Antique rusty toy - Steam Engine - JC Unis 1950 - Full restoration
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Here is a new video !! I tried to restore an antique rusty toy. It's a steam engine produced by Jean Comby "JC Unis France" around 1950. It's pretty rusty and It didn't work when I tested it. I found the water tank was full of some white substance which probably had blocked the airways of the engine. That was limestone, demineralized water must be used to run this steam engine ! But can I get it running ? Stick around to find out ;)
You'll see at the end that there are some air leaks here and there... I'll probably make a second video to restore the additional parts, I'll also fix the air leaks.
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The reason the piston wasn't easily moving the wheel is because the wheel had no counter weight.
@@PhineasTurner nope , it's more likely a blocked steam line from old solder , but definitely a distinct lack of OIL !
amazing restoration. Happy birthday. Very good.
I brought one into class, 3rd grade and gave a demonstration of steam power. Cotton balls, alcohol and matches. My teacher thanked me and the class was impressed. Can't imagine that now. What year? A long time ago.
Thanks a lot for your comment Michael. 🙏 You’re right, even if you call 3 firetrucks and two ambulances you couldn’t do that nowadays.
our teacher brought one of his shot guns into school to demonstrate to us kids . a short while after he pulled the trigger and took his head off in a local park .... good it tightened up in many ways ... but frightening that kids are being de skilled in so many basic life skills thier lives depend on electrical gadgets and i bet over 90% don't understand - and +
@@pimpmydiecastsdiecastandto3176 don't want to sound dump, but what exactly you mean by "- or +"?
I brought mine to a 5th grade class last year, huge hit. 🚂
Can't imagine the pearl clutching and bed wetting it would bring nowadays. Just think, we played with these. rode our bikes without helmets, and rode around in the backs of pickup trucks... oh, the horror of it all, yet we made it.
When I was a kid, I had one of those steam engines, not as old as that one, but I could fire it up, and just look at it for hours. What did it do? absolutely nothing, it just stood there and puffed, but for a young boy it was a marvel.
Glad it brings back good memories 👍
Well done, sir.
Steam engine Restoration perfect
🙏thank you !!! 🙌
What caused such unusual condition of this unit? It appears to be covered in a fine patina of wood dust or dirt rather than corrosion or aging of some kind. Was this left outside for an extended period of time and if so, why no corrosion? Was it found indoors or stored somewhere? It doesn't seem to be something that occurred naturally..
Wow!! That is pretty dang nice! Really cool working toy
Ah life before strict liability in tort, so much more excting
Que peligro que eso fuera un juguete para niños
So, a kid got burnt. That is how life happens. It taught a lesson.. That's how one learns. It's called experience.
EXACTLY my thought!
They exploded if you did not keep them full with water and let the fire keep going.
And this is why we (Boomers, GenX GenZ) are made of strange stuff.
I am 19, so I never experienced these types of toys. I like how some toys (like the tanks that blow out real fire) really tried to imitate how they would be in real life. I wish I had some of these to be honest.
wilesco makes stuff like this I can say personally the D9 is fun ,miniature steam engine now generally fall under the hobby of model engineering if you are interested in researching them
It is not that difficult to purchase one of these machine’s cos there’s a lot for sale on eBay or marketplaces. Second hand or even new ones as well. 👍
You have no idea some of the toys a kid could purchase when I was a child. Things that a modern parent would totally freak out about today. Choking on small parts is all they have to protest today. A daisy bb gun used to be a full page ad in the toy section of the Sears Robuck Christmas catalog. Along with steM engines , .initial Canon, creepy crawlers (rubber heated to semi hardness in a hot mold , and not to leave out little girls Easy Bake ovens , wood burner kids and chemistry sets. Etc....real fun toys😁
5:28 Kids of that age werent like the ones today
Great job tho
... so true... Thanks a lot !! 🙏
At first glance, I thought it was a Mamod stationary engine. Good restoration.
Thanks a lot 🙏
At first, I thought it was a SEL model. This is hte first one I have seen with the boiler soldered to the base.
If you turned that little valve on the whistle, would it increase the pressure and make the wheel go faster? Great job, love the toy and it’s attachments.
... what? The little valve is to operate the whistle to decrease steam and prevent overpressure!
@@Mr_Fancypants There is a separate part of the boiler that should prevent overpressure. Should be the nub you see at the front of the boiler. Usually it's a spring holding a seal in place till the pressure overcomes it.
With how rusted it was though, it might be for the best that it never built up any pressure. It wouldn't explode, but it might leak boiling water everywhere.
