1898 Steam Umpire Launch Consuta - Lighting up

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
  • A video to show the lighting up of Consuta's loco boiler, then oiling the DesVignes engine and warming through.
    Shot on a chilly damp day at the end of the season just before hauling out for the winter, so please excuse the state of the boat ;-)
    The charitable trust that runs Consuta has recently (2017-2018) been awarded Heritage Lottery Funding to construct and install a much lighter boiler more akin to what she would have been fitted with when first built.
    The new boiler will allow her boiler casing to be lowered to it's original form, help her to perform better and she'll be easier to steam too, so all for the good.
    For more info please check out the Consuta Trust website: www.Consuta.org.uk

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  • @timmayer8723
    @timmayer8723 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This man loves this engine. Every part is his next of kin. He is a patient and loving father to gears, links, valves, pipes and gauges. It responds to his every touch as he wakens it, until it comes to life. He will attend to its every need until he is not able to bring it to life ever again. Sad, as many true love stories are.

  • @bassmith448bassist5
    @bassmith448bassist5 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It's this attention to detail is why these old engines are still running. Well Done!!!!!

    • @DevinBoynton
      @DevinBoynton 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Davie504 challenges YOU to a bass battle.

  • @tonymercer7759
    @tonymercer7759 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lots of time peering into the boat and firing up its steam engine but we never saw what the tub itself looked like !

  • @nakedoffroad8518
    @nakedoffroad8518 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My goodness that is fantastic engineering. So smooth and well manufactured

  • @crazyhorsetrading8655
    @crazyhorsetrading8655 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks for the upload. Love watching these steam videos, amazing machines, not much built like that these days.

  • @nlo114
    @nlo114 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I go for a trip at any opportunity! I went out on Osprey (double expansion, 30" prop) mid-September; a beautiful sunny afternoon on Windermere just gently pottering along. A lovely boat, very nicely maintained, great crew. (2)

  • @greghilton7797
    @greghilton7797 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Fascinating. I was totally enthralled watching the meticulous care taken to bring the engine to life. Thank you for posting and Looking forward to seeing more. Cheers

    • @rodneymartin-ps2yv
      @rodneymartin-ps2yv ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too but glad someone invented diesel power!

  • @javanbirdbluerusselling5285
    @javanbirdbluerusselling5285 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The world should run on steam.

  • @novanut1964
    @novanut1964 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    good video, informative, thanks

  • @sar4564
    @sar4564 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    that steam engine is a beauty!

  • @Zippsterman
    @Zippsterman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Incredible work, I'd love to try this out in person.

  • @rwood6980
    @rwood6980 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Well kind sir, no doubt the most interesting thing I have seen on utube. ....a former diesel electric submariner

    • @BillyN31
      @BillyN31 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      R Wood Connecticut?

  • @grahammay6917
    @grahammay6917 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This brought back happy memories ....... you were a lad back then😄!
    Best wishes to all
    Graham and Sheila, S/L Lesley Ann

    • @arlette31
      @arlette31  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Indeed, long time no see!
      I still have fond memories of the Oilies btw. ;-)

  • @SteamCoal
    @SteamCoal ปีที่แล้ว

    Stephenson mechanism. It has more details, but it works reliably!

  • @SteamCoal
    @SteamCoal ปีที่แล้ว

    Boiler Locomotive type? Thanks for the informative videos!

  • @WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE
    @WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nicely done! I'm looking forward to hear how she performs with the new boiler.

  • @justtim9767
    @justtim9767 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very nice video.

  • @onceANexile
    @onceANexile 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This freak is a fun nut.
    I would be a British bloke if they paid me.

  • @P61guy61
    @P61guy61 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Most excellent! Thank you for posting.

  • @boahneelassmal
    @boahneelassmal 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    this reminds me a hell of a lot of Whitley Court&& Garden... There's an victorian steamer on the pond too...

  • @stranraerwal
    @stranraerwal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    sorry...but are the remnants of an old fire worthwhile watching ?

