I Bought a Faulty STEAM ENGINE for Restoration. Can I Get It Running Again?

This week I restored this rusty old steam engine model. I'ts pretty rusty and I didn't work when I tested it. I found the water tank was full of some white substance which probably had blocked the airways of the engine. But can I get it running? Stick around to find out. By supporting the channel you help me make more of these video and find more amazing items.
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[@TheeWanderingAlaskan]

Don't think we didn't see that "oh crap" moment when you realized the lubricant was flammable. lol

[@BadalSingh003]

I wish i could restore my life the way you restore damaged articles

[@YouKnowWho-fx4fw]

Yo are you alright man? Wanna talk about anything?

[@pl3459]

They're not articles, they're contraptions.

[@MrAnonymousme10]

just add some catsup

[@lukasvondaheim]

I would be happy when my life would be fixed enough to work more or less

[@LandoBlank]

same man, same

[@chanceherbst5388]

I love the commentary! “This is slowly turning into a cooking channel”

[@dr.rajasaurusandunclebonec6526]

When Gordon become Ramsey 😂

[@brainsmoosh9457]

I wouldn’t be against the idea! “Odd Recipes” It has a nice tone to it! :D

[@Weavermicro]

Now introducing, Chef Ducky

[@ernestoantonio2657]

@@Weavermicro Ducktor you mean?

[@maitreyajambhulkar]

Is there any commentary in this channel?

[@01alstep40]

Some interesting facts: this is a hungarian steam engine made by gamma company in the 60's (im not so sure), it was used in schools mostly. I have some of these since i live in hungary.

[@01alstep40]

@modern studies It was supposed to demonstrate the powers of steam in physics classes

[@ThePoptardedtj]

@@01alstep40 sick

[@joecrouse2503]

Makes sense, doesn't look like it can really do anything besides demonstrate what steam engines do and how they work.

[@dannhisbikes8013]

Üdv, mi magyarok mindenhol ott vagyunk! :D

[@presterjohn71]

These steam engines were very popular in the UK in the 60s and 70s too. Mamod the company that made them used to make vehicles and all sorts. The basic engine like that one was one of the cheapest things they did and most basic. Kids used to love this kind of thing and it got them into mechanical engineering. Raspberry Pi's computer boards and robot making are the modern equivalents of these things.

[@HighMizai]

You'd get better results if the fly wheels werent off balance.

[@ruskythegreat]

It looks like the axle is slightly bent, you can see it when he takes the wheels off.

[@seeburgm100a]

@@ruskythegreat or it looks like the axle mount is worn and could use a bushing to take out the slop.

[@unitytwins6652]

It would also help if he used steam oil or a thick lubrication before starting the engine, the sound of it running on compressed air made me cringe :P

[@kingjames4886]

you'd get better results with bearings and a linkage with less play too... but it's a novelty and not really worth the effort, the design isn't very efficient to begin with.

[@bequiet06]

You'd get the best results using a combustion engine.

[@Gribbo9999]

The boiler should be filled with demineralised water - same as you would use in a steam iron.

[@antontalbot9148]

Steam engines should use distilled water, this is often used in far batteries. Water used in irons is called Deionized water and this water will eat away at any zinc ions in the brass. In conclusion use distilled water, never Deionized water but tap water is just fine. I mean tap water is more then fine, it will create limescale over time that can be removed with kettle cleaner or lemon juice.

[@TheRealSamPreece]

@@thomasmoersch5862 ...or methanol

[@mattiviljanen8109]

@@TheRealSamPreece I use citric acid, it can be bought for cheap from your local grocery store.

[@midgetarmy1921]

I use diesel to get an explosive surprise!

[@TheRealSamPreece]

@Dark Sigma xd

[@dakotaparsons76]

This kinda of stuff is awesome to learn. Learning about all the different techniques for restoring or making these products is cool.

[@ChanLessa]

Very instructive, relaxing, and best of all: no annoying music. Thanks!

[@jimmaziashvili8533]

I'm glad I found your channel 🙂

[@OddTinkering]

Thanks!

