the late Mr. Fred Dibnah would've approved...
I have 30 odd machine tools currently in storage...they all need rebuilding...
Most of em really just require a rebuild/service & paint...
But I've a few that require welding and whathaveyou...
I found the section on making the pattern for the stepped pulley interesting...as I'm going to have to make some myself...
Question:
Did you leave it outside to weather before chucking it on the lathe...or was it OK to machine straight from the foundry...
I've been lucky in many ways as I seem to be in the right place at the right time when it comes to acquiring things...I've collected quite a few flat belt pulleys, counter shafts and stuff...
Most of what I've got is British made....although I've got a nice old 14 1/2" south bend lathe with a 6ft bed...
I've an old radial drill by William Asquith Halifax Yorkshire...thats a 3 1/2 ton brute... 4 or 5 MT...i'm not exactly sure..
Its a hobby really...
I collect them for a hobby but I don't collect anything that wouldn't have been steam powered originally...
If it was electric powered from new then it's too late for me...
Funny as I'm an electrical contractor by trade...lol...
Thanks for writing Glenn, You have a good start on a shop. Others will enjoy hearing from you now and then if you get something set up. I don't think anything I've done so far with casting the pulley and shaft hangars would require any "aging" of the green castings. An accurate machine frame, etc. might. My foundry produces very good castings, never found a void, hard spot, etc.....Dave
David Richards
There was a vertical double compound steam engine a bit back on ebay...it were in south Wales...
It had been an anchor winding engine from a royal navy auxiliary ship...
Should have grabbed it really... Hmm...
I've 2 table saws...they're both 2 ft blades...
Ones a DALTON...the other is possibly a J. A FAY & COMPANY...
I've 3 pillar drills...
Ones unnamed...thats a 3MT
Another is by Jones & Shipman, new century works, Leicester, England...thats a 4MT
The other is by Easterbrook Allcard & company, Sheffield, England...thats a 3MT...and I doubt you'd see another...
Easterbrook Allcard & company became PRESTO... famous for taps, dies, drills, reamers and measuring & marking out...
I've a couple of donkey saws..
I've another radial drill...smaller than the Asquith...2MT...
Thats by Fred Pollard, corona works, Leicester, England...fred pollard was one of the founding directors of Jones & Shipman before moving across Leicester to set up pollards....
Jones & Shipman Hardinge are still an entity...Pollards are sadly no longer with us...
Ive loads more stuff....🙂
David Richards
Wasn't the 'carlton' radial drill a fosdick product Mr. Richards...?
From what I can work out both Fosdick in the USA and Asquiths & James Archdale in the UK were catering to the same market...monsters
for use in heavy industries and shipyards etc...
Archdale's did a lot of milling machines....as well as radial drills....
Asquith's did a lot of girder end facing machines as well as drills...
NILES and PACIFIC in the USA did a lot of heavy plate machinery:
(guillotines, break presses and rolls)...really big stuff...
the equivalent of NILES in the UK would've been KEARNS RICHARDS of Broadheath, Manchester, FAIRBURNS of Hunslet, Leeds, RUSHWORTH, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax and HUGH SMITH, Possil works, Glasgow...
Again...beastly stuff...
Glenn,... just noticed you got a 14 1/2 South Bend too, mine is a #183D with the 7ft bed from 1942, it always does need some some work but i use it regulary and i am very happy with it ... even it's American ...:-) .. I am in the West Midlands, btw.
dynoguy
The gap bed south bends are rare...watch em...they don't have hardened bedways...
I think mine is from 1920-1930...you can date em by stampings near the tailstock end...
I've 3 wood lathes...1 is just a standard one...I'd say about 1900
Another is a Pattern makers lathe...I'd say 1900-1920...
Third one is a WILSON of Leeds...1920s..its a 1/2-3/4 ton brute with a gap bed and 18" swing over the toolrest...
I've an old grinder by DENBIGH...they were in Tipton...it were Staffordshire back then hence the DENBIGH logo being the Staffordshire knot...
I've a very old bandsaw...WATTS of Sheffield... 1900-1920s...24" wheels and still has fast/loose pulleys with belt shipper...
I've an old WADKIN EV...thats a spindle moulder...not many about..
