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
Bob you nailed it BTW I did a little pop off valve modification
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
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
Posted: July 3rd, 2010, 10:23 pm
by britincali
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.
Posted: July 3rd, 2010, 10:26 pm
by britincali
High idle...
Posted: July 3rd, 2010, 10:30 pm
by britincali
On nitrous
Seems the carbon buildup on the bottom of the boiler caught fire so I had to shut her down......
Posted: July 3rd, 2010, 10:36 pm
by britincali
Rolling around....
Posted: July 3rd, 2010, 11:02 pm
by kdizzle
cool little toy man
Posted: July 3rd, 2010, 11:05 pm
by britincali
Thanks !!! Everyone Ive told about it thinks im a complete homo and the wife is totally unimpressed but I love it
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....
Posted: July 4th, 2010, 6:17 am
by Travis
What do you burn in it to make the fire?
Posted: July 4th, 2010, 7:25 am
by sabreguy
I like it!!
Posted: July 4th, 2010, 8:36 am
by dannygraves
Posted: July 4th, 2010, 9:04 am
by britincali
Travis wrote:What do you burn in it to make the fire?
Dry fuel tablets, its made from compressed fish oil...
Posted: July 5th, 2010, 2:07 am
by racein01
i think there great.....an old friend had a couple of them.
Posted: July 5th, 2010, 6:38 am
by Roostius_Maximus
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
Posted: July 5th, 2010, 7:03 am
by sabreguy
My Dad has an old hit and miss engine in his shed back home in Indiana. Pretty neat sounding machine!
Posted: July 5th, 2010, 7:30 am
by Roostius_Maximus
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...
this shoots bb's
Posted: July 5th, 2010, 8:12 am
by AlisoBob
This one is still the best....
Posted: July 5th, 2010, 8:40 am
by Roostius_Maximus
ya, that one is pretty sweet forsure
Posted: July 6th, 2010, 9:53 am
by Mad Dog
britincali wrote:Thanks !!! Everyone Ive told about it thinks im a complete homo and the wife is totally unimpressed but I love it That's OK, only gear heads get it...
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.... Yup...
