1890-1900 Atlas Automatic Steam Engine Part 5 Evaluation Begins

January 2020 was warmer and wetter than typical in north Texas. The Brownell boiler firebox was filled with wood the prior December. Even though it was covered it still was too damp to easily get burning.
The new to the engine the old lubricator had never been used since acquiring it. The sight glasses and the stop valve had to be replaced. Fortunately no leaks were observed and operated as expected when steam was applied.
The new timber engine base now allowed the engine to be run up to its governed speed without fear of falling off its cribbing. Doing so revealed a condition seen on both of the other automatic steam engines seen in prior videos. That condition is where the engine valve timing is off when on the governor. This is indicated by uneven exhaust beats. The unscientific field adjustment is a first step in correcting this.
While they did not seem too bad when the steam chest was inspected, the valve component scoring might be too numerous and too deep to keep steam from constantly blowing out the engine exhaust. This materially reduces the economy of steam automatic engines are known for. More to do.
Video #59 Please like and subscribe Notifications are good too. Thanks.

[@johnmcclain3887]

Hi, I just ran across this, I built a scale model about fifteen years ago, bronze and iron castings, about inch and a quarter bore, I never built an oiler for it, but have run it on compressed air, now I guess I've got to finally make an oiler for it. Thanks for showing this, I spent a few weeks finicking on valve timing till it was just right. Semper Fidelis.

[@DobleWhiteAndStabley]

Hope that worked out for you man. I'm about ready to start designing and casting a steam engine myself for an old lineshaft machine shop.

[@robleary3353]

Nice to see old bits of kit still running and not going to rust!. Nice one!. Nuff said. 🙂

[@danefilander6306]

I love that sweet sound of a steam powered engine.

[@johnwillis4706]

I've got a similar engine built in 1901 on a saw mill. It's a Fairbanks-Morse, 30 H.P. it belonged my Great Grand Dad then my Grand Dad and then my Dad. We just got through a complete rebuild and added a condensate recovery system. It runs like a top now. Mine has a horizontal fire tube boiler and not a vertical like yours.

[@GeorgeSupremu]

Nice, I hope you will give it to tour kids and so on and on. This way people won't forget the roots

[@jurgennfischer755]

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[@rbstephenson4338]

RE John Willis: Fairbanks-Morse “similar engine” (Steam?) I was not aware FM made a steam engine. But if you made a condensate recovery system it sounds like a boiler was involved. Nice family history. 👍🏼

[@marcostovar7968]

Teaching without words

[@averagecarguy420]

Nice engine! Great piece of history... I’m 16 years old and love to see old stuff like this still in action!!

[@lineshaftrestorations7903]

Young people are a demographic I am hoping will find enjoyment in my video presentations. Sure you can't drive these machines with your thumbs and there's no joystick. In it's day, this was the high art of technology.

[@averagecarguy420]

LineshaftRestorations Totally! I love thinking about how these old machines were the peak tech of their day. Unfortunately too many people my age are addicted to today’s peak tech, and have no other hobbies or interests. As for me, I have never played video games, and have no desire to do so. My hobbies are working on cars, airplanes, and especially engines!

[@elektro9564]

@@averagecarguy420 same with me

[@DeathracerXD]

same

[@camthehedgehog]

Same. I’m 14 and have a heart for old steam equipment... these videos are wonderful!

[@luetner]

Nice wood work on the base, well done.

[@matthachireth4976]

The basic of mechanical force to rotate towards axil power ,very knowledgeable.

[@rhavrane]

Bonjour, Very instructive video, thanks for sharing and keep safe ! Amicalement, Raphaël

[@sr50223]

Very interesting thank you for posting

[@franciscobustamante546]

¡¡WOW THAT'S INCREDIBLE!! LOVE IT WITH A PATIONS! what a beautiful machine! My goodness, these is amazing!

[@misterfrediemcfullvlogs2715]

This was show to us that engine came from old to high tech evolution, i like it friend

[@tanataotengahere5978]

Pai nga korero..te haaruuru o te mihiini morehu nei..Hai mohio nga kai mahi pai i tau-a, waa..kia ora ✌️ presented n explained well.. thnx 🤙 vid 👍

[@MYTUBE4U2CUS]

Mister! I just enjoyed the hell ! out of this video, I'm 53 and I've always wanted to cut timber off grid and build a cabin using... You guessed it! And you just showed me a lot of principle about it. I tip my hat and thank you. You take care 👍

[@narendranathpati6706]

Marvelous. Travelling to the glorious past. Thanks for revival of old giant.

