ANTIQUE TOY Jensen Weeden STEAM ENGINES tubalcain jr. part 5

[@CompEdgeX2013]

Love that generator set...Wish I was 12 yrs old again. Thanks Mr Pete Colin

[@TheBergy32]

I'm 17 and have wanted one of those engines for a long time. I guess I should start looking around.

[@JohnRineyIII]

These steam videos are very enjoyable - shame they're not more popular.

[@EddieTheGrouch]

That Jensen is reeeeeally sweet. It looked well balanced, too. I think you should get Mrs. Tubalcain to share your passion by replacing that flimsy new-fangled motor on her sewing machine or the Cuisinart with one of those babies.

[@63256325N]

That second engine almost sounded like a mini Harley Davidson motorcycle....lol

[@countrycraftsman5110]

My Jenson steam engine and guns is what i miss the most from a house fire when i was 16 years old. (Was not from the engine) I would play with that engine for hours. I loved the smell of the fuel pellets.

[@pierresgarage2687]

Hi mrpeete, The flickering light bring us back in time when in the country side was first connected to the power grid, kind of nostalgic. A lot of toys where made for kids but meant for grown ups, steam engines, electric trains, model airplanes, boobs etc,etc... Thanks for showing. Pierre

[@chipwright6193]

There are still kids out there that love this type of thing. Many don't get any exposure to this type of thing. I would have worn one of these engines out as a kid if I could have afforded one. I started to build a double acting twin cylinder marine engine but got distracted and haven't finished it.

[@thatsmethistime]

Jordan is not the only boy who is interested in steam engines etc. Our boys are interested too. Regards from the Netherlands.

[@DieCastoms]

I have the same Jensen engine. It spent 15 years in a collapsed barn after the previous owner's children mangled most of the boiler. It took me about 4 minutes to get the engine running after those 15 years. I've removed the engine platform off the main display base by drilling out the rivets, and run it off of either a nebulizer pump which puts out a steady 14 psi, or my air-brush pump which puts out a steady 28 psi. The engine runs smoothly enough even after that 15 year stint in the collapsed barn that the average pair of human lungs can keep it running, though not very fast at all .. I am amused that you've mentioned the film It's a Wonderful Life because for one thing, I grew up not far from New Bedford Mass, and for another, I've been thinking you sound a lot like Jimmy Stewert. I have enjoyed your videos as much for the content as for listening to you talk :P

[@mrpete222]

DieCastoms Love those engines. Thanks for the kind comments--they mean a lot to me. Many have said I sound like Jimmy

[@jix177]

Great machines, glad to see the generator making electricity.

[@AmateurRedneckWorkshop]

Great video. I enjoyed seeing the engines run.

[@kenwood8665]

I enjoyed seeing the engines run. 

[@shawnmrfixitlee6478]

I love those old engines !! Good of you to get your Grandson into them .. Great vid, Thanks ..

[@ErnieNoa3]

It is always fun to watch your videos!

[@mc_cpu]

Turns on whistle, massively loud high pitched screaming erupts from my speakers. Mr Cain: "Can you hear it?" Me: "Arrghhh!!! Um. yes I can." :-)

[@joandar1]

Takes me back to my childhood, we as youngsters had a Mamod stationary engine with the oscillating cylinder (donkey engine as we called it) and then later a Meccano engine. The Meccano engine was great because we could build something and drive it round, was also fitted with reverse. This was possible as the engines used solid fuel, we later fired them with metholated spirits. To speed up heat time we would boil the kettle and fill from that. Cheers from John.

[@dlwatib]

The higher pitches are the first to go when your hearing starts to fail. If Tubalcain was in any doubt whether or not we could hear that whistle, he should get his hearing checked.

[@Bowtie41]

Was watching your ebay ad video and had to come here to see the engine run.Glad to see the Grandson take an interest in such things.My kids have no interest,but I have another Grandson due in Aug.,so I'm gonna try to pass my knowledge.Can you tell me more about the Thresherman Convention?I'm in IL near St. Louis since 1976,but when I was his age,I grew up in Bowling Green,OH(Home of Tractor Pull Nat's),and My grandpa and I would restore old Tractors,and take them to Archbold and other auctions.He took me to a Thresherman Conv.up there somewhere,and I fell in love with the massive machinery!45 yrs later,and I still have my 'lil polka-dotted "Engineer" cap packed away somewhere,lol.I'm a packrat,but soon I'm gonna hafta be like you and start selling some of my old tooling on eBay......6 barns/buildings is enuff!!Once I figure out how,lol........I'm a pro at "buying",but never sold there.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for watching. This is the show I go to-they have a website. central states threshermans reunion. I don't have 6 barns full, but I have too much stuff.

[@MrShobar]

BTW I also enjoy your other videos featuring full size engines.

