Is there a good book on how to make steam boilers????

I need it

How much would a set up like this be?

Was this ever sold??

Very nice. Do you exhibit these anywhere? Would love for you to come to the NMIH in Bethlehem, PA. we have 2 full size in our yard.

Great❤

Beautiful. Very well done.

Sir,z i want to buy this. I am from India. I require this for electricity purpose to do agriculture. Please give your least rate.

Sir, i am a farmer from India. In our place we are facing electricity problem. I saw your video. I want to buy this from you. Please guide me. And offer me your least rate for this. Please

How can I buy one? I’m going off grid and I’m gonna need this. What does this one cost?

That is a beautiful piece of art. I hope it’s not your last boiler. That would be a sad day.

You didn’t pass on your knowledge to the next generation find an apprentice. We can’t lose these skills. We don’t know if we’re gonna need them later on life.

At the price of raw materials today for hobbyists, it's not worth building anything anymore! American greed to get rich quickly economy has wiped out another industry. I'm depleting all my materials also.

I have made some small steam engines from scrap's but my homemade boiler's do not have enough juice to power them.

So awesome. Thanks for sharing.

G'day Ross, if this is your last boiler which hope it isnt as your workmanship is fantastic, you should go into selling plans for these. Cheers mate. 👍

Very nice Mr. Dixon. I am grateful for your shares and all you have done to show and tell, assisting enthusiasts like me.

Man. What a beauty.

Well, I've enjoyed following you! I'll stay connected to the channel just in case.

Hi Ross. It's a real beauty. I know you probably need some rest as what you do is hard work. I hope you can find a source for the materials you need and get back to making these great works of craftmanship. Don't want you get out completely. Get some rest, stay warm, and look around here and there until you come across a source. Take care Ross. -------Ed from Michigan.

My father bought a Worthington feed pump and turned it into a regular steam engine. Hit cut the pump end off of it and then made a crankshaft for it using Farmall F20 rods and used the F20 belt pulleys for flywheels. It was the last thing he built before he passed away and never got to run it on steam. Needless to say building a boiler for it is a future project of mine. 👍

podrias intentar hacer un generador de vapor que tuviera aun mas capacidad de agua para aumentar el tiempo de funcionamiento

Like it, but all that power and it is generating 40 watts maybe. Certainly need a smaller generator and a more efficient speed step up. Using Vee belts like this can't be very efficient. I'd think, you should be able to get 500 watts to 1000 watts out of this steam engine with a better setup.

Is there a way you can tell us how to apply the oil?

Seems like a lot of fuss to go though just for a single light bulb. Just saying.

If you made it self propelled, you could call it a showman's engine! It does need a bit more power though.

Definitely needs a smaller alternator. Sounds like it should be at much higher RPMs than it is.

Very rare that we see a steam engine actually doing anything other than freewheeling.That part is good. This example, grossly overloaded to try that 3600rpm generator head and expect it to work. A ultra low RPM wind generator head would be most appropriate for this. 150 rpm perhaps 500w directly coupled to the engine crankshaft no gearing would be most efficient.

👍👍👍👍----Michigan

Interesting. You're not supplying any magnetizing energy? PF angle mismatch for sure.

That poor engine is struggling. Help it by adding a compound steam cylinder.

Looks great! Love the work you do, thanks for you time.

Awsome work Ross, Brilliant.

Ross, how do I find the video that you said was running a generator by AIR ?---Michigan

really like this, do you have a build video?

Hi Ross. Running real smooth. Well Done as always. Have a safe and Merry Christmas to you and your family. Great work. ---Michigan

How much steam oil does the engine/displacement lubricator use after 15 minutes?

Jump to @2:55 to skip a bunch of gobbledygook and get to the good stuff.

Are you still selling these?

Amazing craftsmanship. You are an inspiration. I want to do this one day, too. Life doesn’t get much better than that.

I just found your channel and I couldn’t be happier! What a gem. I love steam power and I wish more things in the home used it. I love your videos, brother.

Thanks for the video, I operate 2x 60 hp steam engines generating electricity on 24 hours basics as our farm is far from the main grid. The engines are 1870 design although built in 1980, the last 2 engines built by Skinner Co in Ere Pennsylvania before filing for Chapter 11 from asbestos claims…. Steam compared to compressed air is far better because of its expansion properties as it cools in the piston bore, on another note I don’t see a governor system on your engine that is meant to increase or decrease steam consumption as your alternators loading verys @1800 rpm your alternator should read power

I'm positive you know this but I'll say it since I don't think you said it here. As you increase the rpm from the engine roughly 18:1 there is a corresponding reduction torque driving the generator shaft. Once the generator is under load will there still be.sufficient torque to drive the generator at 1800 rpm? And will the single 1/2 inch v belt transmit the torque? Maybe so, but I haven't done the math and research to verify. My bet is that you have.

Lad in New Zealand kzbin.info/www/bejne/inXGhZSHpNNmr9Efeature=shared I would be tickled to see you two get together to discover what lies in the future for stream. 😉

Wow Ross I am so impressed and pleased with what you have done here. None of your time on this was wasted I bet. Not everyone has a talent for this like you do. Maybe that makes me appreciate this all the more. She is a real beauty! I can tell you are proud of her too. _Well Done!!_

I love it...but i would use a simple bicycle chain drive for less friction. Unfortunately chain drives are noisy especially when the load is in overdrive as you are doing, you would want nylon sprockets on the driven side. (Not the drivers). Maybe a toothed timing belt would be better so it doesn't have to be tightened so tight? Or a combination of the 2? Thanks for posting, i have a similar project brewing with my steam donkey engine, this is an inspiration.👍

I've been in solar since 2006. My first job was in an off-grid office powered by solar, microhydro and a generator. We did a lot of work for people who were convinced the world was just about to end. They always got a battery bank and a gasoline generator, but no solar. It got me thinking about true "off-grid" scenarios where you can't drive down to the gas station to get more fuel for your generator in the middle of winter when your solar isn't fully recharging the batteries. I looked into some antique steam engines on various off-grid forums that existed back then, but our company didn't want to get into steam power. Great to see projects like this. If I even decide to get an off-grid property, this is what I'm getting instead of a Honda generator.

What's the synchronous speed of that induction machine?

I love steam engines. Do you pour your own castings, or are you getting kits? If so, where are you getting the castings?