  • @TarmanTheChampion
    @TarmanTheChampion 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    amazing! id pay to steam around on this beauty!

    • @arlette31
      @arlette31  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm not sure where you are but if you join the Consuta trust then you could help run her.

  • @ДенисЯрыгин-й7я
    @ДенисЯрыгин-й7я 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Damn guys! Class!))) Where did you get such a cool thing? I myself live on the river, well, not really, the boat is on the river, I spend 2 weeks regularly in the summer with my family on the river, such or such a boat would be just right! You don’t have enough gasoline, but we have a forest edge! Russia, the city of Kirov, the Vyatka river.

    • @arlette31
      @arlette31  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do check out the Consuta Trust web page, it has a lot of the history of the vessel right up to present day.

  • @patrickroeill8746
    @patrickroeill8746 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    what happened to the rest of the video?

  • @RandomsFandom
    @RandomsFandom 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    install zerks without the balls, and use rubber hose to make another oiler system like the wick pan in the front, and you'll only have to flll pans

  • @oldvideopro
    @oldvideopro 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Content is excellent. Now you need to do it again in 4K with a gimbal camera and not in interlaced mode. Interlacing is such a pain. A bit of editing to cut out things like "let me know when you're filming" would help, too. Consuta is such a delight.

    • @henrytupper6959
      @henrytupper6959 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I like the way it is .

    • @lizlawrence4553
      @lizlawrence4553 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why not watch as it is, or is that too much too ask of a stupid cretin to do. Just appreciate it as it is. Cretin

  • @TarmanTheChampion
    @TarmanTheChampion 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fred Dibnah would be proud!

  • @ostengrotell2405
    @ostengrotell2405 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    👍🇫🇮🇸🇪🇺🇦❤️😊

  • @davidgooch9565
    @davidgooch9565 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Assume they checked water level before lighting fire!

  • @viivcreations9161
    @viivcreations9161 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    lol i want to convert the top into a bbq pit so i can bbq while driving xD

  • @Sokeresa
    @Sokeresa 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can't imagine what would be like long passage on a steam boat. Looks like to much work

    • @rcpmac
      @rcpmac 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Odd comment - Are you afraid of work?

  • @briananthony4044
    @briananthony4044 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Imagine getting the steam systems on the Titanic ready for service.

    • @santatigerclaus
      @santatigerclaus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it probably had at least 5-10 hands shovelling, it had like 4 engines?

    • @briananthony4044
      @briananthony4044 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@santatigerclaus 2 huge triple expansion engines and a low pressure turbine on the central propeller. 29 boilers in total. www.titanicology.com/Titanica/TitanicsPrimeMover.htm

  • @tonyloechte9994
    @tonyloechte9994 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I wanted to see it make a capuchino.

  • @Captionmarvelous
    @Captionmarvelous 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Are we there yet?

    • @fukkyoutube
      @fukkyoutube 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @ well youll get a nice long nap in

    • @rcpmac
      @rcpmac 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What you people lose with your impatience is truly a shame

  • @super20dan
    @super20dan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    what a giant pain this boat ie to operate

    • @rcpmac
      @rcpmac 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Interesting comment - all I see is pleasure

  • @davidfield1456
    @davidfield1456 ปีที่แล้ว

    A comment .has questioned checking the water level before lighting up. In addition during steam raising a "cross check

  • @khadijagwen
    @khadijagwen 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    How do you clean the fire box on that?

    • @arlette31
      @arlette31  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      During the steaming season we just rake the ash through the grate, anything still well formed and too big to drop through the small gaps gets re-burnt.
      The ash from the ashpan gets used to fill in potholes in the car park.
      Out of season the grate is lifted out and the firebox is given a quick wire brushing and is just left over winter until next season.

  • @bobdown8043
    @bobdown8043 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Whereabouts are you?

    • @arlette31
      @arlette31  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In the video we are on the lake at Beale Park, Lower Basildon, Pangbourne (UK).
      The lake is a man made one, the result of grave extraction in the 1980's. Around the early 2000's a cut was dug out to allow navigation to and from the River Thames.

