Ah, I think I see where you put a *** in the *** where it joins to the *** beside the ***. Either that or you put some Loctite 666 on the reticulator for the wobblerizer. Look like a very nice find, and I imagine the boiler is a particular prize.
Those wobblerizers are tricky. I had a friend once that went through 3 of them before he realized that he was using the wrong size. Oh well, live and learn.
Brilliant Keith...again! I just watched part 8 of the dual steam plant (the one with the hypnotic cyclops engine) - not realising there were 8 parts - but at least I now know how you wrap the pipes. When I was growing up in North Yorkshire the paint colour would have been called Menston White!! And do feel free to get in touch if you run out of village idiots - we've got more than our fair share in my Norfolk village. Btw, I'm guessing the steam at the front of frame at about 4' is not actually from the engine, but from a nice cup of Yorkshire tea...Dunno, I'm not an expert!!
I don't know what the part is called, but there's a shaft (sort of a countershaft) that transfers the motion from the eccentric rod to the valve gear - it runs transversely across the engine about 3/4" in front of the engine. Anyway, I see it is rocking back and forth a little (not rotationally of course, that is what it is supposed to do, but along the axis of the steam engine) as though it's bushings (if there are any) are worn or poorly fixed. I don't know whether that is normal or bad, or whether it would create any noise - but I thought I'd mention it.
Keith, that is one beautiful machine! I am just a grown kid playing with my Wilesco D-20 and soon D-22. I got distracted one day and left the D-20 running unattended. Of course, it ran dry and melted all the solder joints. Tried repairing the boiler by flux and solder with no success. Must be some oxides deep in the boiler end cap. Will have to remove it, wire wheel and resweat it with a ring of solder in the cap. This poor thing saw a lot of heat. Maybe I should just replace it for safety sake. Stupid mistake I will not do again. The D-22 is a twin cylinder model which I look forward to running. It shall generate electricity for me, 3 phase brushless motor into a rectifier bridge with capacitor storage. Should make an inefficient cell phone charger. Enjoy your videos and your Victoria Steamer.
Bonjour Keith, Beautiful steam plant, I agree with you. Besides this, the problem of the torch would justify a topic by itself. Based on my experience, ceramic burners are efficient for vertical or small horizontal boilers, but, to heat a 125 x 250 mm horizontal one, you need power and flow. Amicalement, Raphaël, .
Would the washer be better placed between the crank and connecting rod instead of on the outside? It seems like that would reduce side friction and rubbing between the two parts.
Sorry to bother you again Keith, but this engine is very similar to the one I'm bidding on. Could you give me a very rough estimate of what you think it's worth so I can know how much to bid up to? Thanks again!
Sorry John, I don't do free valuations and advice unless you are one of my Patreon supporters. www.patreon.com/keithappleton However, I notice that there is a Stuart Victoria on the UK Ebay currently, which looks to be very poorly made. I would not want to buy it.
When I watch your videos, it reminds of my childhood watching episodes of ‘Rosy and Jim’. You have an incredibly relaxing voice sir and your videos are really interesting. Good Job!
I know it's just a model and a toy thingy, but what kind of power output does it have? Like could you turn it into a coffee grinder or perhaps put it on a bike?
You should try adding a load like a dc generator.. old school edison or westinghouse fan motor made into a generator.. would looks sweet. The late 1800’s early 1900’s petunia look with the gold leaf lettering..
Your howling noise from the ceramic burner is because of the secondary air inlet holes drawing air into the fire tube much like the valve on a brass musical instrument. It has a resonant frequency at certain flame settings because the air being drawn in is variable while the area of the air ports are fixed. Your shroud fixed the problem by allowing more air in bypassing the ports. The knocking sound? not my department. That's for the "lads" in the Mechanical Engineering Department to work out in the office down the hall.
sounds like the crank end is loose ... i could hear it and was trying to see if the arm was hitting the casting or rocking when you were putting the washer on the bolt for a spacer then at end i noticed you changed the pin in crank arm that holds it to shaft
Beautiful plant. On the "junk" burner, could it be the 2 holes closest to the end of the nozzle are to close to the end causing exhaust air to be recycled back into the flame causing the burn out?
Water boils in a vacuum at room temperature all you need are two chambers and a condenser coil making it so the steam goes from one to the other passing through your engine or turbine as the steam condenses the vacuum is maintained so the energy requirements are minimal to start and a set amount of water to use.
Very nice engine and I spotted the taper pin you put in on the crank arm where you placed the copper washer .I sure enjoy watching you fix steam engines might give it a go one of these days thanks for sharing
That burner nozzle that keeps going out may be burning too lean, perhaps you could fiddle with it by partially blocking the air inlet(s) to see how it affects the flame. I rather like the brass housing on it too. -Just a guess, I have adjusted one burner nozzle with a tapered jet reamer I used on carburetors back when cars had carburetors. It worked!
been there a million times, read the book, seen the film & worn the T shirt, it is an entirely different science to carburettors, but I thank you for your expert advice . . . . .
So that's why I don't make enough money from the adverts ..... some people watch the ads thankfully ...... otherwise I would definitely stop making these videos . . . . .
I love your steam engine vids and I really appreciate your expertise. I've had a fascination with steam engines since I was a kid but I never had the opportunity.
Thank you Keith, for making an otherwise dull evening at home very interesting thanks to your video, I am a full size steamboat engineer and love your vids, Thanks!
Keith I want to thank you for sharing your world with us, your knowledge on the subject of model steam plants does seem to be very wide and deep I do love the sounds of steam engines running under a nice load of steam I do think that they sound better when running slower rather than flat out balls to the walls as it were have a good day and a better tomorrow
Gorgeous Plant Keith! Looks like the taper pin for the Crank Web was either loose or wore the hole egg shaped in the Web, so it was clunking and clattering on the crankshaft because of the rattle fit. I see you fitted a new possibly slightly larger taper pin that's securing the crankweb to the crankshaft nice and tight and it's done the trick.
Beautiful Steam Plant, but the tiles which the engine is mounted on really finishes it off. Do you know how this is done? Are these genuine miniature tiles? I'd like to be cheeky and pinch this idea, mixed with some stainless stanchions.