If you open a valve for anything you are letting steam out of the tank and reducing the pressure.
I'm so envious of your equipment to make the restorations successful, I work on N & TT gauge model locomotives ,but sadly my age,hands and eyes are not what they used to be. Another great job mate
Thank you very much Stephen !! 🙏
Q: "I wonder how many kids have been burned using these toys?"
A: All of them.
Indeed, dangerous toy, wonderful restauration!
😀👍🏻 And their fathers too 😀
I had a Mamod a bit like that one when I was 7, never got burned - I used to make explosives too; still got all my fingers. Anyone remember wrapping penny bangers up with sellotape? Kids were kids back then, but they seemed to have a lot more sense than they do now because they learned through their own, or others, experience - no helicopter parenting bubble wrapping everything in those days.
My father long ago owned a hobby shop. In the late 60's someone brought in a steam engine like the in you video. I still remember the smell caorsine hot metal steam.
Father place a rubber band on the fly wheel and a electrol set farris wheel he built. We had fun watching it. Thanks for the memory.
Kids were not burnt by these toys. Only their fathers, pretending this Christmas gift was for their sons.
Same as with drones today :)
Great job!
Thank you very much !!! And yes... you’re definitely right ! 😃🙌
I had a similar one in early 1970s. Mine used Esbit fuel tablets, which were hard to come by, but seemed to produce steam more quickly, compared to the video. Also had a sight-glass to verify water level, a slightly larger cylinder, and a handle to control the whistle. I think it also had a throttle.
Once the whole mechanism got hot, you could pull the flame, dump the steam (through the whistle), replenish the water in the boiler, and it would start right back up by returning the fire-- often without having to give it a nudge.
The smell of oil and steam in our garage was frequent. It was simply satisfying to do the little ritual to set it in motion.
Do not recall ever burning myself on it.
Nice to see one return to life. Thanks.
Thank you ! 🙌
The thing I like most about your restoration project is that you always show us the end product doing its intended job! Itn not only good looking, it's functional
Many thanks !! It’s a pleasure to share it with you 😌🙌
5:15... Not enough! Toys and TV shows have made kids ignorant and dumb. I wish they still had stuff like this for kids to learn from.
Doo-gooders forcing health and safety issues where none are needed are the real issue. In the UK thirty years ago some arseholes decided we could no longer dicipline children. The result is that there are more 'special' schools than mainstream ones. filled with unruly, rude, ignorant and dumb children - our future...scary isn't it?
It’s true, I’ve seen some kids in my school be ignorant as hell, and no one bats an eye. Not to mention the generic kids shows we have today, I mean look what they turned Thomas into
I take it this is the first steam engine you have had going. You have to close the whistle and let the boiler build up pressure. Then the flywheel will work as it should, providing the mating serfaces of the piston and plate are flat against each other. I used to restore the mamod steam engines and traction engines. I had great times rebuilding htem and firing them up for the first time.
Thanks a lot for all these infos !!! I’ll do better next time ! My welding was very weak :( 🙌👍🏻
Being burned or injured playing with a toy is what qualifies it as educational.
Haha definitely 😌👍
I was given one when I was young , in 1958. Still have it today. Same brand JC Unis....label still on it too.
Wow is it still working ?
@@TheFabrik
No, but it's missing very simple things. The plug for the water tank, and an alcohol burner. What I miss is the other toy that came with the steam machine. It was a working manufacture and all the tools could hook up to the engine. It came on a wooden board, roughly 40 cm by 25cm, and there was 6 or 7 different machines screwed on the base, with a system of pulleys to hook up to the steam engine. When you're seven years old....this shit is simply fascinating. And still is when you're 70...
Thank you for all these infos ! My kids are fascinated too by this machine ! When I see all these stupid toys they are playing with... quite dangerous tho... 💥 Thanks again
Un véritable bon en arrière et des tonnes de souvenirs qui remontent avec votre restoration magnifique. En 1988 un monsieur très âgé m’a offert cette petite machine à vapeur, je passais mes mercredi après-midi chez lui à bricoler avec ce passionné de moteurs et d’horlogerie dans son atelier qui sentait bon les parfums d’huiles et de graisses. Je viens de ressortir d’un tiroir ce petit jouet et il fonctionne toujours ! Je vais lui donner un petit coup de neuf. Grâce à vous. En souvenir de ce vieux papi disparu en 1991 qui était la gentillesse même. Merci beaucoup.
Rémy merci pour ce commentaire. C’est vraiment touchant et gratifiant d’entendre ce genre d’histoires ! Clairement la meilleure partie de ce job 😃👍🏻
Your question was, I wonder how many kids got burnt playing with this? I'm wondering how many ignorant idiots let their children play with this in the first place? This is certainly not a toy!!! Thanks for sharing.
