A. E. Karnes

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@krockpotbroccoli65 2 күн бұрын

Beautiful gauge. Interesting that they would've bedded the glass with litharge (aka red lead)-linseed oil putty. They used that stuff for everything back in the day. In wooden boat building the putty was used for timber bedding and paying the hull seams and a primer/ wood preservative was made by mixing in more linseed oil and some turpentine.

@Pithead 2 күн бұрын

Huge dial, fine and delicate works.

@TimsBitsnPieces 2 күн бұрын

Amazing work as always Alex..... It looks fantastic.

@fuzzer3919 2 күн бұрын

"Of course" Damn its so obvious now!

@Rainhill1829 2 күн бұрын

Magnificent work, how i wish every gauge could be as beautiful as this.

@thornyjack77 2 күн бұрын

A new A.E. Karnes video! Hit the like before I pressed play. Please keep making more!

@WOFFY-qc9te 2 күн бұрын

I have just got the family grandfather clock set up, it is about 180 years old and not run in four year being in storage. The plates are iron and the pivots have no bushings and are oval from wear, the gears are worn but the beat is pleasantly analogue. After a few days of regulation it is losing two seconds a day. Who needs modern technology. Nice work chaps, that gauge look fine. Springs, as a young lad fiddling with clocks I went one step too far and bent a hair escapment spring. I probably reassembled the clock ten times before I could get the spring to chooch.

@Hmmmthatsprettyfvckinclose 3 күн бұрын

More content Mr. Karnes. Us old and young Steamheads enjoy the tradecraft.

@wlogue 3 күн бұрын

Very cool, Cheers from the pacific northwest!

@graveneyshipright 3 күн бұрын

Nice work Mr K. when you were bending that hairspring I became sweaty handsy, as I have tried doing that kinda work and made a cods of it.. would you please show a deadweight test when you find one. have a great year!

@pavellopez6762 3 күн бұрын

Jesus that’s a beautiful gauge, great job btw

@R3TR0R4V3 3 күн бұрын

Excellent job. Beautiful gauge! 👍

@tommy2thumbs664 3 күн бұрын

Always learn something new when Alex visits. Nice work as usual!

@brushnut1909 3 күн бұрын

Excellent job !

@scrotiemcboogerballs1981 3 күн бұрын

Great job thanks for sharing those springs look like the hair spring of a watch

@matthewklein9225 3 күн бұрын

Absolutely beautiful

@stevenaegele5228 3 күн бұрын

Beautiful gauge!

@novanut1964 3 күн бұрын

are those zircon encrusted tweezers? good video

@shawnchartrandva3gfy720 3 күн бұрын

MORE VIDEIOS PLEASE

@Shipwright1918 8 күн бұрын

What's amazing to me is some of these boats were repowered with diesel engines, only to be repowered yet again back to steam with new boilers and engines. Some are amazing hybrids of old and new. Electronic helm stations and screens for passing orders to the engineer, but the engine itself is a vintage design or a faithful reproduction therof, with a mechanical engine telegraph on standby for when all else fails.

@Shipwright1918 8 күн бұрын

Sucks the checks weren't working right, feed pump was running pretty sweet otherwise. Could be worse, checks could be sticking open and then you've got steam and water going out the overflow and a mad search for a hammer to try and knock 'em loose so they'll seat down.

@AML-FRL 15 күн бұрын

👍👍👍

@burlatsdemontaigne6147 15 күн бұрын

Came for the engines - stayed for the wallpaper! Such a brilliant backdrop for the machinery.

@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE 16 күн бұрын

Happy New Year Alex

@duron700r 16 күн бұрын

Cute little Corliss.

@douglasmcdermott2830 16 күн бұрын

Glad to see James getting to help run another 4 valve engine.

@josephpadula2283 16 күн бұрын

Mr .Karnes , What happened to the steam program at Bergen Tech high school in NJ.? I visited once 30 years ago and they had a steam pump from the Jersey City Colgate plant that my grandfather was a Blue Seal engineer at for decades before his retirement at 65 and death at 66.

@baka42068 16 күн бұрын

So if my understanding is correct, the governor controls how early/late the trip is set off thus increasing/reducing the amount of time steam is allowed in and out of the cylinder depending on the load. How are the traps set off though? Is there a vacuum created somewhere?

@buttole 16 күн бұрын

i got an aluminum bodied oil check valve on my bike. oldheads say the best way to get a good seal is to get 2 new ball bearings, use one as a die and use a hammer and punch to seat it, and use the other one for service

@buttole 16 күн бұрын

lap or peen the check valve?