[@IronManRestoration]

8-BIT congratulations bro

[@thehunterseb1852]

Aw man after seeing you restore all those engine parts and wheels I wish there was some old model train for you to restore and run

[@thany3]

a train probably doesn't fit in the workshop

[@kamiochambless2590]

A whole train set restoration would be epic

[@Morinaka25]

Those are quite a lot of work and require more of a small machine shop to repair to a decent standard, Keith Appleton here on youtube has loads of model steam engine repairs if you like that.

[@eglantine102883]

I was thinking the steam station look like the Hogwarts Express!!

[@IronManRestoration]

TheHunterSeb fully train restoration is difficult

[@krakhedd]

I'll be 43 this year, my dad will be 88. He got me into trains and steam power young. As a kid I played with the very same model as you're restoring here. It's probably still in very good to great condition

[@reberinskime4508]

My Dad brought back a similar one from Switzerland in the early 60's it used a white brick fuel and I loved it, especially blowing the whistle!

[@Spoon80085]

I love old stuff man. If someone handed me any tool that’s older than the 20s I will treat it like it’s a bar of gold

[@IronManRestoration]

Clumsy Captain wooo great man

[@MrJayrock620]

Just an FYI, if you restore one that’s a little bigger and more robust don’t polish out the wheels. They need the texture for grip if you’re running a belt. Still if the axle and wheels where better balanced, something like this could actually power small things like a sewing machine or a hobby bandsaw

[@ShockingPikachu]

Yeah. Though these days these engines are more of a relic of their time, whilst still very much functional, they're reserved for more demonstration of older technology and a fun thing to look at.

[@nothankyou5524]

yeah, no one uses electric motors any more.

[@antontalbot9148]

😝, nah it's a toy steam engine, it squirts water everywhere with it's u superheated steam and has the efficient of a Russian car running on North Korean jet fule mixed with American beer.

[@ShockingPikachu]

@@antontalbot9148 i mean thing is probably more efficient than the car that Russia had from 1970 onwards 😂

[@stevenklingler9376]

My father builds small steam engines. So much fun to watch them run!

[@shelbykingnfs7216]

This is basically "old thing sounds asmr" and I absolutely love it! Great restoration!

[@brandonpanozzo86]

the quality of work is amazing love your videos leep them coming please

[@sevenowls7776]

A very satisfying restoration! Thank you. I still have my old Mamod engine from 40 years ago and it still works. A thought: restoration of the safety valve might have been a good thing to show; these model boilers can burst if the valve isn't working.

[@jamesfield5346]

I was just scanning through the comments and was overwhelmed with a whole wave of emotions and mental chaos... this is a restoration video. Not some philosophical discussion... lmbo. Lighten up people please. Side note: love your restorations. Keep doing them you're a talented individual. Thanks for you videos.

[@jamesfield5346]

Your*

[@velona509]

Excellent. Well done.

[@Tjm5656]

That was really great to watch. I hope you can get your hands on more steam engines

[@gerardogarcia-trio3572]

Great work! I restored one of those years ago, a Wilesco. I love those little steam engines. I hope you used paint that resist fire, I made the mistake of using normal paint. Anyway, If the paint suffers with the contact of the flame, you can strip the paint again and leave the boiler without painting, it's going to be a nice contrast with the black and it's probably made of brass. By the wa, if you are going to use it regularly, use oil for steam engines, it's cheap and easy to find in ebay in stores that sell those machines. It's special, the hot steam doesn't affect it, it works with it. Old technology! And, as other comment says, it's good to use destilled water to prevent limescale. Regards.

[@CanadairCL44]

Nice restoration. As a youngster I used to have one of those and it had a brass boiler. This has brought back some happy memories. Thank you!

[@nickj3368]

The painting was excellent, you know what you are doing, well done.

[@qillerdaemon9331]

11:00 I laughed a loud chuckle, because my two favorite channels to binge for hours on end, one is yours. And the other is Chef John's Food Wishes channel. I can just sit in a faint stupor for hours watching either channel (or both!) when I need an escape from the world. Two of the most soothing places in the world!