あっ、このチャンネルで始めて観た動画の蒸気動力で砥石回し人形の砥石動かすのと通じる物が有るぞ！？
当時は子供の玩具だったんだろうけど、今は逆に、リアルな仕組みで動くアンティーク美術品（芸術品？）扱いだろうな、綺麗に修復されると。
😀😁😁😁👍
Damn, where did you find this? 😂.
I’ve got something similar to this sitting in its box that me and my dad used to run when I was a kid.
9:16....Awww, it was brilliant to see it finally get going.....almost like a living thing taking its first steps. Love to see you fix the issues on this beautiful little machine...I'd love to have one!
Hey Jeff thanks a lot for your comment !!! There are some leaks here and there.... It should have run faster... Thanks for watching tho 🙌
I was born in 1953 there those toys were all the rage I can't tell you how much I wanted one but my parents could not afford the price I still love them I love your channel seeing some of the toys I owned myself when I was young sometimes neighbors would sell their toys or give them to the parents of' kids who normally could not afford them as their kids had outgrown them. poverty was rife in my day
Hi Charles and thanks a lot for telling me this little part of your life !! I really like when people say hey I had this toy when I was a child ! 😃👍🏻
I was born in the same year and remembered toys like this. But my father was still in the Navy at the time, and with brothers and sisters being present, the Navy dollar stretched only so far at that time.
@@coleparker A lot of our toys came from jumble sales but my mum young brother and sister would go for a walk to a fly-tip looking for plants that had been split for our garden mum found a box of old dolls she recovered teddy bears made new clothes for the dolls my very young sister wrote in her school diary yesterday we went to the tip and I got some new dols and a teddy bear lol
Even today, I think the cheapest Jensen (US) is $150. They are pretty much handmade by Wilesco and Jensen. So amazing you can get one for as cheap as $150. Certainly not something a lot of families could afford.
My husband LOVES these sadly, we can't afford the Mamod ones & his late father sold my husband's own Mamod years back (my father in law was awful & considered nothing given to my husband as actually his, it always belonged to his father - well, until he was old enough to start buying things with his own money; though even then he tried it on.) I really wish he'd let my husband keep the little steam stationary engine - my father in law didn't even sell it for much because he thought it was rubbish. It's a shame as my husband would've loved one to restore; even it was as rough as the one you have. You show that no matter how far gone they look, they can be restored & revived. Are these ones Comby expensive? We definitely couldn't afford a Mamod (I've been looking for years, but they're just pricier by the year), or any of the other 'go to' brands for collectors. I'd really love to get him - preferably needing resto (he'd love to do it) - for his birthday in June. I think I will go and look. THANK YOU for this, it made my day to see one of these so well restored.
Thank you for sharing this story !! You can find these JC Unis at an affordable price... There is one for sell on eBay for 45 euros, it's possible to catch some for less than 30 euros. Thanks again for your kind words !!! All the best
Чтобы все блистело помойте его чисто для использования на всякий случай
@5:13 ..........
Likely lots of kids got burns from this type of toy.
BUT........ They provided a unique opportunity to learn.
DON'T BE STUPID.......
STUPID is suppose to hurt.
Getting burnt is how you learn how a steam engine works, and how to solder stuff also.
I'm glad to say I got burnt a few time while I was young.
No pain no gain
Great restoration, I am a collector and have a New of these, Marklin, Weeden, .. fome of them needs help. This video has provide Many tips, thanks for sharing.
Thanks a lot Alberto. Well it should have been better... There are some leaks here and there... really poor welding... Thanks for watching and commenting !! 🙌👍🏻🙏
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good sometimes ye have to take the past apart to put it back together again
Very nicely done! I have a Wilesco lined up for restoration.
Thank you !! 🙌 can’t wait to watch yours 🤩
piękna robota, gdybyś uszczelnił i zakręcił gwizdek tak żeby para nie uciekała to maszyna kręciła by się szybko....
Pozdrawiam!! Robert.
tak masz rację przegapiłem lut...
Dangerous and beautiful toys but I’m sure it created BIG THINKERS and CREATORS of our times😎
I had my first steam engine (a Mamod) bought for me over 40 years ago and it's still going and fun to use.
Same here!
Mamod is still a thing, they have a website anyways. Wilesco never went out of business as far as I know, nor did Jensen. Those are the three I know about, of course there are other companies making model steam engines. Some are electric heated. This model reminded me of Jenson or Wilesco. No idea what the original colors were.
