I quite often have the 504 boiler and No. 9 engine running for hours in the garage while doing other work, wonder by and pump in a bit more water and carry on doing stuff. Just nice to have it ticking over and chuffing away. Now building the Southworth 6" duplex pump, that is a bit of a challenge! Thanks for the video and Hi from New Zealand.
G'day Bruce and I have just subscribed to your channel and look forward to looking at your vids....that twin Victoria looks nice! The 504 boiler is a beauty isn't it, able to produce lots of steam for the larger models. Do you gas fire it or use the original metho burner? - Kind regards, Jim
@@SteamEngines-Jim Not a YT person really. Just put stuff on YT so brother in UK can see it. The 504 I have sort of been told off by Stuart models for using propane, burns too hot? No fault of Stuart, I appreciate their caution, user beware sort of thing. But the 504 can do a lot more than drive small models under no load. An underrated product, quick to build up pressure and their gas burner is good. I use a variable gas regulator and easily match that to demand of steam. Just a pleasure to use. When I finish the duplex build I will be looking at your channel for things to make to be driven by steam stationary engines. "Batteries not included", just steam. Cheers, good luck.
@@bruceraggett4506 G'day Bruce, I love using the largest BIX ceramic burner and gas underneath my 504 (video link below). I have a fair few boilers but none of them can produce the constant steam out put like the 504 can. I will look forward to seeing your duplex running. It would be great to see the build process documented as well! th-cam.com/video/8m6oxdjX1aE/w-d-xo.html
the s50 is very underrated by collectors so a little cheaper than other Stuarts , but to my mind it is one of the best single cylinder machines they designed, and your enhancements look great with it
Hi, it depends of course on what psi the boiler pressure is up to. Close to the safety valve opening at around 90 psi the whistle is very loud, ear piercingly loud. cheers Jim
@SteamEngines that's great, it would have ample PSI for the S50? I'm a newbie, just ordered the S50 Casting kit, as a first project. Initially I will test it on compressed air, but it is a steam engine, not a compressed air engine, so I will get a boiler down the track.
@@Adam-fk8oq You should video the build process of your S50, it would create a lot of interest. They run on air, but they really come 'alive' on steam. Have a look at this video, more than ample amount of steam to run two mill engines simultaneously - th-cam.com/video/XkWCKh7mn2E/w-d-xo.html
I quite often have the 504 boiler and No. 9 engine running for hours in the garage while doing other work, wonder by and pump in a bit more water and carry on doing stuff. Just nice to have it ticking over and chuffing away.
Now building the Southworth 6" duplex pump, that is a bit of a challenge!
Thanks for the video and Hi from New Zealand.
G'day Bruce and I have just subscribed to your channel and look forward to looking at your vids....that twin Victoria looks nice! The 504 boiler is a beauty isn't it, able to produce lots of steam for the larger models. Do you gas fire it or use the original metho burner? - Kind regards, Jim
@@SteamEngines-Jim Not a YT person really. Just put stuff on YT so brother in UK can see it. The 504 I have sort of been told off by Stuart models for using propane, burns too hot? No fault of Stuart, I appreciate their caution, user beware sort of thing. But the 504 can do a lot more than drive small models under no load. An underrated product, quick to build up pressure and their gas burner is good. I use a variable gas regulator and easily match that to demand of steam. Just a pleasure to use.
When I finish the duplex build I will be looking at your channel for things to make to be driven by steam stationary engines. "Batteries not included", just steam. Cheers, good luck.
@@bruceraggett4506 G'day Bruce, I love using the largest BIX ceramic burner and gas underneath my 504 (video link below). I have a fair few boilers but none of them can produce the constant steam out put like the 504 can. I will look forward to seeing your duplex running. It would be great to see the build process documented as well!
th-cam.com/video/8m6oxdjX1aE/w-d-xo.html
And that, folks, is the world’s most interesting teapot.
LOL that gave me a chuckle - Jim :)
Simply beautiful
Thank you! 😊
Blue I LITERALLY laughed out loud at the end! What talent you have; thanks for sharing!
LOL let me know if you ever want me to make you a cuppa :) - Cheers Jim
That's a very nice S50 Jim. I love your water tower, excellent 👍👍 Cheers, Alan.
Appreciated as always Alan, thank you.
What an amazing engine and boiler.
Thanks Robert, I appreciate the reply :)
the s50 is very underrated by collectors so a little cheaper than other Stuarts , but to my mind it is one of the best single cylinder machines they designed, and your enhancements look great with it
How loud is the whistle on this boiler compared to a car horn?
Hi, it depends of course on what psi the boiler pressure is up to. Close to the safety valve opening at around 90 psi the whistle is very loud, ear piercingly loud. cheers Jim
I had a Stuart now 3 wilesco s I’m 13 it’s nice
Enjoy your steam engines, they are a lot of un aren't they :) - Cheers Jim
Can I ask if you add any lubricant to the water itself?
Which MSM boiler is that? Nice work!
G'day Adam, its their 4" boiler.....I have a lot of boilers in my collection but this is my go to boiler - Cheers Jim
@SteamEngines that's great, it would have ample PSI for the S50? I'm a newbie, just ordered the S50 Casting kit, as a first project. Initially I will test it on compressed air, but it is a steam engine, not a compressed air engine, so I will get a boiler down the track.
@@Adam-fk8oq You should video the build process of your S50, it would create a lot of interest. They run on air, but they really come 'alive' on steam. Have a look at this video, more than ample amount of steam to run two mill engines simultaneously -
th-cam.com/video/XkWCKh7mn2E/w-d-xo.html