My favorite toy, Wilesco old smokey steamer

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My favorite toy, Wilesco old smokey steamer

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Ive always been into steam engines and had a little live steam setup when I was a kid, awhile back I got a D365 old smokey steam roller off ebay. It had been on some guys shelf since the 60's and hardley run, I oiled it up and it ran like a kitten :D


Heres the thread from when I ordered it.

http://www.bannedcr500riders.com/board/ ... co&start=0

Bob you nailed it BTW I did a little pop off valve modification :wink:

Cool ass little toy, kids LOVE it. First question is always "where are the batteries" always followed by "how does it work then" then followed by "theres a real fire????"


Well yesterday I got a generator streetlamp combo off ebay so I could run something off the pulley.

Kicks out a nice 4.8-5.1 volts :cool: :cool:

I just remembered I never took any pics or vid, so after a few beverages tonight I fired her up and decided to try some nitrous....

Vids uploading :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Here she is running the lamp....





I ordered a bigger driveshaft pully as it has to be revving flat out to get the light to glow steady, and the boiler looses pressure pretty quick when wide open.
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High idle...


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On nitrous :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:








Seems the carbon buildup on the bottom of the boiler caught fire so I had to shut her down...... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Rolling around....


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cool little toy man :cool:
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Thanks !!! Everyone Ive told about it thinks im a complete homo and the wife is totally unimpressed but I love it :oops: :oops:


If more kids played with stuff like this rather than stealing cars and blowing peoples heads off on a computer we might be in a better place....
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What do you burn in it to make the fire?
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I like it!!
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Travis wrote:What do you burn in it to make the fire?

Dry fuel tablets, its made from compressed fish oil...

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i think there great.....an old friend had a couple of them.
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thats nice stuff, i always start projects and dont get them finished. somewhere in dads basement is a hit and miss staionary and the start of a case style steam engine. I'll take my little guy out to the museum and check out all the old iron the last week of july. I have a bunch of old sales brochures and flyers from 1890 something and newer with all the big steamers, pretty cool stuff. I used to fix old toy tractors and sell them, i bet theres 60 or more on shelves in dads basement.
i'll find those pics and catalogs i scanned and send you a link this week Chris
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My Dad has an old hit and miss engine in his shed back home in Indiana. Pretty neat sounding machine!
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there are some dammn good machinists out there, the company Sherline that makes a desktop mill and lathe capable of cnc work has had a competition for years, bob will like some of these...


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This one is still the best....

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ya, that one is pretty sweet forsure
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britincali wrote:Thanks !!! Everyone Ive told about it thinks im a complete homo and the wife is totally unimpressed but I love it :oops: :oops:
That's OK, only gear heads get it... :cool:

If more kids played with stuff like this rather than stealing cars and blowing peoples heads off on a computer we might be in a better place....
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Thats fricken awesome :cool:
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