[@speedofheat]

This is one of the most interesting devices I’ve seen on this channel. Really enjoyed that.

[@Ducks-are-cool1]

I can’t stop watching your channel

[@michaelbrownlee9497]

Nice work, you're video editing make these projects a joy to view. Thank you.

[@stefangla6878]

Watching those little wheels spin makes me kinda happy. :)

[@sebmeister67]

can you do some more of those vintage zippo lighters with palm trees on them?

[@OddTinkering]

Maybe not the exact same but that really interesting project so I might do something similar

[@nothankyou5524]

send him some.....

[@petrescuework-difficultcas6581]

The black shiney water tank turned out amazing. Great restauration in general, as always.

[@fmkwok9022]

Beautiful restoration work; well done. Thanks.

[@paul-sparky-sparr4160]

Awesome resto and thanks mate for saving this beauty from the bin. It brings back so many childhood memories... 😉👍

[@themanchannelonlymanstuffh7208]

That was one if the coolest restorations I've seen so far love the engine it would be a great teaching demonstration for my wife's classroom the kids would love to see how it works and it working!! Great job! I'm subscribing to your channel now !

[@davidfrank2824]

I really love how this turned out. excellent job on restoring it.

[@pierre5325]

Great job! I especially like where you showed the slow-motion of the "steam valve" in operation.

[@reconphil]

Vinegar would delime the boiler. You should use steam oil (mix it with canola oil for the small engine).

[@donnydvoi2538]

Cute, my grandad had one of these And I thought it was the raddest thing ever

[@iwouldliketodfir]

I love your videos! Super cool to watch someone’s passion with bringing new life to forgotten treasures.

[@alzer08]

My dad had one of these when I was a kid. I remember seeing it working once, very clever little machine, good job👍

[@adammitchell115]

I would've like to have seen either the base or the tank cradle in red, to break up the all black look. But nicely done!

[@dnwheeler]

You're better off using straight vinegar than using ketchup, and it's cheaper, too. Vinegar can also remove the lime scale from inside the tank.

[@erroleabrown4317]

That is the most owesome video lv seen in a very long time, thank you so much for sharing your beautiful steam engine it is a lovely restore.

[@parlainthtownie85]

That is the coolest looking disaster I have seen in a while.

[@sfcmathews32]

Now you can generate the 1.7 jiggawatts necessary to power your flux capacitor!

[@ShockingPikachu]

I mean... that was a full steam train, a larger steam engine than this. Perhaps 500 gigawatts, but this engine is sadly not the little engine that could.

[@glennslendrian4031]

1.7 niggawhats

[@ShockingPikachu]

@@glennslendrian4031 thanks for being the portrayal of the edgy 12 year old.

[@whydoihave6neutrals772]

Glenn Slendrian 😂😭 I’m crying

[@RealDukeOfEarl]

You only need 13% to get you fiddy pcent of the total.

[@bigliftm]

flywheel bearing is run worn and the flywheel itself has a bad wobble... back to the shop to fix it

[@nothankyou5524]

Yeah, you know how that's constructed, I see.... He ain't turning track pins.... It's a toy.....

[@bigliftm]

@@nothankyou5524 always room for improvement. on a lathe make some bearings or brass bushes. etc.

[@Erik_Blomgren]

The flywheels look straight, more likely the crank itself thats slightly bent. And in the slow mo shots of the engine running you can see that there's almost no play in the crankshaft bushings, the only reason it looks like it's worn is just because it's bent

[@GGigabiteM]

@Paradoxical Nightmare Yeah, you also shouldn't let your kids ride a bike or skateboard as they may have an accident resulting in serious injury. Or play outside in the sun or they'll get sunburn. Just have them stand in a taped square inside on the floor or else life will get in the way of their safety. Seriously, helicopter parents these days. There's no wonder we now have a generation of special snowflakes who needs the gubment to take care of them because they can't take care of themselves. Kids aren't stupid, with proper guidance, they'll be fine doing their own thing the majority of the time.

