Make a Steam Driven Beam Engine - No Workshop or Tools Required!  

Ade I am lost for words. That video was outstanding in all respects. Simply brilliant 👏👏👍😎

This was the first time I've seen your new intro. Totally BRILLIANT! ! ! ! ! Laughed my backside off! ! !

Those DIY kits should be on a restricted list! They will for sure get kids hooked on model engineering. I am 81 now and got hooked via Mechano (actually "Trix") at about the age of 6....and my grandpa bought me a little stationary steam engine that was available at the time, a simple oscillating cylinder job, but still useful. It didn't take long for me to use the Trix set to make a chassis, compound reduction gear and get that little engine chuffing down the hallway dripping water, oil and methylated spirits on the carpet. This was in 1948, and my mother was very understanding about it. I went on to build model aircraft for many years (My dad worked at de Havilland's) and my engineering tools extended to a mini lathe, drill press and lots of taps, dies, files etc. by the time I was in my early 20s. Then I got interested in shooting and started making bits for guns, which I still do both for myself and my clients. I now have a larger lathe (the same model of Boxford that I used at school in the 1950s!), a more modern milling machine and Mig, Tig and MMA welders and of course a plasma cutter. Torches for soldering and brazing go without saying. Moving house became a real nightmare, so I am determined that I will only move from here in a box! That' a very well produced kit, quite costly I would imagine..... I cannot see how any child with a pulse could fail to be captivated by it. Parents need to know that the addiction is not curable, and treatment therapy (hand and machine tools up the wazoo) is expensive but rewarding, and helps to keep children out of other more harmful mischief.... 😀 I always had a yen to build a steam locomotive, but there's not enough spare hours left in my life now, so I just go to watch the local club's at their facility in town... Great video... thanks.....

nice film Ade. I run my copy of this engine most days....just to watch its nice action, but i use a bigger boiler for a longer run... this model is a good introduction to steam models and DANGEROUS toys....excellent.

One of the best looking kits I have seen Ade, hopefully you have helped to inspire some future generations to get involved, not only with this kit, but also with your home built engines. Cheers, Jon.

Great video Ade, love all the little effects, especially the unobtainium that made me laugh, now what was you building 😂

Fantastic intro 😂 I made a small steam engine from mostly crap I had around the house. I was so surprised at how satisfying it was once I got it to run, vs just blowing the piston once down the cylinder testing with the air compressor. Once it cycled It came alive tst tst tst tst tst 😲 🥳

20:58 that happened to me too! Except it happened out of nowhere and I was opening the regulator when it did, safe to say my hand got a bit hot

This was a soothing video in addition to being informative. I appreciate the little details of making us feel like we're back in time (railroad clock ticking, the old-timey music, birds chirping out in the rail yard).

That's a super looking engine Ade. Amazing video with all the special effects, and funny bits. Good to see you back. Have been looking forward to your videos. Hope to see some uses of your metal castings. All the best. Cheers Nobby

This video should be on TV! Excellent

As a creator, I am humbled by your post production skills!

This video is lovely, the way you tell the story is very nice indeed. some sense of humor is also there, really like it. And most important, this video is as informative as it can be.

Beautiful, I may have to give it a go!

Hello Ade, Excellent video, thank you... I loved the cinematography and the "Swash Vestas" matches were great. I liked the way the burner has a sort of door to keep the heat in the firebox, I have never seen that before. Take care. Paul,,

Great video Ade! I built one of those a while ago.

In bed feeling poorly , so turned to youtube to while away the time . What a glorious video . I thought i had zero interest in steam engines !! Glorious 👍

I really like the productive value you put into this video. Very entertaining. Enjoy every facet of it. I really enjoy old the engines especially hit and miss. When I was young we had 20, 25 and 30 hp superior engines running our oilfield wells.

I love the intro in your video😂. Very well explained everything . Good job . 👏🏻👌🏻😉

Very entertaining and informative Thank You.