I've all sorts...😉
Dave, you do good work. I am watching my way through all your videos and it will take some time, as I go slow and enjoy every minute. Wish I was your neighbor and could come over and lend a hand. I do not see how to email you, or is it just by comments on here?
Ed: you can get me at enginedrdave@gmail.com....Dave
The frozen iguanas are falling out of the trees in northern Florida. You better go way way SOUTH.
People don't even understand how steam made this country and still does. They think gas and diesel are the best , yet these old steamers run forever. Great job on the pullies bet that cast was pricy . I'm looking for a piece of gray iron to make the stabilizer on my little atlas mill and wow for 3" x 24" x 3/4" is near $150. 00 ill be using aluminum or steel .
Probably work just as well...Dave
AH! You have found out how expensive new metal is. Please look for metal scrappers. They love to sell you steel, iron, brass & copper, and aluminum. Prices are very low. Padnos, my supplier sells aluminum for about $1.75 per pound and steel for about .36 per pound. (Prices vary to the market prices.) You get stock, but may be rough or other disfigurement but you can usually machine it away.
Lee Klemetti Padnos? Are you in West Michigan?
Yes, Muskegon. Email: prohomebiz@comcast.net
Silverbullet
Everything was steam powered at one time in industrialised countries...
There were water Wheels and Pelton type wheels around...but the strength of economies back in the early 1900s was based on coal, iron and steel production...
To give you an example...where I live in Yorkshire UK the whole place was just a sea of coal mines, coking plants, iron & steel foundries, textile Mills and factories, heavy industries etc...the whole area would have been black bright from all the coal smoke and dust from manufacturing operations...
It was the same in Lancashire, the Black Country (West Midlands), the North East, Glasgow and Staffordshire etc...
I imagine industrialised areas in the US were the same...the whole place would have stank and life expectancy would have been considerably lower than in the country...
People migrated from country areas where work was seasonal...into the heavy industrialised areas where work was monotonous, often dangerous...but regular...
Old photographs of street life are interesting as they show how conditions were back then...its clear that people thought they were escaping poverty...but in turn had become impoverished...almost like being trapped in poor housing, sanitation and low wages...
Thanks Dave, for all your good work. .
In splicing a belt, do you ever make the splice at an angle? And did I ever see a spliced belt that was sewn?
I hear that memory is the second thing to go...
😆
Willy, They have to be straight and square. They were often "laced" with leather strips. I should do one that way. I my case, they both went at the same time so it doesn't matter....Dave
David Richards
I have a one inch belt sander. And not knowing what I am doing, I thought I needed a slanted joint in order to get more square inches of glue able area. My joints haven't failed. But maybe the way that I am doing it is overkill. .
Anyhow, , thanks for the reply... Happy New Year, and all the best to you and your's. ..😆
thank you
David, what happened to the video quality? All of your other uploads are 1080P, this one is 480p...
I have to slap my editing program around, it has a mind of it's own on this computer. I'll do better next time...Dave
david cool video.
Nice video Dave. Very Interesting to see that big engine running, what an unusual looking cam shaft.
Did you get my email concerning the iron pulleys I have? I can send pictures if you want.
Sorry Mark, I thought you did send photos, or was it someone else? If not, my email is enginedrdave@gmail.com, thanks....Dave
One of these channels where you can click like before the video even loads in
It's called a scarf joint, more surface area for glue equals greater strength.
I can understand why you want to run a belt a certain way, but sometimes you have to put a twist in it. What do you in that situation?
It works out the same because you are still pulling the splices over the pulley in the same direction, just running the driven pulley backwards. The belt rubbing against itself at the cross doesn't t seem to be a problem....Dave
485HP, 21,000 lb/ft Torque - Whoa.
Old school saying; history will repeat it self, and I can't wait: real stuff no plastic gears and the so called modern JUNK. I'm still running my 20 heavey 8 foot Greaves Klusman belt lathe, I think what I found is 1918 or before my mainline.s are S.Bend's 9 & 10 A's 1942 war jobs which the 9 is dedicated for theading and the ten is for tapers the Greaves for long shafting. My shaper eats rust (shapers have finnally made a comback) why cause HSS is cheap, then to the big guy Cincinnati mill for finish. sam
Hey Sam, All good stuff, and HHS is simple to grind....Dave
why dont they use giraffes for belts instead of cows? ;)
Ha, we could get into real trouble talking like that....Dave
I've heard giraffes taste like chicken but they're a little stringy :)
Gireffes were used for high-end harness reins.
