Couple new steam engines

[Pitchy]

New engines that we built lately.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JESygNSRBs8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO2IP6xXfZg

Hey Jack, it was great talking to ya bro.

[Old No7]

Wow, those are really cool Pitchy!

I used to run some old (Mamod?) steam engines with my late father, but he always insisted on running them only with pressure-relief valves -- or a steam whistle * -- installed.

...* Ya know, to "let off steam" -- and it worked, and they sounded great too!!!

Do you put anything on those to control/monitor the pressure, or just use good welding techniques and "watch what happens"?!?!

I'm just curious, that's all, as I always heard steam was nothing to play with...

But from all your posts -- I can see it is fun to play with!

Old No7

[OldWin]

Nice work Pitchy. Those things turn up pretty good when they got a full burn going.

[rossim92]

very,very nice job! I wish I had your mechanical abilities. One question. i noticed in one video on the far left in the middle of the video there was a round black like tub with looked like a white smock stack in the middle, what does that do?

[GunnyMack]

Want to see the power of steam?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9bU-I2ZiML0

[Borregos]

Neat

[gamekeeper]

Lenn, they seem to run very smooth, my old Mamod would have vibrated itself off the table if not secured....

[Pitchy]

Thanks fellars, Old No7 both boilers have a blow off valve on the top for safety.
rossim92 well I tell ya it smokes way to much.
Ya mean to tell me you guys didn`t notice in the second video the cylinder is made from a 500 mag. case. dead primer of coarse.
GunnyMack, that was some video, scary isn`t it.

[M. M. Wright]

I sure enjoy your videos pard. Been a rat race around here. 15 year old ran away on his 250 Honda, was gone about a month but is home now.

I've been playing with a FAL build. Bought a South African/Rhodesian kit and got lucky scoring a new receiver at a gun show. Had to screw the barrel into the new frame which took about 100 ft lbs of torque. Now I must carefully check the head space to be sure it is correct. I'll probably post pics when I'm done.

Went to the VA yesterday and had a cortisone shot in my knee. Hard to believe how much better it is today.

[Pitchy]

I sure enjoy your videos pard. Been a rat race around here. 15 year old ran away on his 250 Honda, was gone about a month but is home now.

I've been playing with a FAL build. Bought a South African/Rhodesian kit and got lucky scoring a new receiver at a gun show. Had to screw the barrel into the new frame which took about 100 ft lbs of torque. Now I must carefully check the head space to be sure it is correct. I'll probably post pics when I'm done.

Went to the VA yesterday and had a cortisone shot in my knee. Hard to believe how much better it is today.

Thanks and glad things are looking up buddy.

[Sixgun]

Ha, my man, the Pitchster. I noticed the case before I read the posts.....thought it was a 45 L. Colt case or a cut down 45-70.

My wife thinks Pitchy is the smartest mechanical guy in the world and his videos bring some happiness in the house during an otherwise boring winter.

Yep, me and Pitchy bullshyted for quite some time last night.....another highlight. He is thinking about packing up and moving and I mentioned a few areas just northwest of here....Pottsville area....Minersville.....it's easy living there, low taxes, good ole boys run the area. I can see me and Pitchy hanging out together...partners in crime......good legal crime.....like making a steam powered log splitter....shooting rocks....Drinking beer and raising dogs........you know, the important things in life........Thanks bud---Jack

[Pitchy]

Thanks Jack it was fun alright, made my day
Tell the wife thanks too, she must be a sweet heart to like me

[OldWin]

Ha, my man, the Pitchster. I noticed the case before I read the posts.....thought it was a 45 L. Colt case or a cut down 45-70.

My wife thinks Pitchy is the smartest mechanical guy in the world and his videos bring some happiness in the house during an otherwise boring winter.



Yep, me and Pitchy bullshyted for quite some time last night.....another highlight. He is thinking about packing up and moving and I mentioned a few areas just northwest of here....Pottsville area....Minersville.....it's easy living there, low taxes, good ole boys run the area. I can see me and Pitchy hanging out together...partners in crime......good legal crime.....like making a steam powered log splitter....shooting rocks....Drinking beer and raising dogs........you know, the important things in life........Thanks bud---Jack

I thought it was a 45-70 too.
Sorry, bud. Ole Pitchy looks like a prime candidate for a Maineiac. The house next door is for sale Pitchy!

[OldWin]

Want to see the power of steam?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9bU-I2ZiML0

I've been a witness to the power of steam for many years now.

[Pitchy]

Thanks OldWin.

The 500 case is half inch at the mouth but tappers at the head like many are so I ran a 1/2 inch ream in it and bingo a smooth straight cylinder.
1/2 inch shaft fits perfect as is, made an easy engine that`s good enough for me as I`m not a perfectionist.

[OldWin]

Perfectionist or not, you do good work, Pitchy.
One clever dude. Thanks for posting your projects. I got a soft spot for steam powered stuff.

[Bill in Oregon]

Pitchy, thanks. I needed that. Fighting a cold, waiting for surgery, it's raining YET AGAIN and I have to do income taxes. Those two clips of those two swell steam engines might just have saved my life.
If you ever want to do a build-along so a total klutz like myself can see how your magic unfolds, that would be awful swell, too.

[Pitchy]

Thanks Bill, hope ya get feeling better soon.
I never have time for a build thread, we go to the shop in the morning and come out with a engine.

[Sixgun]

Pitchy.......if we were neighbors, I KNOW would like to engine build a Hemi for "Ole Yeller" , my 1989 Jeep YJ. ...mmmmmm.......a modern 6 speed automatic tranny...513 gears.....Dana 60 axles......35" Mickey Thompsons.....whoa baby...we could relive our youth ...then slop it up with a few cases of Yuenglings and a bottle of Wild Turkey 101. ---6

[TWHBC]

Pitchy, you are really steaming!
Really appreciate your videos and creativity!

[Pitchy]

Thanks guys.
Jack we`d have to be in our youth to do all you listed

[Rusty]

You're doin great Lenn. How about making one big enough to power my F-150.

[Pitchy]

Thanks Rusty.