Thanks for the shout Quinn, I enjoy watching your channel. High Quality video, high quality engineering and clearly explained }:-)))
@rhavrane
3 жыл бұрын
Bonjour Keith, happy to see you there, Quinn and you are great steam people, Amicalement Raphaël
@tnekkc
3 жыл бұрын
My 6 year old granddaughter loved this video, and told me not to talk when Blondihacks is talking.
@jimsvideos7201
3 жыл бұрын
Oh boy! I don't watch Saturday morning cartoons anymore, but your videos on a Saturday afternoon are a similar treat!
@BeeGeeTheImp
3 жыл бұрын
I look forward to seeing your steam engine governor design and build. Cheers!
@VoidedWarranty
3 жыл бұрын
Another method is using audio recordings and something like audacity, you can use the wave form and make quite accurate measurements of the evenness of the beat. I've done it for a watch
@oldfarthacks
10 ай бұрын
Quinn has a very good multi channel O-scope. Put a mike on the engine. Run the engine while watching that. You can even mount up switches on key components ( I myself would use prox ones) and for real fun you could mount an encoder to the crank. Then just tune by the numbers. I am contemplating building a dual overhead valve digitally controlled steam engine, something along the likes of what would exist if the world had not gone to an ICE design.
@OnlyTheEd
3 жыл бұрын
I love watching Keith Appelton's videos......I do not add comments on his channel.....I don't wish to feel like an armchair machinist.....so I just sit back and watch.........and listen to him commenting on some of the replies.... :-/
@ewjorgy
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Quinn, I learned a neat gasket making trick while stranded in the middle of nowhere on my sailboat that had a leaking thermostat housing. Take said housing cover and fix it gasket side up. Take gasket material (paper) lay it on top. With a small ball peen hammer peen along all edges gently. The housing edges will cut out a perfect gasket. Quick, easy, accurate and oddly satisfying! :) Stay safe, be well and all the best from California 💛 P.S. Fuzzy and Coco send heartfelt meows to sprocket!
@rpavlik1
3 жыл бұрын
Amazing, I learned that they make tire pressure gauges specifically for lawn tractors! Will have to get one... Oh yeah, I also learned more than I'll ever need, probably, about steam engines. Wonderful as always!
@leerogers6423
3 жыл бұрын
Why is it that the different sounds that different engines make provoke different emotions? Definitely got a smile on my face right now.
@ricksorensen9480
9 ай бұрын
Your presentation is great,,you are a very good teacher in my humble opinion,,Alabama loves you.
@WyrGuy2
3 жыл бұрын
Started watching for the machining info... mesmerized by your instruction and information about the hows & whys of steam engine timing and operation! Keep going!
@sd4594
3 жыл бұрын
Nice job of explaining how to set up an engine to run properly. Traction engines need to properly in both directions. The original owners of my Keck had it adjusted to provide a little more power in the "belt" motion for threshing. I have it adjusted more equally since I use it to thresh & sawmill.
@notabagel
3 жыл бұрын
Wow, was really looking forward to this one, so I'm thrilled I saw it so quickly!
@orcasea59
3 жыл бұрын
Love that you chose to do a tune-up follow up on this project. Been watching Keith Appleton for years - he's awesome! He's a musician, so the timing by ear is his jam, for sure.
@danbreyfogle8486
3 жыл бұрын
Another very interesting video. Can't wait for the governor project for this.
@anthonyhasler5397
2 жыл бұрын
Mind blown.. What a brilliant video, super informative, great camera footage and audio, makes me wish all KZitemurs videos were of this quality 👌
@AndersonPrototypes
2 жыл бұрын
WOW--that was super helpful. Wish you were closer, would love to have a coffee and talk about steam engines and machining.
@SethKotta
3 жыл бұрын
It makes the chugga-chugga sound, so my simple brain is satisfied.
@raymitchell9736
3 жыл бұрын
You got that engine purring like a kitten! Now I may never have a need to work with a steam engine in my life, but I can appreciate your technical enthusiasm in your hobby and enjoyed nerding out with you... it shows me a whole world of knowledge I never knew existed!
@joevostoch8768
3 жыл бұрын
I like the tip on which way the flywheel should rotate - it should pull a belt from the top.
