Old Steam Powered Machine Shop 33 Governor pulley change 

Steam Power. An old clock ticking. NO WARNING SIGNS. Just a man thinking for himself and getting on with life. My kind of world. Thanks Dave.

17:27 - "Why did I pick today to start filming all my assembly in one take?!" I love the channel!

I believe that I have finally seen you get frustrated, I think you handled it well! Truly enjoyed watching a master at his craft!

Whoever the jackasses are that thumbs down this mans videos must be dry as dirt. I could sit and watch these machines run all day. I have my own machine shop, but it doesn't compare to the history in this old shop.

I really like your shop. Especially the lathe. No whining motors.

It was strange seeing that 110 electrical outlet on the wall..nice work on the pulley Dave 👍🏼

Here in East Africa I'm enjoying your work. Keep it up.

I have always liked to watch men work and you have interesting work to watch . nicely done indeed .

Your videos are always interesting. I am working my way up from video number 1 and enjoying them all. Plenty of new things to learn. Greetings and best wishes from U.K. 🇬🇧😀

Came in from my shop middle afternoon, checked RU-vid, I said "O Boy" wife said "What", I said Old Steam Powered Machine put up a new vid!! Thanks Dave

Just after lunch I checked youtube thinking maybe Dave Richards put something up. Nope. My wife and I walk the dogs, came back and there you were. Made my day.

Nice Video Dave.....What I find fascinating is the amount of power that is transferred to the machingshop machines Nice!

Really liked your opening shots of old shops and then yours...really great ,, thanks again

Nice work and a pleasure to watch, as usual Dave. Love the old pics at the start of the video too. -Jeff

The only sad thing about your channel Dave, is that we can't smell the shop! Hot steam mixed with steam oil, wood smoke, etc.

Love the old photos you posted at the start of the video! Great content as always!

I grew up for the most part in West Portsmouth Ohio about 100 yards from the N&W RR line that ran from Portsmouth OH. to Cincinnati OH. That line has been closed down for many years but during my early childhood was still Steam. Loved to hear the whistle and the way the engineer played it. I wish I remembered the exact year they switched to diesel electric but I know it had to be in the mid 1950s. Thanks for the video and look forward to the next. Greg

51 years ago...an open meadow in Idaho's panhandle...The "Steam Fiends" gathering with the snorting...hiss...operating as a morning and afternoon passed two days. As a young boy, I was delighted with all that action. All their iron beasts and boilers....the craft that transported them there.....represented a bit by your channel. For those tradesmen...such good and decent ends. All these years later, just watching transports me back to that youth. Blue jean coveralls, train emblems, hands that knew real work. Those fun memories...where I hurried toward the largest engines. A bit wistful....I would have stayed a bit longer, and that record I have and retain....would have been a bit more unhurried than my world now. You see.....thats were I am taken...just watching. Thank you with my regards,..... McGary

Just amazing what can be achieved with steam power and no electricity, plus measuring with simple caliper devices and a micrometer, skills not that many machinists would learn now and maybe at a loss when the battery died in their electronic vernier (not veneer) as I so often hear and see in RU-vid clips. Thanks, Dave, again for taking the time to show us how it was done back in the day when many real skills were learnt and practiced-and machines were built to last. It is approaching summertime up over, past 10 days around 30 C, so if you are heading to warmer climes for your winter break, (understandable) have a great one, and look forward to more video's when you and the warmer weather returns to you Old Steam Powered Workshop. From 42 Degrees South.

I bet thats a great feeling Dave working in your shop. You have every right to be proud of all your achievements.

I learn something every time I watch your videos. Thanks for taking the time to put these videos together.

I really liked the picture of the shop in Silvis IL, I live not that far away from Silvis.

Nice educated touch with those inside calipers Dave. It takes a fair bit of practice to get that good with them.

murphsfarm Steam has always had my interest and your videoes are outstanding, everyone of them proves that steam is still "KING" in my books.

Dave, The time and effort you put into your videos is absolutely wonderful not to mention your love and passion for your craft of machining and building. You are a true craftsman in every sense of the word and I admire your work ethic. I restore old tractors and cars as a hobby so I like anything old and industrial! Please keep the videos coming!

I like your pocket bearing scraper.

Dave, another outstanding video!! If you get a chance sometime it would be great if you could show a little bit about sharpening the tools. You have touched on it in other videos but I would love to see you grind them and hear a little more about the theory behind it. Thanks again for all the great videos. It is a long winter up here in NY with no videos of the shop while you are down in Florida.

The 43 minutes went by too fast, I really enjoyed it, It's so great to see you working on this fantastic old machines and there great sound 😊

I really enjoyed tis video, it brought back a lot of memories. Concerning that Crosshead, remember Murphy's Law number 182 " Objects assembled wrong wil slide together easily, objects assembled correctly will be a ear to get together.

Great job Dave super enjoying these vids !

