When I was a kid, (back in the 50's), we had one of these at our scout camp for lighting. 32 volt generator And light bulbs to match (special order). My uncle told me it had been an old coal mine generator. Ran not only lights, but a little rail car on tracks.
I don;t use modern tools at all because they are cheap pieces of plastic shit and burn out as soon as the warranty is up. All my power tools are from the 40s through the 1960s. Soild steel and metal. You plug it in and it goes. Never been so stupid enough to get hurt by a power tool. I love my 60 years old hedge shears because there is a handle right by the bade that makes it easier to maneuver and balance the tool in your hands, and it doesnt vibrate like crazy. It operates so smooth and i dont have muscle fatigue from being shaken to death like the plastic crap ones. My power sander also has a lot of tolerance in the motor you can press down on it and dig in hard without bogging the motor down to get a stubborn knot hole sanded out. A new one will just overheat and trip the safety fuse and you have to wait an hour for it to cool down again.
@@yearlong5179 There is a guy at my work who says a similar phrase " I'm a good millwright I still have all my fingers and toes." He is right, he is a good millwright.😎
My dad was the “Dr. of engines”!! My dad had over 350 hit and miss gas engines!! Was a little easier starting a engine when the flywheel had a built in crank!! Don’t forget to push crank back in because when it hits you in the knee!😭 my dad also had 50 antique tractors!!👍👍👍
Thanks for the video, always great to see these hit and miss engines still doing it,, also great to see Jonathan from " Hit and Misfits" fire it up, Howdy from Texas 😁
Love seeing these old bits of kit working!. Nice that they're allowed to demonstrate it in action. 👍 Health and Safety probably wouldn't allow that here in Australia.
How much fun is when the saw bites on a knot and spins that little bit of wood strait outa ya hands, makes ya feel alive don't it....took me ages to type this...
Reminds me of the rig Grandpa could mount onto his "Johnny Popper" tractor, belt powered. Damned big circular saw!! It frightened me watching him cut wood with it!
My dad wtill runs a buzzsaw on a pto like that. Ferguson tractor. I have used it a few times. More worried about random binds than forgetting about the blade itself. Very effective, not the safest, lol
Oh boy, exposed blades are accidents waiting to happen.. Very cool though, nice to see an engine like that actually being put to work instead of just thumpin’ away doing nothing
That reminds me of a trick I've had to use with a riding lawnmower when the battery was really weak: Position the engine by hand so that it's just at the end of a power stroke, and THEN hit the starter. That way it has an entire rotation in which to pick up momentum before it hits the compression stroke
Mercmad funny you should mention lack of concentration, I burned my arm at work today after I leaned on a piece of metal I had just welded less than a minute ago. Funny how at the end of the day you start to let down your guard.
Pre OSHA period machine......... My God they would have a field day with that one. All original but so dangerous. Honestly though I think I would put a guard of some sort on that blade.
Another great video! Love to see them attached to machines. Off topic to the video, just picked myself up a Maytag twin from an estate sale, and was thinking about restoring it. How do you go about removing the rust from the cast iron pieces?
Wow, that was great to see a pretty much original engine and saw. I noticed the seat in front of the engine - any idea of why that would be there? Anyway, I had never heard of a hit and miss engine until I subscribed to your channel, but now I'm fascinated by them.
I first saw these at the Kutztown Folk Festival (Berks County PA off of US222) years ago and walked past with some of them running. I didn't know what they were called, not until this week!
when i was about 12 or 13 i had a single cylinder harley davidson snowmobile and broke the recoil and i got it to bump start from the primary clutch with my hands lol
I always see these old hit and miss engines running, and I know water goes in the resevior on top of the cylinder to cool the engine... But where is the fuel tank and what type of fuel do these engines use?
nice hey roadking im iso a governor weight set up for a 1 1/2hp alamo that bolts to the fly wheel was wondering if you or mike know of any where i can get thanks
Thanks Rob...Jonathan no worries buddy, Roadking and I know about the time you get enough backside to do something you get a big ole belly that gets in the way! :>) Thanks Roadking!!
Dead man saw Got many boys arms cut off So glad they quit making them My Daddy ran one when he was a kid But it was hooked to a tractor running a belt drive
I went the Thresheree near me and they always have these mini engines (smaller than this one) running a washing machine or a old water pump, can you tell me if they have a name?
My neighbor has a John Deere saw like this... from 1905 I think. rough shape but complete. He is looking to sell it but doesn’t know where to list it. Any ideas?
I love that old machinery... wish I had space to store things like that. It did make me very nervous to see that huge saw blade running, with a very small "pre osha" blade guard... with everyone around it. Guess back then the users had to have serious common sense, to keep from loosing limbs! I watch another tuber that uses a saw like that one to cut his fire wood, but his is now powered with one of those old Wisconsin V-4 air cooled engines. I think the hit and miss has more torque, as that Hercules just kept that blade spinning. The Wisconsin would slow down, and often would pull the log back, and wait for the engine to pick the rpm's back up to finish his cut.
Any projects we have that require machining usually get sidelined during the Show Season because we're on the road alot and just don't have the time for them!!☺
When it hits, the governor is in and the engine makes power. When it misses, the governor is out, the compression is released via a valve lifter, and the engine coasts. It's a means of speed regulation.
THESE OLD HIT & MISS ARE REFERED TO AS DONKEY ENGINES IN THE SOUTH. OLD LOCAL FEED MILL WOULD GRIND CORN MEAL ON HALVES USING A 3 HP. ENGINE. IT ALSO RAN A GRITTS MILL. GOOD OLD DAYS BACK THEN !
Holding the sawn end close to the blade is just nuts. Made me cringe watching. The hinged table is there so you don't get your hands near the blade. Keep both hands on the butt end and well clear of the saw. The sawn end just falls onto the ground. If the blade hit something in the wood while you are holding both sides it could be disastrous. You would not be the first to be killed or maimed by this type of saw. BTW there are still plenty of them used to cut firewood here in NZ mostly driven by tractor pto though.
