40ft Steamboat Project FIRST STEAM UP

[@rebelbull14]

wow. bravo to you and your dad. that is a dream there. the craftsmanship and everything just looks so good. well done.

[@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE]

+rebelbull14 Thank you! I see you've made a boiler of your own!

[@rebelbull14]

+Wesley Harcourt lol. it isnt much. its actually a funny story. i went to a construction institute and i kind of got put there at random learning hvac. when i appologised to my teacher for not being very interested he agreed to pass me if i built something in the shop that worked when built so i built a boiler out of copper tubing lying around the shop :) and he passed me lol

[@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE]

+rebelbull14 Haha! Sounds as good an excuse as any to build a boiler!

[@rebelbull14]

+Wesley Harcourt absolutely lol. i actually plan on starting to upload again soon. ive been on a very long haitus witha lot of projects and hopefully will start putting up some of my other steam stuff on another channel as this was supposed to be my reinacment channel. anyway thank you for the reply and enjoy the boat. i hope to see video of it on the water sometime soon. youll be turning heads with that lovely beast.

[@TunTavernWarrior2]

Outstanding work. I am blown away.

[@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE]

Thank you! And thank you for your help!

[@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE]

Thank you for your kind words!

[@Peterjnel]

If that was mine, I'd put a jump seat right about where your toolbox was and just stare at that engine working. Beautiful machinery!

[@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE]

+Pistol Pete Funny you should say that, my dad is making just the very thing now...

[@dgmarklin]

Awesome! Keep coming with the updates!

[@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE]

Thank you! Working on it!

[@2020jd]

man that thing awesome! can't wait to see her in the water!

[@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE]

Thank you! We're almost there!

[@railroad9000]

Beautiful engine. Triple expansion? Love the sound of those engines.

[@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE]

Thank you! It's an original compound built by Doty of Toronto, Canada Thank you for subscribing!

[@HistoricSteamTV]

Very impressive, is that a stainless steel boiler?

[@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE]

HistoricSteamTV- Thank you! No, it's a boiler built with ASME required grades of carbon steel. The casing is steel painted with silver paint.

[@The123pcr]

really nice maschine ;-)

[@legorailroader844]

Would love to hear that nice whistle.

[@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE]

The bell was a bit out of adjustment at the time of the video and was embarrassing to hear. We worked on getting it closer without annoying the neighbors... It sounds MUCH better now... The whistle was made by our friend Bruce Heppler out of a brass artillery shell.

[@legorailroader844]

Ah I see that makes sense, I' thinking of making an artillery shell whistle myself, shouldn't be to hard

[@73h73373r357]

The safety glass around the crank area is probably a really good idea, but it really hurts the aesthetic doesn't it?

[@thepotatomafia8685]

i can't wait to see this vessel in the water.

[@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE]

Thank you! We are burning with anticipation!!

[@tandemcompound2]

need to put it into Lake Tahoe to check her out.

[@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE]

tandem compound we'd like to but the marinas want your first born child, and your first born's first born, for the monthly dock fee. We'll be keeping her in the California Delta.