Very educational and hugely funny especially reading the instructions on the Thunderbox.

Love it, love it, love it!! Brilliant content, very funny and a cracking little engine - I’ve bought one already. Hurry up in Hong Kong as I’m counting the days already 😅😅😅

Thanks for your video!🥰

neat little steam engine

Wonderful presentation!

Great video Ade, love your style of presentation 👍🙂 My friend Rob over on the Xynudu channel reviewed the same engine a couple of months ago. Fantastic engine but the boiler really could do with being a tad larger. Cheers, Alan.

Great video Ade, many thanks

Guy, you just a genius! "How to build live steam engine without tools? - just buy your own!!!"

loved your closing comment about playing with dangerous things i been using MAMODS since i was 13 now a nearly 60 year old MAMOD COLLECTER this kit has got me interested and will be looking at getting one wen funds allow

Nice job. Just love your channel

Interesting - I shall explore further. Just a thought, when you first tried to start it, the hot steam condensed out in the cold so it was slow to start and water to mop up. Is it worth running a heat gun over the workings before firing up, to preheat the working parts and get things going quicker and less messier?

Just needs a pressure gauge, some model handrails and a small dynamo and lamp! Oh and some copper pipes to replace the silicone! I'm getting one!

Worth the wait, 👍

Thx for the vid.

Great video Ade. Just got one for Christmas. Did you need to adjust the govenor at all?

Absolutely brilliant video 👍

Just purchased one before watching your video. AWESOME!! Are there any accessories for this kit that you would recommend?

Haha. Schi fi at it's best. Hope you earned some cash from it. Well done Ade. Steve.

Thanks for this great and instructive video ; Nice engine, well designed but these criminal silicone pipes and burner … Cotton wicks could replace the steel mesh wicks to allow light tilt 😊… Replacing the steam line would ask more work… but is still doable ! It could certainly do with a larger boiler but that remains a pleasant model 😊

Steam engines are so interesting. I made one recently out of parts I found around my house. It was one of the funnest little tinkering projects I’ve ever done. I made a short video of how I put it together if anyone is interested

Lol! Thanks for sharing 👍

Nice job, You did grate. also if you put different sizes of branches in Marty's cage it will help keep him from getting Arthritis in his feet. my dad had a little bird like Marty and it got arthritis in its feet and it couldn't walk so he had to have him put down. standing on the same size branch everyday all day long is what caused it.According to vet.sweet little bird. have a great day Ade.

Earned my sub... Great video!

Hi, I LOVED the video. You got me hooked. After watching your video, I ordered one (using your discount code). This will be my first engine build. Wish me luck! I do have 1 question. It doesn't look like the lubricating oil was included with the kit. What would you recommend using?

Now I wanna build a N scale steampunk mechinzaed railway museum for both mechanical and electrical powered. I wonder if I can throw a decoder onto the steampunk..

I found the Engine Shop site yesterday after looking for a stirling engine. Saw the beam engine and nearly bought it... Spooky!

Merci pour votre excellente vidéo

Oh blast. No Gresley A4 chime whistle. Lol

Damn You! $270.00 spent on that, $245 for the frikkin stirling jet-looking fan (on us amazon amazingly, 3 day shipping no less!) And to top it ALL OFF, now i'm stuck with a woody for the Hit & Miss on the site too! I think, possibly, probably not, I can hold off on that, as it's $480 total for all the bits, until the new year... I'd send you some cash, but now I'm about $1000 down, lol..... THANK YOU for an excellent vid! Now how the hell am I gonna pay the bills? ( jk )