Had one of these as a kid it also came with the table saw accessory which would really only cut paper and a really cool log polar saw that came with already precut logs but it looked like it cut the logs which was kind of cool. Also just a tip if you close the whistle you will get it to go much faster.
The most sadistic toy I had growing up was - The Easy Bake Oven... That thing really could cook - cake...
A nice result. And it works. 👍 Fuel, water, but no oil? 🤨 For a machine, oil is the most important thing. This model is more dangerous than others: no water level indicator on the boiler, no safety valve. The oscillating cylinder with the spring also works as a pressure relief valve, but what if the tube is clogged?
Thanks a lot. Glad you enjoyed ! 😌🙏 I just added some mineral oil in the piston. I have another steam engine with more valves and a level indicator. Will restore it soon.
@@TheFabrik 👍 Thank you, the steam engine will be happy about the oil. I'm looking forward to another steam engine restoration video, these great toys should be preserved. At a steam engine from the flea market I had to clean the completely clogged steam pipe with a wire, but otherwise it looked like new, someone just forgot to let the water out of the steam boiler, so it left a residue after years.
Kids learn quickly. They my get burnt once hopefully not twice. Kids today just dont know the fun we had. Toys today anit nothing like we had.
Ellerine sağlık özenli itinalı bir uğraş birazda espri eklemişsin ustalığına...
5:14 you say " I wonder how many kids have been burnt by these toys " , I say ,
" I wonder how many kids ,young and old, have been taught by these toys that power bites,and have gone on to appreciate the world about them that bit better !"
Bel lavoro. Metti nel cilindro un po’ di olio 600 e cerca di non perdere vapore dalla caldaia. Il volano non e’ in asse con il pistone quindi il tutto gira abbastanza lento rispetto al calore fornito dal bruciatore.
You should replace the steam pipe. They get clogged inside. More steam will get through then and it will run better. It should be much faster.
Hi Chris and thanks for these infos ! You’re absolutely right... also I should have made stronger welding. There are a few leaks 😕I’ll do better next time. Thanks for watching and commenting !! 👍🏻🙌🙏
I'd love to have one of them toys. Good work.
yes, some kids may have burned their fingers but many others learned how to use their brains.
Thanks a lot !!! And yes you're definitely right...
They still sell them. But they are not cheap. Look for at least $150 dollars and up, depending on model and size. But they really are fun to play with at any age . I am presently refurbishing one myself...
I Had one of these, very similar.In the UK They were made by Mamod. That's a very long time ago, sadly
A weak ago I got a steam powered toy locomotive from my friend. I really looking forward to restore it.
thank goodness someone finally using the proper wrench instead of an adjustable wrench, they have expensive sand blasters etc but not a inexpensive wrench set.
🙌 oh well thanks !!! 😃
I think this might be a Jean comby steam engine, maybe a bing. It has all the features of the french made Jean Comby.
The piston wasn't easily pushing the wheel because the wheel had no counter weight.
There are also some leaks here and there... bad welding... thanks for watching !!
That "toy" would be banned for kids in the USA now......safety reason...lol
These things are not toys. If these were what toys looked like back then no wonder our parents are so much smarter than us.
А что, это’_?
Типа эскиза старого’ пара генератора’
За лучшую работу за все ваши работы.
Лайк. Спасибо
🙏 большое спасибо !
... модель паровой машины!!!
Very nice work. A lot of patience to make that steam engine came up with a great experience for restoration of history. Love that colors and styles 🤟👍👍
🙏 Thanks a lot for your comment !! Glad you enjoyed 😌
Well done. Looks like it might have been under water.
How many kids got burned? Me! I did in the 1960s with a Mamod steam engine.
This one was built when kids were kids and a burn here or there was definitely worth it
They should still do these kind of toys...some toys are just so stupid even the "science" ones.
👍👌👏 Very well done (video and work/restoration). Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health.
One of my very first vid... Thank you so much !!😃
I’m sure lots of kids have been burned and I know one kid who set his room on fire!! Me!! Lol.. I still mess with these little engines 50 years later..😃.. Andrew M .. Nova Scotia.
Haha Andrew 😄 Best way to learn ! Thanks a lot for watching and also commenting 😌🙌
This makes me want a desk toy steam engine that has a little generator that charges your phone. Totally impractical but very exciting
I’ll do one more steam engine soon... That would be amazing to ad a cable to charge phones !! 🤩 Thanks a lot for watching and commenting !! 😃👍🏻
Boa noite! Paz do SENHOR, JESUS CRISTO te ama muito
Le travail est important et magnifique, mais je ne comprends pas pourquoi vous ne passez pas par un nettoyage important des parties en laiton AVANT de souder. La soudure en serait de bien meilleure qualité et bien plus facile a réaliser. il est fort probable que les fuites soient totalement inexistantes. Cela dit, merci pour vos vidéos.