MrFransie85 Humor of high class 😁
Why only 480 SD video??
Got a lot of Dc lightbulbs lying around?
Brian,
AC or DC doesn't matter with a bulb. What does matter is the voltage the item is intended to run on. The Edison base bulbs you buy at the market work just fine on 110 VDC. AAMOF, they will last longer on DC.
Eli D.
I figured that old dynamo would be a low voltage affair which would make the bulbs pull more amps and thus shorten their life I would think.
Brian, I have some 32 volt bulbs if needed, I'm hoping it will make 110v...Dave
David Richards Boost, buck, boost/buck converters are cheap if you need to up dc to 120 or down to 12. Or to whatever you like. Most are adjustable to your liking and with current limiting and will give you steady output. Lots of 12v LED lights to make better use of the power if you're not against LED.
I plan to use some LEDs, you gotta see what you're doing....Dave
What is the Make and Model of the steam engine running your shop?
5" bore x 5" stroke Orr & Stembower (O&S) aprox 1890. See my video #3 1/2 for details....Thanks for watching.....Dave
What steam oil you use?Can hemp oil be used at the steam engine lubricant?Can you make steam engine stainless steel,aluminium,brass,copper, or is there problems and what they are?
If somebody can answer these questions it would be nice.
Thank you.
I don't know what the characteristics of hemp oil are, so I can't help you there. The old original steam oil had quite a lot of tallow (animal fats) in it which made it somewhat compatible with steam and would cling to the metal sliding parts. When engines were developed further and the pressures (and temperatures) got a lot higher, other ingredients were used. In superheated type locomotives, the flash point of the oils was exceeded....Dave
David Richards Thank you for the answer about the steam oil.I was meaning that can you make pistons and sylinders other material than casted iron?Or do you have problems at steam will wear the material faster than casted iron?If anybody knows it would be nice know.
Keep up making good videos and thank you sharing information and knowledge.
The traditional engine would have an iron or steel piston in a cast iron cylinder, sealed with cast iron piston rings. It is possible to make model engines with brass cylinders and high temperature O-rings for sealing, and many modern engines use nitrided aluminum cylinders with aluminum pistons and unobtanium piston rings. Avoid stainless steel, it wants to work harden when machined and has some serious problems with a special type of corrosion that happens when it is exposed to steam. The corrosion that results will make it eventually explode.
OdinYggd Thank you for answer. Now i know what materials i can use to make steam engine.Thx a LOT.👍
I voluniteer in in stationary steam building at Rough and Tumble
I wish we had a boiler like yours there at East Broad Top Railroad to run the shop....Dave
Awesome
Why has no one asked how you managed to get that triple pulley up onto the ceiling shaft. I bet you got Debbie to do it for you.
Not even close Mike.....ropes and rational thinking....Dave
Where about in NY are u?
Near Binghamton, about 15 min Northeast in Newark Valley....Dave
That should be really expensive nowadays to buy a cow on a roll ??
I like that old generator but it is DC so no light flickering !! but if you install a torture chamber in the back may-be you can stretch a cow to have less joint in the strap and we will see the light go down and up ????
thought it was gas engine from its piston size at the start
Awsome
Awesome engine. That's even bigger than this one that I've seen run in-person :
threshingbee.org/corliss.html
in Sycamore, IL at the steam show. Send us some warm weather to the Chicagoland area. Regards -
Great ole engine, There were some big steam engines down here in FL at one time driving refrigeration to make ice for shipping seafood north by rail. That invention was a great boom to the fishing industry around here in early 1900s......Dave
I tried even adds in craigslist to buy metal from scrapers , offered $2. @ and $.50 lb on aluminum and steel . No replies
Too bad you don’t videotape the actual process in Stead of just pictures
Dave: came across this on Craigslist in my area. Only reason I thought of you was its age, 1891, and it was originally line shaft driven and is a small bench top little drill press that's friction driven and has a friction driven down quill (I think?) He's s bit pricey but there might be room to talk I'm sure should you be interested? Scott. PS: I would just buy it and you could reimburse me.portland.craigslist.org/clk/tls/d/antique-mechanics-machine-co/6469523601.html
Where about in NY are u?
Awesome