More power? Looks like its about to take off? What a rare beast a Griffin and George SE3 in good knick! The one we had at my school looked like it had been in a bonfire? In four years of science studies i never saw it run though! I believe they only made two thousand with super boilers and silver soldered joints? Wonder how many are still about today?
Have my father's Carlton Sprint 1948 and my first ever frame a second hand Elswick Hopper Continental both Reynolds 531 frames. Paint jobs done on both and mounting them on lovely pieces of at some point , no space for more bikes.
The burner supplied with my minor 1 in the mid 1960s had a small round tank, with a short length of tube extending forward with a 1/4" diameter tube about 3/4" long, soldered at the end of the smaller tube the meths fed through this tube to a round cotton wick. This gave a much smaller flame, and meant that the engine didn't try to take of when running.
I got a syringe for my d 405 with a long tube that makes the job easier I put a bit of grease or oil on a small paint brush to do the moving parts get the rubber tyres for it look alot better and more grip on smooth surfaces you video is informative for anyone who is thinking of getting one at lot of them on this tube just run them and no dialog they no nothing about steam engines I grease the cogs and get a smoother run
Between my brother and me we had pretty much all of those cars back in the early 1970s. One of each type. We played them quite hard, so few of them were without knocks. Unfortunately lost a lot of them in the 1990s when our garden shed got broken into by kids. :-( Interesting to see the colour variants, which at the time we paid no attention to at all.
I really like your workshop, very nice.. Our Minor 1 is about the same age however we usually used Esbit alcohol tablets. My brother now has the Minor 1 and I bought a Sunnytech Stirling engine with a generator to power some LEDs.
I loved those chrome colours . I had the merc coupe in gold chrome and the green chrome jag . also the Eldorado in gold . I'm sure these moulds were the same as the hotwheels. the Eldorado and merc look almost identical to the hot wheels . that gold chrome always reminds me of Christmas at home with my mam and dad and sister , around 1970 great vid
Interesting you use an ordinary motor oil in your engines, i use a gearbox oil in mine which works wonders and helps quieten down a lot of mechanical noise and sticks to the parts well. I have just acquired a Hobbies SE2 and SE3 and a 37 Mamod SE4.. Magic engines. Nice videos, i always enjoy your ones, very informative, thanks.
very nice engine. What does the beam actually do bar being nice to watch? Do you remove it to run workshop pullies? I looked at a SP6 but bought a Jensen 75 instead as it had more features and was impressed by its engineering (friend has one). Barring the crap paint it's great: runs like a swiss watch I looked at Wilesco as always wanted one as a kid but the D10! I looked at had all the build quality of a coke can sadly. I will look for a vintage one are some point. Just got back into the these really after digging out the Mamods I had as a kid. I will probably pull the trigger on an SP6 or 8 soon though. They are pretty expensive though. Debating whether my 280 goes on one or a Karsten Tornado turbine short term. Great to see Mamod still going though. Mine were Slough built still going strong (SP2 and traction engine)They are great stress busters the whole ritual of oiling them up and running them and watching all the parts move.
Do you not find that the se2a is crap? The se2 with the regulator is the best engine ever made. Yes, I had a traction engine, but I really wanted a stationary engine when I was 12 years old. Now I'm 60 and I can do what I like!
Did I hear you right - not run for about 25 years? Evidently, you took good care of it whilst storing it, as a relatively minor steam leak at the regulator ain't too bad for being that old! I've got one of these - great little engine!
My good man, it's so heart-warming to hear a soulmate talk lovingly about his beautiful machine. This is the case with this beauty of yours. My God, it's timeless and most lovingly restored- with good taste throughout. I fully understand your deep-felt pride in having brought back to life this gem- and you've personalized it too. I happen to own a beautiful Raleigh Record Ace 1981, purchased in Cheltenham in a shop nearly a hundred years old ! -nearly full Campy, which I upgraded bit by bit too. The big change was from the Weinnman 605 side pulls (rather mediocre braking, especially when you live in Paris, France) to the fabulous Mafac Competition Gold centre pulls. Then came the chainset. From SR Super Custom to the mythical Suntour Superbe Pro 1992, 53/39. In other words, I know where you're at mate. You have taken your project to town. I take my hat off to you Sir. Very best regards from Paris.
Shame on you, some of us HAD New Year Resolutions to pare down steam engine purchases. I now feel my resolve weakening, a D22 is probably in my near future. ;)
That is a former Crimean War Hospital build in 1858, designed by a well now architect, William Butterworth, very much an advocate of the gothic school. It was formerly St Dunstans Abbey School, Dawn French was a pupil there at the time.