Je ne suis pas au top niveau soudures... Mais je vais m’améliorer !! Je n’avais pas l’étain idéal pour effectuer ce travail ( en plus du reste )....
@@TheFabrik Pas de tracas. On s'améliore tous les jours... Pour moi c'est tout pareil !
😃🙏
i love the price of the engine : 16/6, about 83p today !
Точно такую взорвал Карлссон в гостях у Малыша. Это было легендарно!
My dad had one but I didn’t get burned. I did, however, burn my fingers on the exhaust of his Triumph Tiger when I was 2!
Oh ! Thanks for that story Peter 😉 Now you know exhausts can be very hot 🙂
I think your piston needs new seal🤔 great job though.
This video would be much more enjoyable without all that phoney baloney "yellow stuff" sprayed all over the item before the "restoration". Why can't these so-called restoration channels be honest about the condition of the item before they clean it up?
The yellow stuff is sawdust. That item was in a sawmill. Stucked inthere for years. Watch my other vids you’ll see I don’t cheat. And I don’t clean my items before restoring them ;) many thanks !!
amazing restoration. Happy birthday. Very good.
Brings back memories of my youth :) I had a Wilesco one (D6 if I remember correctly). We used Esbit blocks to power that one.
I still have mine, the wheel would turn faster if you capped the whistle, there should be a valve with a spring loaded valve to blow the whistle with bun really nice job on the restoration. mine is still in working order BTW.
Thanks a lot for watching ! I messed up the solder and I should have closed the whistle. Will do better next time ! ;)
Now we’ve made life so safe kids have lost the wonder of building, using their imaginations, or smaller ‘kid sized’ machines of yesteryear.
So true...😔
keep stronger n stay positive bro..
Both the boiler and cylinder are leaking. You could have done better
A very beautiful thing. Thank you for this very classy work. You are a fountain of creativity. I wish you more brilliance, my friend.
😁😁😅😅😆😁😁😃😆😃😆😃😆😆😃😆😃😄😄 me toca a mi sobrina de la casa de mi tía si está en su mamá y mi tía si
Ya se vacuno yar
El principio de funcionamiento que dio pie a la revolución industrial
Omg, i'm New in your Channel, Very Nice your videos ( i'm from Brazil !! )
Hi Brazil !!! Thanks a lot !!! 🙏
Greeting from the Czech republic . 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Wonder how many of these blew up back in the day
Haha a few probably 😁
I have a scratch built one from my grandfather, but we can’t get her to work. Any tips!
I’ll restore another one with more details... there are a few othe vids on YT... Feel free to ask me questions !
I still have mine and it's almost in mint shape....had it since new
I had 3 live steam engine and my kids never got burned. You have to teach them be careful
Glad to hear !!! Kids live in bubble wrap film nowadays 😒
What in the world do you coat these things with? They have a uniform patina that doesn’t come gradually with age.
This engine was abandoned in an old workshop. It’s a mixture of grease and sawdust. Thanks a lot for watching 👍🏻🙏🙌
I should send you the one I fucked up... I meant found.
I really want that kerosene burner for my wilesco tractor
Great job I have got to find one of these it is so cool looking
great precise work, wonderful result. a master at work. 👍🏻
Thanks again ! 😌🙏
You make restoration videos do you? The law requires that I subscribe immediately
😁👍🏻 Thanks !!
have thought about using a liquid or paste flux? It would make a cleaner joint.
I know there are a few leaks here and there. It seems like the soldering is a bit too weak... I have another engine lined up for restoration... Will do better... Thanks a lot for watching and also commenting !!
La máquina de vapor.
Es el aparato más bello.
Creado por el hombre 👨.
🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂. 😘.
Claro !! 😀👍🏻
Great job! My brother used to have one. I just wonder how you remember where all those little screws and things go when you put it back together again. I couldn't!
🙏 Thank you !!! Well sometimes you don’t remember 😆 You can watch what you’ve recorded before...
Nice work, very fond of the bright work. As pointed out, closing the whistle will boost the steam pressure. That little booger would all but fly then.
Pretty engine, reminds me of my Wilesco D10.
Thank you very much !!! Yeah I know it should have work faster... 😌🙌
Woww👍👍super It is soo nice..super 👍👍👍