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Don't know exactly why I find these videos so fascinating. I just love to see what other people have made and certainly enjoy viewing your assessment of their condition. Thanks, Keith.

just found your channel....I think it's fantastic, it's always been my dream to start a build of a steam engine from scratch, I think you will inspire me....by the way if you keep falling over them bits of steam engines in the box I'll gladly take them off you......

As always very interesting. Some of the "bitsfor" engines looked interesting and would be worth a series if they were your engines. I am always impressed with the variety of engines and how each is unique even if they are the same model. Thank you for making these videos.

Thank you for the great videos, I'm enjoying these "misfit" engines very much. Keep up the good work!

Still have my working miniature boiler engine from the 60's. It used those ignitable tablets and distilled water. Most the parts are stamped sheet metal, for the base and boiler. The fire brick design is embossed and stamped into it as well...all the valves are scale and small and no shortcuts were taken on the brass and castings or bolts.

i like some of these ..some ide be happy to have in a disply case but others ide also like to tinker with

I enjoy these videos a lot. I have two tiny steam engines so far, only one has a boiler. I once fashioned one to run off dry ice pellets, it was tricky and dangerous so i can't recommend doing it. I will say this though, I would love to have even some of the engines you have sitting in that bucket.

A "tiny bit of play in the main bearings" like 1/4" lol.

I really like your Video's. Can you maybe make a Video about, how to start with this hobby? What kind of tools are a must have and which would be more reasonable. Where to get the first steam engine from, kit's or used one. Again Thank you very much for your time, you spend to produce these.

Appreciate you sharing your experience's. Thank you.

3:18 sounds like a lister starting up

Yes Keith, I found this video very useful. Based on your vids I would never buy one of these from eBay. I was never considering purchasing one until I saw your video THE TROUBLE WITH OLD etc a year or more ago. Since I'm a mechanic I have been looking about the place, reasoning I could fix them up. I haven't made a leap of faith as of yet. After seeing these 2 vids I'll pass on the idea. I feel the exceedingly tawdry manufacturing, quality control and irreparable faults I think what's the point? It is supposed to be fun. None of this looks like fun to me for a mechanic mucking around out of hours. It is too much like work. I just couldn't be bothered since I appreciate prescision - even loose 'prescision' would be OK, but these aren't that. More they're just pieces of ess aitch one tee.

Also wondering if a steam injector will work on a boiler with 3"x 7" ,and ~ 130 inches of heating and 45 C.I. of water at 65 psi? I can't get a response from any vendors in England ? also are they adjustable , Thank You for all the Great videos ! Alec

Hi Keith, are any of the "junk" engines for sale. I have nothing but time on my hands and would like to repair or rebuild some steam engines.

Nothing better than steam and nothing better than a BRIT to make them run.

7:46 sounds like my Wilesco D6 :(

Were can I find some scrap engines ? Alec

Hehe if no one wants them "bitsa"'s, I quite like 'em and a long time fan of ahem "hybrid" stuff he says looking out the window at his three wheel van, my 1958 Lambretta is a bit of a bitsa having a 1966 engine and a few bits off later ones and some appallingly made Indian handlebars and horncasting which if the bits themselves weren't so rare I wouldn't have fitted 'em to me worst enemy's missus but just for a handlebar top cover is hundreds so had to go down the Indian backstreet rubbish route and invested in a LOT of JB Weld and QuikSteel and some low temp alloy brazing rods lol. Never ever own a Lambretta unless you have deep pockets and brains surgically treated for common sense.

Are there any scale models made after an Allis Chalmers Reynolds Corliss?

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