Great video Dave.

Love your videos Dave. Fascinating. Thanks for all of your efforts. MUCH appreciated. Dan

Always amazes me how quite a very well running steam engine powered shop is.

very nice job, and I do enjoy your videos.

Dave, keep up the excellent work. I really enjoy your videos.

Waiting for this upload like I wait for tools I order to come in the mail!

Well Dave you've done it again! Another great video and I feel like I'm there with you learning all the time. Very relaxing too! Love that chuff sound.

It is pretty amazing what you have managed to accomplish.Keep those videos coming.

Liked that intro and the rest wasn't shabby either. Real time is FINE with me. Thanks, Dave! Another fine one!

One of the cleanest shops I've seen

The best into i have ever seen. You win.

I used a lot of more modern equipment in the 70's, World War 2 stuff, in a commercial shop. I love the way you use your equipment. Reminiscent of how I had to do things.

Somehow I knew when you tighten the bolt on the bottom of the connecting rod it was going to be trouble. Every time I try to do a job like that now I wait till it's all lined up and moves like it should. I'm glad I'm not the only guy with that kind of trouble on assemblies. Good job enjoyed it very much. Thanks from from a guy who started out with flatbelt line shaft drives . It was only one giant 48" vertical boring mill but I ran it for years . At 72 hour weeks too.wish I could send a picture of my planer . God bless ole buddy

Really like the vintage factory still shots at the beginning. Looking forward to hearing the Morris engine run!

Dave real time is the only time and thank you so very very much for not adding music to your videos.

I was hoping we'd get another video and was worried that you might have gone back to Florida again before doing one. I'd give it ten thumbs up but unfortunatly I'm only allowed one.

I like the old time pics - thanks for posting!

Thanks for another great video..... Thanks David

I loved hearing the exhaust under load outside.

Dave, I was screaming, "put the wedge in and up first before the cross nut". I was sure you could hear me! Then I was yelling, "get a bigger hammer." "Hit it harder". This is a spectator sport right? I love watching your videos. Your shop and the stuff you work with is so cool! Jeff

Graceful, skillful and hands on human judgement...

Good installment. I enjoyed the lathe work on the pulley. Thanks for sharing.

Very nice Dave. I always enjoy watching you run your machines. Thanks for sharing. Craig

Thanks David for the great video as usual.

Be very proud of your shop, and your video series Dave. So few get to see this nowadays.

Great to see you make a new video, you have quickly become my favorite channel, thank you for all that you do!!!!!!

Hi Dave, I think I was more frustrated than you were, when you fit the top of the rod together, but the end justified the means, it fit like a glove. Now you'll have a back up engine, for the back engine, ad infinitum... Thanks for #33.

Thanks for sharing

Thank You David. I just love your shop and its history.

Your videos are truly an inspiration, just picked up a planer and a pile of hangars and pulleys for my own shop, perhaps one day it will be half as nice as yours, then maybe Ill have some time to actually make something in it lol!

Great job and great video (as always). Fitting that crosshead looks like a job for a midwife, though... :)

Throughly enjoy your videos! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

David nice work cool video .

When I was younger I worked in a very demanding job shop in a farm area and picked up a habit of boring and turning away from the chuck when possible, not sure if that is the correct way but it was necessary because a lot of the time I was operating sometimes up to three machines at once and if I didn't get back in time to stop the feed it would avoid a crash. Most of the equipment was the same vintage of yours except converted to electric. I love your videos. Thanks.

have to say thanks for the video and after 32 i have to say your theme music is not annoying youtube uncopyrighted content which everyone else is using it makes the videos somewhat special .. looking forward to many more

What's not to like! Thanks for the video.

Thank you Dave, your knowledge of these machines is amazing, carry on ...

Enjoyed the video, Dave. Thanks for sharing!

I love your videos Dave! I wish I could visit and just pick your brain. I always wished I could have learnd machining. Your content is great, keep up the great work!

Great video. Thanks.

Another great video, always very interesting. Cant wait for the next in the series.

i worked in a machine shop like this when i left school in 1971 line shafting and belts but it was a huge electric motor that drove the main driving belt

Appeciate all those brasses, these engines were designed so you could take up the slack and increase the time between rebuilds. The snug fit wears in and the loose wears out. That radius gave you a bit of a problem, practice makes perfect. THANK you for these videos. Wondered about those ribs, it'll be interesting to see if they work. It would be easier to flip switch, but if the grid goes down and there's no electricity

Bonjour David, Do not you need to cool the pulley with water or oil ? I guess you have to grind your tools often and I would like to see how you do it with such an old workshop :+) Amicalement, Raphaël

Great to watch as usual! Awesome work.

great video really shows the construction details of the engine, thanks

I like the new opening!