@WeaponKingNZ 16 күн бұрын

I would love to see another longform vid of you like that pumphouse one from those two guys a while back.

@vao879 16 күн бұрын

If the power grid ever catastrophically fails we need people like to bring the rest of us back up

@novanut1964 16 күн бұрын

good video, i liked the pipe put the window, making it happen

@scowell 16 күн бұрын

HNY Alex... please post more.... we long for your videos.

@tsp528 16 күн бұрын

Thank you once again for pulling me back from the world of the internet. Your videos always bring me to level.

@WOFFY-qc9te 16 күн бұрын

So just to sum up ..... Its not running to your satisfaction... .... Yet.

@fragmissle5932 16 күн бұрын

Always been interested in steam, are you looking for more people to come in and help with the equipment you run?

@brushnut1909 16 күн бұрын

So amazing! Love the video just wish the lighting as a bit better

@DHMFSSIHTA 16 күн бұрын

A leaking piston ring might not be the worst thing in the world. This time of year, a home humidifier like that might even be a good thing.

@timothkeyyprice 16 күн бұрын

I know some people who are 30 degrees retarded.😉

@manny3655 16 күн бұрын

A. E. Karnes is the Man...

@rhavrane 16 күн бұрын

Bonjour Alexander, I wish you a Happy 2025-year full of steam adventures furthermore for us more and longer videos 😉 Amicalement, Raphaël

@leecraddock3079 16 күн бұрын

Always look faward to your videos as does my 10 year old son hes gone from a non stop kid on his games machines to loveing steam and the massive machinery that used to drive this world Thank you for giving my son a hobby and getting him away from those damn games

@AEKarnes 16 күн бұрын

I am immensely pleased to be of service, and grateful that i have helped pull your son from the gaping mouth of the hell-world that the un-people have made to swallow all the youngsters. He's welcome to come work the machines here

@leecraddock3079 16 күн бұрын

@@AEKarnes he would love to believe me he watches the engine room scenes from titanic every morning without fail we live it the UK in Plymouth the only steam related thing we have close to us is the south Devon railway and Bodmin railway I treated him at Christmas to a little mamod steam roller model

@Russellbristow 16 күн бұрын

Another fantastic film! You really should move to the UK! We need a talented chap to renew England’s love for all things steam

@leecraddock3079 16 күн бұрын

@@Russellbristow I agree with a passion to this comment we rely so much on modern tech when the day comes when we need to go back to steam we are going to be stuck

@perpetualmotion1 16 күн бұрын

You can't have him! There is too much work left to do here!

@AEKarnes 16 күн бұрын

They are actually about this close to having me because the US is rotten to its core in terms of how it treats its youth and apathy for its history and because I have more friends, more productive friends and friends who have far more to work with in the UK. A great deal of my skills and attitude regarding machinery and life also came from British ex pats who were fond of me in my youth.

@Russellbristow 16 күн бұрын

@ Well! It would be great to have you in the UK! I can think of no greater ambassador for steam engine education for the young than yourself.

@leecraddock3079 16 күн бұрын

@@Russellbristow Be the next Fred dibnah Fred dibnah 2.0

@Frisco1355 16 күн бұрын

Fantastic plant!

@mrcmoes 19 күн бұрын

That was an amazing introduction for an amazing guy

@thornyjack77 19 күн бұрын

You, sir, are a treasure.

@xenaretos 26 күн бұрын

Babylonians had it right with base 60. But since we live in a decimal world, metric is the most convenient one to use.

@phatdaddy1955 29 күн бұрын

Thank you and Merry Christmas!!!

@elideaver Ай бұрын

axle pumps vs injectors seems similar to the trade offs between a supercharger and a turbocharger on a car; simplicity of construction in return for parasitic power losses on the actual engine, VS complex construction/operation and a separate power source.

@AEKarnes Ай бұрын

Not really no, for IC motors a supercharger parasites energy while a turbocharger re-captures energy that would otherwise be lost out the tailpipe. On steam engines, both engine-driven pumps and injectors are energy parasites because they both take a portion of the thermal energy from the working system to do something. The injector takes steam from the boiler, while the pump takes horsepower from the engine which is using steam from the boiler. However, because the main engine makes use of steam much more efficiently than an injector and because the pump only takes a small percentage of the main engine's horsepower to be driven, the pump is far and away the better option.

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