@JohnsOrganWorks
2 жыл бұрын
I believe there's another school of thought which says the the slack side should be at the top so that the belt sags onto the pulleys giving a slightly longer arc of contact and thus more torque. That was certainly the case with the old Fordson tractors of my youth.
@robertpartsmade5832
3 жыл бұрын
Full blown steam engine engineer now 😎👍 Regards Partsmade 🇬🇧
@richardgregory6653
3 жыл бұрын
Good "timing" video Quinn. A small tip on that packing install is to slightly flatten the packing with your tappy tap tool(aka hammer) so you can get it in the stuffing box. The gland will swage it to the shaft and stuffing box.
@warrenwise8127
3 жыл бұрын
I love that flywheel, watched the video on that, see so many flywheels that look like they do not run true, nice engine!
@artnickel7624
3 жыл бұрын
Keith would love this instruction. Great job!
@Jeroendorrestein
3 жыл бұрын
Once more, an excellent tutorial. Looking forward to see that governor!
@spock59
3 жыл бұрын
Quinn, you are now a steam engine professor! Thank you for the in-depth explanation.
@LCOOTS
3 жыл бұрын
what a wonderful explanation, i'm still trying to figure 2 stroke engines. thanks Quin!!!!
@HistoricSteamTV
2 жыл бұрын
For glands I use small strips of Nomex fabric soaked in steam oil or high heat grease.
@paulp96275
3 жыл бұрын
I wish I had a teacher like you at school, I would have listened more ,you are far more interesting and the way you tell the facts is great Thanks for great viewing stay safe 👍👨🏻🏭🇬🇧
@haramanggapuja
3 жыл бұрын
This is so cool. Got me thinking of all the old print shops that ran multiple presses off overhead belt drive systems. Which got me thinking about the 1874 treadle jobber I have. I know that, at age 75, I can run that press for quite some time, five pumps of the treadle for each impression (print) without getting the least bit winded. (Yeah, I feel good about that.) And that got me thinking of how much energy it takes to run the press that way versus how much steam engine energy it takes or would have taken "back in the day" when my father was doing this stuff. I guess that's the fun part of all this: aside from the artsy part of building the engine or setting the type & inking up the press (and picking out the paper & other graphic design considerations), both of 'em require a sensitivity to the machine itself (or the type). Which may be why I find your videos on this so fascinating. . . . Another informative, science-ish video for the other tool use to enjoy. Thanks! Stay safe & stay healthy!
@haramanggapuja
3 жыл бұрын
"the other tool user" ;-)
@nerd1000ify
3 жыл бұрын
For reference, human muscle is about 25% efficient at turning chemical energy into mechanical work. A steam locomotive is at best 10% efficient, so assuming the performance of the old stationary engine was similar the amount of energy per print would have been quite a bit higher in the old days of steam. Of course from this we can also infer that running your press on power generated by a modern electric plant (e.g. supercritical steam or gas turbine, ~40% thermal efficiency) may actually emit less CO2 per print than pedaling it with your legs, depending on the efficiency of the local power grid!
@haramanggapuja
3 жыл бұрын
@@nerd1000ify Or, as my father used to bark when the car windows steamed up "Goddammit! Stop breathing so much!" At my age, by the way, an hour or so of pumping the treadle gives me a certain satisfaction. I'm 75 and I can do this and not get winded. And the end result is usually something that I can appreciate from a graphic arts point of view. . . . So I consider it a win.
@nerd1000ify
3 жыл бұрын
@@haramanggapuja there's a lot to be said for that satisfaction of doing it yourself.
@earlledoux9824
3 жыл бұрын
That engine sounds great. Happy Valentines Day ❤ !
@vinicius9670
3 жыл бұрын
Very nice playlist! Watched it all at once until now.
@phildcrow
3 жыл бұрын
Blondie! I've missed you! I spent a good hour yesterday catching up on the VJOs I missed. Good to see you again.
@user-pk2fg8im4u
Жыл бұрын
I have been watching your build and really am enjoying the process. You are very gifted with machining talent and entertaining commentary! I do have one suggestion/question. I may have missed it, but have you checked the balance of the flywheel! It may be that with a small engine like you have built, that it isn't too critical, but every flywheel I have ever seen on different types of machines will show evidence of balancing. Putting the wheel on a straight axle between two level parallels, the heavy side will balance to the bottom, and small holes drilled along the outer rim will remove weight until the wheel will stop and stay at any position. If I missed you doing something like that, forgive me, but it might just make the tuning even better.