[@devilmastah]

The good science project would be making one ;)

[@wdhewson]

I was given a Jensen at age 10 in about 1960, similar to this video, but alcohol fired. I converted it to propane a long time ago. It had to figure in my subsequent long career developing products for all manner of engines from car, truck, locomotive, marine, stationary, and to nuclear and other turbines. I think my father was smart enough to know what he was doing by giving me that engine, as by that age of 10, if an engine was running I had to go see it.

[@mrpete222]

Good story. My dad gave one to my brother when I was little--liked them ever since.

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

Just an observation (and I realize this was more than a year ago!) but.... On the Weeden boiler, is there a chance the boiler was designed for a market where 220V was the normal household power? That was so weak it looked like a 220V device running on 120V. I had a tea kettle purchased in China where everything is 220V. It will boil in about 2 minutes on 220V. But, on 120V it will slowly boil after about 10 minutes. The Jensen powerplant sure works well!

[@binks166]

Great fun! Thanks for this and all of the other videos you have made. I haven't as yet watched them all but I plan to.. Keep up the great work,, Harvey from Nebraska

[@ian-c.01]

I will show this to my nephew to see what kind of reaction I get. I once tried to explain to him about a huge locomotive that I have a picture of and he looked dumbfounded by it. I told him that it probably weighed over 100 tons and could pull thousands of tons of load plus carriages and unloaded it could possibly reach 100Mph using just fire and water. I don't think he believed a word of it !

[@mrpete222]

Yea--fix up that mamod & show it to him

[@ian-c.01]

Last time I saw it, it was in a pretty sorry state but after watching your vids, I certainly understand a lot more about them so I feel confident that I could fix it, if it's not too far gone

[@naveendinakaran5656]

well this is a nice video Mr Pete its worth watching it and thank you :)

[@johncrump248]

For back in the 1970-1975 the first Toy Steam Engine that i bought is a Jensen # 60 & for some how it got sold but i now replaced it & it two is from the 1970's W/ Oringnal Box & i do have another Jensen # 5 with a Gen that i when i bought it i did not know much about it that is until i had it Restored to look like a Brand New 1 & i was told that they made this kind for only a year 1950.

[@bigb0r3]

You can make belts that can be spliced in place using heat without disassembling. The cord used is round Urethane cord IIRC.

[@gmk4gmk4]

Thanks for sharing.

[@Kalkaekie]

Looks like fun !!

[@Hypotrek]

Enema syringe xD I laughed at that.

[@maverick50616]

very cool

[@JerryTraegerSmoker]

That would be Bedford fall!

[@MrComaToes]

BEDFORD FALLS!!!! C'mon mrpete that should have been right in your wheelhouse! New Bedford is the port that the Pequod of Moby Dick fame sail from. I was actually born in New Bedford...

[@johncrump4784]

For i did have a Jensen Style # 60 some time in the late 60's or early 70's for i enjoyed it when i had it but i don't know what happened to it. For now i do own a Jensen Style # 5 wiith Genartor that i had restored to where it look's brand new & it still run's for it's very very rare & i just a few week's ago got an vintage Jensen Style # 60 & it to run's well & has no leak's & i do own an Jensen Style # 25 from the 60's for it is an eletric heated as well as my Jensen Style # 5 & i do own another Jensen Style # 25 that when ii bought it for it was used as a store display & never used for it was brand new when i bought it & have run it a few time's & it is eletric heated

[@mrpete222]

Love those Jensens

[@Samsgarden]

Hey Mr Pete. You can enter links for your other videos on the screen if that makes it any easier.

[@mrpete222]

Don't know how

[@Samsgarden]

mrpete222 Awww, I'm sure someone can help. Anybody?

[@MrShobar]

Since you are in Illinois, I'd bet that the electricity needed to generate steam in your engine was provided by steam generated by the splitting of the atom.

[@mrpete222]

I live 15 miles from the Lasalle county nuclear plant.

[@MrGoosePit]

mrpete222 I fish on LaSalle lake quite often! Loved watching those steam engines!

[@FredMiller]

I liked very much seeing Jordan involved with this production. You inspired me to try my hand at making your wobbler engine. I built two this past winter. Check them out at My first Steam Engine Thank you for all your wonderful videos- Fred

[@GK1918]

I like this. I think I shall email you some photos of mine (real complicated) I made around 1959 or 60 all machined on a 9A S Bend 'i still have'. By the way the city of New Bedford's claim to fame is the "Waling City" and I'm pretty sure were the engine was made now is a fish plant or something (20min from here) sam

[@jetjazz05]

That laugh about the syringe was a bit cynical, I hope it's because of its original intended use, not because it's getting a second life!

[@macro820]

mrpete222 This electricity generating steam engine and you talking about power being made by steam brings to mind the question. Have you ever considered making a steam turbine?

[@LanternLooney]

222 likes!!!

[@matthewpauwels6017]

I am a boy like jorden :p