Big Steam Engine Kit Build

[@Blondihacks]

Wonderful! It’s such a terrific engine and you did a great job on it. Great to see your grandson interested in it as well. 😄 Also you’re too kind 😊😊😊

[@Preso58]

Nicely done Jay. The red paint looks great. Cannot wait to see it pumping water to a 30' head!

[@mrpete222]

Great video Jay. That's a beautiful engine. Loved your setup for line boring. By the way, your photography is extraordinary. Editing--excellent too. Thanks for the (yellow vise) mention.

[@Radiotexas]

Thanks Mr. Pete! You are one of my inspirations as you well know!

[@mattomon1045]

I do agree Quinn is great

[@Radiotexas]

Interesting. I’ll check it out.

[@lalyanasimkin5398]

You can be proud of yourself. Going from this heap of iron to this splendid working machine is an accomplishment few machinists can be proud of. Congratulations!

[@Radiotexas]

Thank you very much. I am way out of practice.. while the fundamentals are there, at 72 years old it takes a bit of time to get back in the groove!

[@jeremylastname873]

Very nicely done, Jay. I also look forward to seeing your pump restoration work. Keep up the great work!

[@Radiotexas]

Thanks! Will do!

[@BruceBlalock]

That's a perfect project for you! Nice work.

[@Radiotexas]

Thanks Bruce!

[@WaynesGarageTexas]

Excellent! Fun to see it running. As always, top quality work and fantastic photography. Looking forward to the pump restoration video.

[@wklinger79]

As usual tremendous work Jay! So you have a small engine looking for some work? Here's an idea..... A wet brass tumbler! Basically build yourself or come up with a rock tumbler type attachment that you could fill with brass, hot water, soap and Lemi Shine.... let that run for about an hour or so and your fired brass will come out looking Factory new!

[@Radiotexas]

Remind me to tell you about the brass tumbler a friend of ours made for Dr. McCall! Used 833 rectifiers to make DC for reversing the rotation! Frank- if you read this tell Wally the story!!!!

[@W4AX]

Another fantastic project and video. As a non-machinist this seems like if is rather difficult to maintain the tight tolerances required. Well done my friend!

[@tonyc.4528]

Hello Jay! Stopping in from the Rockwell-Lathe forum. Turns out I'm already subbed, but the "Tube" didn't tell me about this post. Very nice job, lots of work. It amazes me how different the 10" Rockwell that I have is so vastly different from the 11" Rockwell.

[@Radiotexas]

Thanks for your kind comments Tony.. and for subscribing. An often overlooked thing with KZbin subscriptions is that after hitting the "subscribe" button you must also click the "bell" icon to get notified. I have no clue why it is a two-step process but many other creators remind visitors to be sure and "ring the bell."

[@tonyc.4528]

@@Radiotexas I ring it, or make sure that it's black, every time. KZbin seems to have a problem keeping it that way and yours isn't the only channel that I've noticed that.

[@frankschultz4170]

Another outstanding classic Miller production as expected, BUT disappointed that you didn't show the dynamic balancing setup and procedure... When will you have the boiler on-line and what will be the operating pressure? Whacked-out minds kinda wanna know! 😁

[@Radiotexas]

I was waiting for you to get me some steam tables!!!!

[@StuartsShed]

Your engine came out really great - very well done. I don't like to self promote on other peoples channels (seems rude) but I have a technique for forming the brass jacket that works fairly well, and you might find interesting.

[@Radiotexas]

Forming was not as hard as I thought! I just %#$^-up on one hole with the tap! They supplied 3/8 x 2-56 screws. I ordered 1/8 long from McMaster! If I had them before I started I wouldn't have broken TWO taps! My grandfather used to charge me $1 for every tap I broke. In the 1960s he paid me $2 an hour so I didn't break many taps!!!! I'll check out your page. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@StuartsShed]

I took a fairly long winded approach (mounted on a rotary table) to drilling and tapping those holes - the advantage was that the drill was nicely perp to the part all the time - also the accuracy allowed me to put all the holes in the flat brass sheet before forming. Whichever approach is taken - when it comes to drilling and tapping 2-56 holes it’s an adventure!