@alanmuddypaws3865
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent! I was really looking forward to the valve timing video, very informative! Thanks.
@keepsteamalivecom
11 ай бұрын
Thank you for being so thorough in your details. I learned a lot from you, more than I have watching experienced Live Steamer's.
@richardphillips8652
Жыл бұрын
Great, very well explained. Thank you.
@davidstreeter9426
3 жыл бұрын
Quinn, I have a couple of 100 y.o. books that describe the timing of steam engines which are functionally identical to your model. It is interesting that a mechanical device which has been around for a couple hundred years is still structurally identical and functional. Yes, I am aware of the reasons why steam has been replaced by much newer energy sources but it still has its uses and place and it is very interesting technology.
@toolbox-gua
3 жыл бұрын
I’m catching up on my class and this is indeed perfect and on time! Great.
@noisyboi87
3 жыл бұрын
A good trick for gland packing is to roll or tap it flatter to fit then let the follower reform it when you install
@RichieCat4223
3 жыл бұрын
07:32 This reminds me of port timed 2 cycle engines. With them you could cut down intake or exhaust piston skirts and/or modify the cylinder ports. 13;45 That sound reminds me of an early pressure cooker where you had to have the correct tempo of the pressure regulator valve that would rock back and forth.
@aaronale5
3 жыл бұрын
Your videos are so zen.... Love it.. Cant wait for steam and the Guvna' (cockney accent implied)
@oldfarthacks
10 ай бұрын
We have all heard Railroad steam engines running, there is normally for twin cylinder engines a 4 beat set of chugs. You can actually tell which cylinder is getting more steam, that is the louder pulse. And yes, we all love Quinn's work, both on the machining end and the video production end. So very well done.
@EmmaRitson
3 жыл бұрын
thats excelent! great video Quinn! love you long time, and congratulations!
@tom_tom_go
3 жыл бұрын
Nice to see this running as steam engines are one of my interests, great job. When you get fed up with the packing switch to o-rings (I use them on my 5" gauge engine, videos on my channel if interested) and well done for mentioning steam engines run differently on air compared to steam!
@diamondcar2842
2 жыл бұрын
T bag string soaked in oil and graphite powder lubricates and very little friction
@elsdp-4560
3 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU...for sharing. The steam engine sounds really good.
@toolzshed
3 жыл бұрын
Steam Engines are so cool
@chevyfahrer
3 жыл бұрын
nice tutorial,waiting for the governor project to build one for my own steam engine
@rodneykiemele4721
3 жыл бұрын
Very informative
@gregsmachineshop
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Quinn, great detail, I just set mine on 90 degree timing not knowing any better--I still have a little work to do. I liked the advice on the low pressure gauge as well. I am looking forward to the governor project, hopefuly you give enough info that I can build one too. :-)
@3rdaxis649
3 жыл бұрын
Great series love your work here. Keith is great too.
@Glens1965
3 жыл бұрын
Great channel..Classy Lady, witty, hell of a machinist and ya I'm so ripping off that intro clip. :-)
@jasonhanson6563
3 жыл бұрын
Have you considered making one of those mini V-8s? I ask this question, knowing nothing about them, or how hard they are to make.
@stephenrowley4171
3 жыл бұрын
Loving the video, I've seen Keith Appleton videos but this at bit more scientific than his more artistic approach(both are valid) On a side note those screws really want replacing with a studs and nuts it would look so much better
@Blondihacks
3 жыл бұрын
Yah, that’s on the list. I don’t like those screws
@kurthanson4106
3 жыл бұрын
Nicely done, I was looking forward to this part.
@articjackal
3 жыл бұрын
Time for a little steem whistle too.
@randallweaver7034
3 жыл бұрын
Project suggestion, make a rifle from scratch. Bolt action or break action.