[@MrZ676]

I really enjoyed watching this! Thank you!

[@eduardomorais1303]

Cara estou supreso, muito bom ver essa maquina tao antiga foncinando de novo

[@beez1717]

This was fascinating to watch!

[@nicvladov2499]

Хорошая энергетическая установка, молодцы что сохранили, починили и теперь она как новая.

[@user-vl6gs9qu2q]

Ну так то она нахер не нужна по сути. 2 часа трахатся прежде чем она начала первые шаги делать.

[@gavendb]

Cool! I grew up in Irving, TX and now live in Cypress. I wish i could have seen this when i lived up there.

[@joseajjep5]

Wonderful and beautiful machine first time in my life that I have de opportunity to see such a steam machine thank you for share the video must be a great experience be in front of that machine and see how it works

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[@natureloverboy]

W full time

[@DEJARONGSSangPenemu]

Thank you for sharing a great video with your amazing and fantastic videos.

[@benniebarrow348]

I'm sure those old steam whistles filled the east Texas air back in the very early 1900's . With all the sawmills around back then people probably used the whistle sound to keep up with the time of day. Great video !

[@threel2545]

I dont know anything about trains, but for some reason I decided to watch this, and it was quite enjoyable.

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[@cyberbadger]

I love how easy it is to change the valve setting!

[@pietropolini4859]

Monica 8 Ag if9

[@SharingbyAmiq]

Great video, very satisfying to watch

[@china-trip]

Wow... !!! My best friend, Loved this video. Looking forward to see more. Awesome... Full watched.

[@jp-um2fr]

UK From the country where it all started well done that man.

[@ribamarmascena4245]

Parabéns pra o celebro que inventou essa máquina!

[@jogijaat1302]

Thank You Dear, only because of you we got the chance to see this wonderful steam engine.❤️ Love from India

[@novanut1964]

nice adjustment sounds

[@franciscobustamante546]

greetings from California, USA! love the wethtsel. thanks for sharing!!

[@Casperago]

Simple yet awesome

[@robertmalone9389]

I like to see old engines being started up

[@ZCHRL4]

Just great stuff! Most interesting valve tuning!

[@alejandroluna983]

Woooooooooow make me feel i take a trip back in the past , THANK YOU

[@ranjanmohanta7096]

Concept was evolutionary

[@joaomaglianooliveira1348]

Parabéns por conservar um máquina dessa ! Uma relíquia 👏👏👏🤝🤝🤝💖🇧🇷🇨🇮

[@SachinKawshalya]

එහෙමකරන්නඑපා😂😂

[@peerperemans897]

Lovely piece of machinery! Some used frying veg oil gets a fire going quick and safe.

[@johnalexander4356]

I don't know where you're located but my grandpa had a welding and machine shop in Groom, TX. He had that same steam oiler in his shop. I remember looking at it and finally giving up and asking him just what the thing was. I would never have guessed! His shop had the old line shaft tools, but converted to electric motor driven by the time I was growing up in the 70's. But he had a hit and miss backup. I loved that shop!

[@charlesfoleysr6610]

I worked in a tannery years ago. The drums or mills the leather was dyed in all ran off a line shafts, with babbit bearings. The two big lathes in the maintainence dept ran off a line shaft. The paddle wheels in the beam house also ran off a line shaft. Those were taken out, the first year I was there.

[@aliaherrer111]

Impresionante !!!! Que simple que eran ,!!!! Muy buen video 👋👋👋👋

[@haraldpettersen3649]

Once upon a time, this was a high-tech machine 🧐 Edit : Great video, thank you for letting us join.

[@charlesfoleysr6610]

I believe it still is a high tech machine. You or I sure could not walk up and run it.

[@dallasjsallad]

It’s still very hi tech.

[@onekycarscanners6002]

Can work anywhere without a gas or diesel supply. Charge batteries. You don't get more high-tech than that. Also with a low speed pmg connected it becomes a very environmental friendly power plant.