  • @mattseymour8637
    @mattseymour8637 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice video.good idea about the paper. What coal are you using ?

    • @spencerwilton5831
      @spencerwilton5831 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Matt Seymour The bag said Welsh steam coal. It's a naturally semi smokeless coal, softer and easier to light than anthracite.

    • @mattseymour8637
      @mattseymour8637 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@spencerwilton5831 arh yes its what I use in my loco. Good stuff!

  • @danquistberg7492
    @danquistberg7492 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I feel like the video ended right at the good part

  • @alguem3901
    @alguem3901 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    where the water tank ?

    • @arlette31
      @arlette31  5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No water tank needed. All the water for the boiler comes from what she's sitting on, as the Thames is fresh water.

    • @sar4564
      @sar4564 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "that's the beauty of it" 😊

  • @franciscomontoya383
    @franciscomontoya383 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    valla una locomotora de agua ja ja ja

  • @santatigerclaus
    @santatigerclaus 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    if the ash scoop had a square handle it wouldnt be as tippy with a load

  • @575drv
    @575drv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You guys don’t practice the 1/3 rule?

    • @arlette31
      @arlette31  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sorry haven't heard of that one, so can't answer without knowing more.
      Would you care to enlighten us of what it is? And where it comes from?
      Cheers.

  • @ralphedelbach
    @ralphedelbach 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fascinating piece of machinery but the camera work is terrible. It is a shame to put in the time and effort to make the video and have it turn out this bad when learning how to properly operate a camera and edit the raw footage would have made it so much better. Hope future videos are easier to watch.

    • @arlette31
      @arlette31  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I shouldn't hold your breath if I were you.
      You do realise you posted a 50 odd minute video with 40 minutes of it showing nothing but a blank screen!?! Pot kettle perhaps?

  • @СергейСемашков-л8о
    @СергейСемашков-л8о 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ничего не понял но очень интересно!!!!

  • @jpegjake
    @jpegjake 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Looks like santas sleigh

  • @colmornane5684
    @colmornane5684 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I see why they invented the Diesel engine!

  • @vainoruuska4858
    @vainoruuska4858 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Juu

  • @a.k.s6728
    @a.k.s6728 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Vah

  • @Zippsterman
    @Zippsterman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Knuckle hair is overrated.

  • @komerwest5872
    @komerwest5872 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What the hell. Don't toss the trash overboard.

    • @arlette31
      @arlette31  5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No trash goes overboard.
      I think what you are referring to is clinker (aka rock).
      The lake the boat is on here was made by extracting thousands of tons of gravel (aka rock), so throwing a few lumps back is not going to make any difference in the grand scheme of things.

  • @mainlawcafewv7681
    @mainlawcafewv7681 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Way too much trouble

  • @bobm549
    @bobm549 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would like to have subtitle on next video. Americans are uni lingual ! Thanks

    • @CanOChili
      @CanOChili 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You telling me that you, as an American, can't understand English? Bet you voted for Trump, too.

    • @Chr.U.Cas1622
      @Chr.U.Cas1622 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dear@@CanOChili
      👍👌👏
      They definitely should dump dumb Trump! It's about time!
      Best regards luck and health.

    • @rcpmac
      @rcpmac 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There are subtitles built into youtube - click on the CC at the bottom right. BTW I could understand the accent perfectly - I'm from Buffalo NY and Seattle

    • @morskojvolk
      @morskojvolk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      All replies: _whoosh_

    • @henrytupper6959
      @henrytupper6959 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No trouble understanding.

  • @martialme84
    @martialme84 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I very much do not condone littering.
    Stop throwing your garbage into the river.

    • @arlette31
      @arlette31  5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Your use of the word garbage is incorrect, we don't throw 'garbage' overboard.
      Only the odd couple of bits of clinker (aka rock) go overboard into what is an old gravel (aka rock) workings pit.
      Note: we're not on the River here it is a man made lake made by extracting thousands of tons of rock & putting a few small bits of rock back really makes no difference in the grand scheme of things.