@rhavrane
3 жыл бұрын
Bonjour Quinn, What a pleasure to watch your vidéos. You build perfectly and understand what you do, so you can explain things simply for people like me. I am the lucky owner of a fleet with 0.5 to 20 cc steam machines, often bought second hand and adjusting their timiing is always a great difficulty for me, especially for the smaller ones. Will you also build a boiler, I do not remember if you already evoked that point? Amicalement Raphaël PS : Funny to see Keith following your work :+)
@epilotdk
3 жыл бұрын
Instead of cord I recommend using PTFE plumbing tape. Twisting it produces a thinner cord that you can then wrap around the spindle.
@Blondihacks
3 жыл бұрын
Good ide!
@ReiMonCoH
3 жыл бұрын
DON’T PANIC
@normppjr4429
3 жыл бұрын
Very cool project
@ssboot5663
3 жыл бұрын
Love the engine!
@hefy2jefy
3 жыл бұрын
Love this, a great job! The inboard volume of the cylinder is always going to be less than outboard volume due to the connecting rod, should this be allowed for?
@davidtaylor6124
3 жыл бұрын
For our toy engines we're more interested in having the distance from the cylinder end cap to that face of the piston be about the same at both ends. Worrying about the volume is a bit beyond our needs.
@redoorn
3 жыл бұрын
my hope is that Quinn builds a centrifugal governor if only that once her engine is under load she can say 'it is running balls out'. ;-D
@paulcopeland9035
3 жыл бұрын
As is tradition...."'put it on the finger dyno". Words to live by.
@AsitShouldBe
3 жыл бұрын
nice one!
@LelandRJohnson
3 жыл бұрын
I was just watching the Machinist Relay playlist and was wondering what happened to the thingamajigger?
@SunG34r
3 жыл бұрын
I'm working on a separate project and came across water column pressure gauges which can read up to 30w.c. .....or 1psi....ok so maybe too low for this but I'm already here
@AnonOmis1000
3 жыл бұрын
Have you thought about what color you're going to paint it? My vote is for hot pink because why not!
@markthompson8656
3 жыл бұрын
forest green
@paulcopeland9035
3 жыл бұрын
Does paint make it run better?
@AnonOmis1000
3 жыл бұрын
@@paulcopeland9035 everyone knows the red ones go faster
@TheFarCobra
3 жыл бұрын
I have always wanted to try making gaskets using my Cricut.
@mattmanyam
3 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure this is possible. I think the guy that had the museum/restoration channel (that puts on the event in Texas... His name escapes me) was doing this.
@bambangirawan6011
3 жыл бұрын
nice 👍
@robmacdonald7004
3 жыл бұрын
When do you drill the holes for the mounting bolts? There are bosses for them cast into the base.
@tomt9543
3 жыл бұрын
Oooooh! A Longacre air pressure gauge! I feel inferior!
@megadestroyer454
3 жыл бұрын
"I do it by ear because I'm a musician, not an engineer" -Keith... Probably.
@Steviegtr52
3 жыл бұрын
Will you be building a steam power source for it.
@mauserkk98
3 жыл бұрын
Very nice , have you picked a painting colour ?.
@lioncurlew
3 ай бұрын
Quinn, any tips on timing a twin Cylinder LBSC "Molly" with Stephenson Link motion. Can I time one Cylinder and then the other, based on the method you show in this video? I assume that the non adjusted side would just be driven by the "Timed side, until both are adjusted?
@kevinmartin7760
3 жыл бұрын
I think the beats will never be perfectly even because of the volume occupied by the piston rod only on the inboard end of the cylinder. Also, the geometry of the crank imperfectly converts the rotation of the crankshaft into sinusoidal motion of the piston; this imperfection reaches zero only if the connecting rod is infinitely long.
@vaderdudenator1
3 жыл бұрын
I’m psyched to see it generates some actual power. What are you going to run with it? It’s sounds like Joe Pie is planning on running his tiny engine lathe via a tiny line shaft. Unrelated question: what’s the approx redline of an engine like this and how much pressure might it take to reach that without a load? Tiny speed governor sounds like it’ll be really awesome as well
@Blondihacks
3 жыл бұрын
Max recommended RPM on this particular engine is 250 RPM
@vincentguttmann2231
3 жыл бұрын
20 Minutes in, and we still have a NaN like-dislike-ratio!
@GeoffTV2
3 жыл бұрын
I little test to see how many software engineers also like mechanical engineering eh? I'll throw you a 'Like' for that.