[@scorpion2nz]

It lives .thanks for the wake up at the end as the rhythmic pulsing was allowing me to drift off

[@wamanpatil7027]

Kalke rrnh

[@spgranorthiam123]

THE JOY OF MOVEMENT,thanks

[@magnoaraujo9705]

Parabéns pelo seu trabalho muito bom mesmo

[@juanchavez9796]

so beatiful engine, tanks fot the video

[@valdomiroribeiro6005]

Excelente trabalho... parabéns

[@JamesPollMaine59]

This is poetry in motion. I have no idea what the adjusting accomplished but it was beautiful seeing this grand old engine working again. When was the last time it was started? What will you use it for?

[@zahirworkshop]

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[@lineshaftrestorations7903]

The current goal is to use it to power a 4-sided wood planer. Unfortunately the planer is not yet operational.

[@Pete4875]

Now that was really cool thank you

[@BakoelGendoel]

Really interesting and I want to see more.....

[@Mr39036ce]

Far more interesting than you know! This was the original power of the industrial revolution!!!

[@JavierCastro-om3tk]

Que hermosura de motor Un lujo que todavía este funcionando 👍👍👍

[@pauloricardoazambuja7053]

Boa tarde no preço que está a gasolina vai ter que voutamos ao passado kkkk

[@gayle4s383]

Thank you! Learned a lot. Especially hydrostatic lubricatior.

[@lineshaftrestorations7903]

Great to hear!

[@camtopfx433]

Amazing

[@malcolmmarzo2461]

Thank you for sharing this historic heritage. It helps me understand the historical context of my videos.

[@mehfilhussain5341]

Rd

[@user-dq7zf7ox6g]

Ответ на северный поток

[@izaiasbatistapereira885]

Parabéns pelo seu trabalho muito bom

[@Goust719]

❤

[@geneticepistomology]

An operator of this machine from 1895 looks at the engines I work on and must think how dangerous. I’ve watch this video twice and would still slowly back away from this thing. However it is a marvel, I would have loved to have seen and met the men that developed this, and those who cast the parts. Wow.

[@lineshaftrestorations7903]

In its time, machines like this could be dangerous but not so much if given healthy respect. Even today simple tools you might not think of as being overly dangerous but can be if careless. I had a friend run a drill bit in his leg because of carelessness.

[@martinw9425]

thank you so much......

[@xirotalleres]

Que impresionante como una máquina tan antigua sigue funcionando sin ningún problema.

[@themechbuilder6171]

estan echas para durar

[@sammybarry2490]

Ive worked on old boilers in the sugar Mills in Louisiana that's from the 1830s. We got to actually pressure it up and start it after hydro. I've been interested since. I want to build my own engine. I've built smaller ones and understand down to the internals. If you have any old parts or things you would like to steer me to the right direction on. Please inform me !

[@gooduncletv]

very good video thank you !!

[@domingosantoniocosta9880]

Muito bom . Gostei. Não conhecia o funcionamento dessas incríveis máquinas.

[@alanoliveiraoliveira6572]

Que isso ?

[@defencebangladesh4068]

Beautiful

[@kelleysimonds5945]

Beautiful...

[@leandrosantos2697]

Muito bom ver máquinas antigas voltar a vida

[@carlosnorbertotrejosyanten1562]

Buenísimo

[@glasslinger]

Shit damn! I would love to have that in my back yard!

[@akwasifrank9264]

We should appreciate how far technology has brought us...... All this work just to start an engine...

[@woloszyk3]

Nice Job

[@New777World]

the ending is what i was waiting

[@shoshohamad9324]

Thanks for doing it this

[@AustinsAmericanFlyertrains]

Thanks for the video. That was fun to watch. I wish you had a little more thread length for the valve adjustment.

[@84953]

There are probably several ways that this can be adjusted further. If you stop right at 16:04 you'll see the knuckle of the connecting rod from the cam that moves the valve box. That's a possibility, also there might be a way to adjust the cam itself. There is also an adjustment on the valve box that is in the steam chest.

[@kestobabu3378]

9oo

[@user-dv8dg3do3f]

Ну точно как у нас с Газель! Зимой чтобы завести мотор! Академиком станешь!

[@user-ol8vq1qo6n]

Нормально она заводится если всё правильно работает. А вот запорожец лет в 15 зимой мы заводили только поджиганием карбюратора.

