How a Flyball Governor works on a Steam Engine

[@harrybridges8258]

Always impressed with your lighting, camera work, and your editing. Great little video that shows off all of it.

[@SimonHollandfilms]

i was must playing...but i like my Sigma art lens on my canon dslr ...thanks harry

[@enginediyshop6269]

This video is just so cool. Thank you, Professor.

[@SimonHollandfilms]

You're very welcome!

[@colinmitchell4786]

I had one as a wee boy though not as sophisticated as yours. I think it’s still in my mothers garage, must dig it out for hours of fun, thank you Professor.

[@SimonHollandfilms]

Sounds great!

[@randycrowe4978]

Thank you Professor. That was beautiful. I have a 1916 Victrola. It has a similar ball system and it the entire machine is just wonderful to watch. Some of the most fascinating and beautiful technology, I believe, came out long before the modern age of electronics. God bless you and yours.

[@enginediy_team]

super nice

[@SimonHollandfilms]

Thank you

[@johnwilson8582]

As a Scotsman I’m surprised you didn’t give it it’s correct name - The Watt Governor! Another one of James Watt’s wonderful inventions. The 4 bar linkage you have there is also known as a Watt linkage too.

[@azmattic306]

I had to get quized on this in Power Engineering school 😊

[@richardsmith3199]

use some feed back power of electrolysis to generate clean heat then condense and repeat topping up when cool with fresh water, vague i know but eureka

[@dean5263]

Thanks Professor.

[@SimonHollandfilms]

Any time

[@dockaos924]

Back in ye olde day when I was an apprentice maintenance engineer I asked the old guy I had been been given to what's that with the spinning balls he just looked t me and said its a governor son 🙄he was a reat old school engineer and taught me so much about how to use a hammer correctly it's surprising how many people do t know how to use a hammer 🙄 oops nearly forgot that's a beautiful model👍🙂

[@informationcollectionpost3257]

Living proof that you are never too old to play. Nice toy Mr Simon. Normally about €675 now on sale for. about €300. Oh boy, I would get to sleep in the unheated She Shed. I still can't afford your toy.

[@yodaco]

too late now im sure but a typo in "self build" is missing the L in build. still....very cool

[@SimonHollandfilms]

so typical of me....very dyslexic and my edit software has no spell checker...thanks

[@yodaco]

@@SimonHollandfilmsditto. Just ordered a bunch of business cards... with a typo

[@DistracticusPrime]

I see it all the time... including professionals and businesses that need attention to detail. I've even found a mistake in one my of comments!

[@yodaco]

@@DistracticusPrime yeah definitely a thing. I hate that I did it myself when I always see the typos everywhere like my eyes are drawn to them inevitably.

[@jessicasinclair323]

Beautiful!

[@SimonHollandfilms]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@007.M-D]

Relaxing.

[@SimonHollandfilms]

Glad you think so!

[@richardsmith3199]

make a bigger one and power your home with accumulators and dynamo

[@SimonHollandfilms]

a steam power plant would be fabulous....i'll ask my wife !

[@DistracticusPrime]

Fun idea! But, where to get the energy for steam? Prof, do you still have Mr. Fusion on your car?

[@richardsmith3199]

cool

[@daletomas929]

very cool

[@philipcreider8539]

I don't think that you show an added external source of heat to make this machine run as fast as you are showing it in THIS video. In other videos of this machine, the boiler is heated only by the two built-in burners that are too small to make the water produce enough steam to run this engine fast enough. True? It seems like there is some dishonesty here. True again?