@vincentguttmann2231
3 жыл бұрын
@@GeoffTV2 Thanks! If you didn't know, Quinn herself also does software dev. One time, she tweeted about the syntax of "find" being so hard to memorize, and you know what that means.
@GeoffTV2
3 жыл бұрын
@@vincentguttmann2231 Aha, I didn't know that. Thanks for the info.
@camoogoo
3 жыл бұрын
11:44 What is that soft surfece under the gasket? Looks like some exotic lignin based material.
@Blondihacks
3 жыл бұрын
Some sort of cellulose matrix, I think. Not sure.
@candyop391
3 жыл бұрын
Love from india♥️❣️❣️❣️
@vintagemotorsalways1676
2 жыл бұрын
3:38 What is the title of the book? EDIT: found it by searching an excerpt on google books "The Model Engineer and Amateur Electrician: A Journal of Mechanics ..., Volume 2"
@scottbaldridge1092
3 жыл бұрын
what is the correct rotation of this engine? at 13:40 the rotation is CCW, at 13:47 it is now rotating CW and at 14:22 we are back to CCW.
@Blondihacks
3 жыл бұрын
There is no “correct” rotation for steam engines. You can run them either way you want, as I said in the video.
@Akuseiko
3 жыл бұрын
So... Model steam boiler when?
@jimrichey5919
3 жыл бұрын
custom prony brake time?
@martykath4427
3 жыл бұрын
Where does the pressure exhaust out of that particular engine? It's not apparent.
@larryshaw6517
3 жыл бұрын
So what's the plan a belt riven cat toothbrush?
@Blondihacks
3 жыл бұрын
How did you know? 😬
@jakeshaw2477
3 жыл бұрын
I’ve just started building a Stuart Victoria. I’m a Marine Engineer with lathe experience but do you have any advice for a beginner to model engineering?
@bwyseymail
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I do. Binge watch all of Quin's videos. And then Joe Pie series making the same engine And Keith Appleton
@jakeshaw2477
3 жыл бұрын
@@bwyseymail Thanks. I have been watching Keith Appleton for years now. He’s pretty much the reason I’m getting into the hobby. I try to do everything as an engineer but sometimes Keith’s ways are so much easier. Thanks for the help.
@jakeshaw2477
3 жыл бұрын
My biggest struggle so far are the imperial measurements. I understand the system but it’s very unnatural to me after years of working in metric. And all my tools and measuring devices are in metric. I’ve been working around this using a Zeus book and a good quality calculator
@nicholasogden7187
3 жыл бұрын
What is the book you showed in the video?
@daretodreamtofly3288
3 жыл бұрын
Now armed with everything I need its time to make steam radial 24s to drive my airship
@addisongardner1989
3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! :)
@koerttijdens1234
3 жыл бұрын
Steam expanding ? How can that be when water in gas form goes to water in liquid form ?
@Blondihacks
3 жыл бұрын
The steam is under pressure and very hot. It doesn’t condense until all the heat is removed, which is essentially what steam engines try to do- extract the heat.
@koerttijdens1234
3 жыл бұрын
@@Blondihacks Under big pressure, I just read it was from 200 to even 1500 psi. Maybe you gona make your engine a working engine and pump up the power, that would be interesting, gotta test it out, see how far you can go til it breaks and see how and where it breaks, sum scientific reeeesearch. Love your videos and clear explenations about stuf.
@adamthethird4753
3 жыл бұрын
Does it run in both directions? Or does that require a seperate tuning process?
@Blondihacks
3 жыл бұрын
Each direction requires different valve timing (180° out) but there are valve gear setups that allow you to reverse the engine by shifting the timing in this way. Reversing linkages are common on locomotives, traction engines, steam cars, etc.
@mmattster
3 жыл бұрын
Is it lac and lead or lag and lead I was taught lag as apposed to lac but I am across the pond so it could be that.
@ianmarr346
3 жыл бұрын
Lap. Not lac or lag.
@ZappyOh
3 жыл бұрын
Chu-chuuu!
@LabGoblin
3 жыл бұрын
@blondihacks do you by chance know what that packing cord is called?
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