[@frankmartin7922]

А что тут сложного? Вначале он затопил котел, потом открыл нижние краны для слива конденсата и прогрел цилиндр, далее краны закрыл и запустил двигатель. Там всего одна регулировка, ход этого штока, регулируется гайками, все одним ключом. По надежности этот движок на высоте, он заведется в любую погоду.

[@tdnolting8859]

AAH. I'm glad you didn't forget to blow the whistle!

[@EdouardMwananvita-lp4by]

This very ingenious ❤

[@kahutochishisumi9056]

Didn't understand anything, but found it fascinating

[@adangarces8215]

I like this, gorgeous (Temuco, Chile 2021)

[@birabira3382]

Ótimo trabalho Ótimo vídeo Um grande abraço pra vocês

[@johnblecker4206]

Now for a turn of the century steam engine it sure sounds well engineered or tuned or to myself it sure is a nice piece of the past.

[@grantgee2842]

The future shall revisit this simple yet effective technology.

[@mauriciocecilioadao9137]

Esta der é uma bate estaca?

[@onekycarscanners6002]

Yes especially with all this environmental issues and standards

[@entertainmentviaindia5418]

Whistle function was awesome 😇

[@damianalejandrocruz2340]

Tenela lista porque...cuando termine el mundo que conocemos vamos a volver a esas máquinas...

[@rafaelfreitassantos5534]

muiti legal de ver esses motor a vapor funcionando.

[@Ratman_Bejo]

Hello LineshaftRestorations greetings, my name is Ratman Bejo from Indonesia, I'm happy to have found your KZbin with the steam engine innovation. Your video content is very inspiring for me to work in Indonesia, thank you, good luck always

[@enriquejimenezvasquez1681]

El inicio de las grandes máquinas y lo complejo de su funcionamiento.

[@Libercapitum]

GRACIAS POR MOSTRAR ALGO TAN PRECIOSO, QUE ES EL RESULTADO DEL ESFUERZO, TRABAJO, ALEGRÍAS Y DECEPCIONES DE TANTAS VIDAS... Y EN UNA ESTRUCTURA DEL TIEMPO EN QUE LAS COSAS SE HACÍAN PARA QUE DUREN TODA LA VIDA, TIEMPOS EN QUE NO EXISTÍA EL CONCEPTO PERVERSO DE LA OBSOLECENCIA PROGRAMADA QUE ES UN CRIMEN DE LESA HUMANIDAD! BENDICIONES Y GRACIAS!

[@javidahmadmir5842]

Good job

[@joergadae7421]

matches from 1865-wood even older...but the machine is incredible.

[@kleytonblacky7379]

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[@martacastro5428]

Esse tempo aí era um tempo muito bom dessa época. 💰💰👍👍

[@serj2526]

Да, хорошее время всегда было вчера или год назад или сто лет и т.д.., но не сегодня и не сейчас..) А через год ты будешь вспоминать это время и говорить что вот тогда было хорошее время..!!))

[@benedicttoppo5901]

Great sir 👍👍👌

[@jeffreyyoung4104]

Sounds like the steam box, or valve box, needs to be opened. Have you done that already?

[@brushnut1909]

Great video

[@zulfiqarhussain1103]

Look the beauty of the old engineering

[@keshavsharma5263]

Hmare purvazo kitni mhnet krte the..salute for u

[@77goofyguy]

You got yourself one hell of a contraption there! Empty plastic milk jugs make fine fire starters by the way, and the price is right too.

[@tomthumb5445]

Even better than the invention of the steam engine was the pressure relief valve. :)

[@charlesfoleysr6610]

The ideal dream drive would be a small fusion generator for heat. Small boiler, piston or turbine drive and a condenser to capture and cool the liquid media, so the whole thing was a closed system.

[@giorgosmaniakis7526]

Πππ

[@micronenggworksunlimitedpo827]

Wow i love old technology awesome

[@vipulsrivastava1856]

simple design makes it durable as less components are there to drive the engine...a little arrangements in boiler,piston and valve let this beast(steam engine) works again...

[@sethenewman4309]

Great generators when gas is too expensive.

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[@prestonwarren2692]

Whatever it used run was pretty good sized. It's got a huge sprocket on it.

[@user-sc6fe4hn9e]

Nice old is gold