G'day Dave the real time editing I enjoyed it, however I could watch your videos for hours as you know I find them very interesting. Well you have the patients when trying to fit that cross head and the bearings, I'm machining the horn blocks for loco at the moment and that's trying enough. That engine you are restoring is fascinating especially how they would adjust the slack with that tapered bar I have never seen that before on a steam plant. Nice to see you again and thank you regards John

Can’t wait to see that engine finished.

Another great video! I'll be trying that measuring technique. Thanks!

I have followed you and am a subscriber. You have a fabulous channel and look forward to each and every video. I just wanted to say thank you Sir, and will follow you with excitement.

Very good film of hold machines

Another awesome video Dave , Happy Thanksgiving !

25:38 - suddenly the sound of the T.A.R.D.I.S. I'm guessing Dr Who had just dropped by to consult with Dave and was taking off outside. That's brilliant you teaching people how to use inside calipers and a mic together.

You said that "under higher load the speed went down a little not for lack of power but because of the governor". That is correct also from the theoretical point of view. Modern electronic controllers are often so called PID type controllers where P stands for proportional, I stands for integrating and D for differentiating feed back control (also called closed loop control). That means that P corrects more the more the speed deviates from the target speed. I corrects the slow drifting away and also constant deviation from the target speed and D corrects against any change of speed i.e. the quicker the change the stronger the corrections. All 3 together are in many applications capable of keeping the target speed dead on no matter what happens. But the steam governor represents only the P part of a controller. So since its correction is proportional to the deviation from the target it means it can alone not stay on the target but needs that deviation in speed to provide more power until the load goes down again. And that is exactly what you have observed. The I part would make the controller stubbornly keep the target speed after a short departure and the D part would make the controller responsive to quickly react on any change in speed and keep that departure very short. Right around the 20ies the I part and D part of controllers were starting to be developed first mainly for controlling (military) ship engines. They were implemented by mechanical and soon electromechanical devices. But at those times steam was already on the way out and hardly benefited from this new and superior control technology.

Once again, very nice work Dave. You should have verified the inside mic in the OD mic to see if you actually hit it dead on. Jeff

Dave, I truly enjoy your videos as it shows me the way things used to be. I am not against CNC machines and all of the high tech stuff, but I love the manual machines for doing research and development work. I am going to invest in a lathe very soon and I have decided to purchase a brand new machine as I don't want to screw around with a used machine. I have a lot of development work to do and I must finish all of it. Keep up your great work. I remember when I was little around ten years old, we had a machine shop down the street that was all driven by shaft drives from the ceiling. They didn't have a steam engine running it but it was impressive to watch. It was rather quiet in their and dark as the light was only at the machines. But it was very interesting. Keep up the fine work of restoring live steam engines too. I have six model live steam engines to complete that people have given me. I love them. Remember when you get done using steam, it turns back into water. Filter out the rust,oil and other impurities and you can drink it!!! TRY DRINKING RADIOACTIVE WASTE!!!

I guess I missed how the brass bearings get lube? or do they? great show don't go to fla yet make couple more. have great winter take your camera with you. thanks dave

Hi Dave. Another great episode. There is a water powered shop at Hanley Museum I’m Wilmington you would love. Radial press is full variable drive. Jim

Railroadwheellathespeed -- nice !!!

The fat head DOE wrench looks to be the correct vintage for this shop. My best friend growing up grandfather was a master mechanic at the LV shops in Sayre. He helped out in their Gravely shop after retirement. They had gotten a steel bench from the shops and liked to have herniated several men in the neighborhood. The top was a good 1/2" thick maybe more.

So, just out of curiosity, when are you going to replace the wooden pulley with your surgically altered triple v-belt pulley turned flat belt governor pulley?

Nice video again. How are the connecting rod bearings lubricated? Just by pouring oil over it and hoping it will be worked inside?

Well done

Great video! I didn't notice all that much difference--seems like you have done a bit of "real time" in the past. I'm sure others have said this before, but I can't imagine another channel more suited for Patreon support than yours. You've created a living museum, and you deserve some support. People who go on permanent vacation and ask me to "fund their adventure," not so much.

some jobs are perfect for a guy with 3 hands. assembling that con rod was like having sex with a monkey, only much more satisfying. I thought the new engines were tricky to assemble but the old guys did a good job of making the parts go together just so too. great video. really good instruction in many ways. thanks much.

Hi David, great video as always. For a future one, can you maybe do a bit on how you grind your tools: what pitch and angle for which jobs and machines? Do you have a belt driven grinder to do it on?

I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Once again you have put up another fine video, great in real time also. I would of pinched my fingers at least a dozen time fitting that connecting rod, did you count all yours when you were done?

David, you noted that on the shop engine you only have a manual emergency steam cut-off if the governor fails. Why not build a roller to run on top of the governor belt (like the one on your previous shop engine. Then link that by chain to the 1/4 shut-off valve you have installed already. You know if it ever fails it will be when you step out side for a moment and you'll have to run the 100 yd. dash to get to that shut-off.