Nice little model mate. I personally feel that these kits are far too expensive. The price is ridiculous. In fact, the price of nearly all new live steam engines is ridiculous. I know that there is much engineering that goes into these shiny copper and brass models but they will not attract youngsters into engineering because they are just so expensive. They seem to attract old guys with too much money to burn. 😅 I just watched a guy build a steam engine with an old shock absorber as the cylinder and piston and another piece of pipe for the steam valve. What was the cost of materials? The answer is nothing. Plus he learned how a real steam engine works. Now I did read that you started off in the back shed, like I hope to do. So I assume that you know about steam engines. I am still learning. It's the price that gets me angry. The sellers are very greedy. I know some of the steam engines are antique and are desirable by collectors. That's fine, but the brand-new ones are overpriced. I have a couple of old Mamods that I got working but There is a limit to what I will pay. Anyway, that's my rant. 🤣👍

Hi, I'm trying to assemble my own model, and I have a lot of friction in the piston. Can you provide any details on how I can adjust to allow the piston to drop smoothly?

So after some more tinkering, I got this kit to run nice and steady without running out of steam. Main thing was to stop steam leaking from the whistle and not opening the main steam valve too far. I'm not seeing the governor operate as I prefer to keep the rpm as slow as possible. For it to start working the engine needs to be going quite fast. If I swap the belt to the larger pulley to get more rpm at the governor, it puts a little too much drag on the flywheel and you get a bit of oscillation. Here it is ticking over nice and slow! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pc_EWaLSa3A.htmlsi=wJ91q1XCAxOnskuj

Really nice. I’m still awaiting your sticker I believe. He he.

Pls how can I get this kit

I have wander if you could if the engine could be attached to a generator and used to charge a cell phone.

Lovely triple tonguing but please give us engine sound not music.

I saw an ad on Facebook touting a kit by the same company for a hit and miss (make and break) four stroke engine kit, for less than $50.00. It sounded too good to be true, so I did a google search. I found those kits (which are wonderful) usually retail for over $600.00. Just a heads-up to be careful who you're buying from....

Hi Ade. I've watched this video and I absolutely love this beam engine kit and I would like to buy it. I clicked on the link provided in your description and noticed that it is priced in Dollars. Presumably this could mean that it is an American retailer, or definitely overseas. What I would like to ask is, because it is overseas, do we have to pay Import Taxes? Thankyou.

Ade, if I asked nicely, would you read me a bedtime story? 😂 I’m only half having you on mate. Seriously, with a voice like that, how you are not making your fortune doing voice-over work and audio books, beats me. All the best. Carry on, mate.

Hi Ade I’ve just ordered a beam engine of the website and wanted to know how long is delivery but the e mail is not working I wondered if I’ve been scammed . Was the company that you dealt with contactable ,thanks Ps loved the video

OK, so I bought this kit, its really well made and goes together really well. I'm having a little difficulty getting it to run for more than a few seconds. I've not seen any steam escape from the pressure relief valve so I think I'm losing steam from the whistle. Also wondering if the burners are up to the job. I'm using meths. The wicks are metal gauze on mine. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DT5MTI4fYHE.htmlsi=IgVPjNsUDAVmrY29

Diesel Oil Using 🔥 ?🙏😃😃

You forgot at least one vise!

Candle 🔥 = Petroleum Products ?😃😃🙏

Marty McFly is a dead ringer for Gregory Peck.

L'absence de lubrification est étonnant ?

The Walking Beam and Parallel mechanism were both completely unnecessary. Just lavish mechanical art work of the day.

🙏😃😃

Ade, yeah Keith would be interested item to assemble one of one. Where is product come from. We are on a different time/line. I use to travel all over our world. I'm wondering if it will cause import forms. Currently my darn email address is messed up, otherwise we would be able to talk in better details. Anyway I really would love to get my hands on one. Take care Ades....

What a terrible design flaw using a belt to drive the governor.

Loved your video but hated your music. Too load.

That doesn't seem very safe to use. Also a massive shame that it comes mostly assembled.

Next time use a good sound system. The antique players is cute but really distirts the sound in a most annoying manner. do it right or leave it out!

Just to see the working of steam engine is useless . I was expecting where it can be used. 😢😢😢😢😮😮

It’s no more model engineering ,than mecano .