[@GGigabiteM]

@Paradoxical Nightmare Haha, OK there special snowflake. Millions of kids play with firecrackers twice a year and most all of them still have all of their digits, I know I still have all of mine all these decades later. Yeah, FIRE BAD. Let's not teach kids important life skills about fire so they're much more likely to burn their house down as adults leaving the bacon on the stove unattended. You're the definition of an idiot helicopter parent and have no business raising children.

[@tokyohanamura]

This is by far one of my favorite restorations you’ve done

[@astat1]

This is by far one of my favorite comments you’ve written

[@ivanrashin2430]

Great, beautiful restoration! This is not only a work of art but also a methodological material for the teacher! This method makes it easier for children to learn information!!!

[@oscillatine]

Oh, I have the same model, bought at Abu-Dhabi in 1977 !

[@beckybrackett672]

wow :o

[@afloyd4976]

I would see about balancing the rotation of those momentum wheels so they don't shake thing apart. It'll run smoother, too.

[@rogerjackway429]

had to pause this to make sure i thanked you greatly for plastic wrap and paint stripper. i have been trying to tell all the other channels i follow to do the same thing to save time and none of them will even give it a shot!

[@sallyforth10001]

Wow! So interesting and so relaxing to watch. Thanks!!

[@panzermeyer9944]

18:08 my favorite part!

[@if66was99]

Straight up vinegar would probably be better than ketchup.

[@kelvyncharlie4876]

it's jas another life hack

[@MrJayrock620]

Actually you’d be surprised. Mythbusters did a test to see if the main acidic elements of salsa would eat through metal faster than the salsa, and it didn’t.

[@j.cheeverloophole9029]

Indeed, it would've worked a treat for getting rid of all the limescale/Calcium in the boiler too. Also light oil on the piston felt/fiber seals is much better than WD as it lubricates better and allows them to swell slightly & seal better

[@Adeptusmechanicus1]

@@j.cheeverloophole9029 For these little machines with high speeds, sewing machine oil works like a charm.

[@adamus531]

ketchup has vinegar

[@donaldswink6259]

Beautiful restoration. Really nice job. Would like to own that.

[@bigorange9796]

The final product looks absolutely amazing. Great work my guy!!!

[@BiskviLover]

*White Stuff™* The best engine stopper of them all.

[@1967buickriviera]

BiskviLover 3096 yes. Imagine someone making a brand for that.

[@desta1995]

Fascinating object. You could try to fix an old wristwatch, it's hard but i think you can do that.

[@nothankyou5524]

Nice idea. It's about the learning and the challenge more than the result. So is life.....

[@mikeburch2998]

Nicely done. You started the project and finished it. And it works.. Nice. Greetings from Arizona.

[@cottawalla]

My dad had one like this but a single flywheel and a brass boiler. In the '60s watching it work was better than TV.

[@matetoth4571]

I have one steam engine like this in Hungary from my grandpa :)

[@istvansomajozsa5576]

It's a hungarian made engine. Made by GAMMA Művek.

[@hestheMaster]

I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round. John Lennon must have had one!

[@RajendraVermaa]

Beautifully presented video.

[@brendanquinlan5936]

I must say, I enjoy your videos more than most one hour thirty films that come out of Hollywood. Brilliant 👍

[@shoeboxbistro]

Dude this is a wholesome comment section.

[@Taylor-xh8uh]

Yes it is pretty fucking wholesome

[@RealDukeOfEarl]

Is it bollox.

[@jadenyuki3138]

11:13 Menu: Bolts & Ketchup

[@patmadix172]

One of my favorites. Nice restoration

[@equalsql7508]

That was great. I really liked the way you presented it, no fluff, just all 'meat & potatoes'. 👍

[@coryjeffreys5146]

Did you ever consider Powder coating??

[@dotmatrixmoe]

Thomas's heart. He died in honor.

[@someguy9845]

Hol up...

[@renefigueroa6309]

No I think that is Stanley's heart

[@sentientvendingmachine639]

Thomas's class is already extinct decades ago and besides... It's too small xd

[@martianmagician6215]

I find these video's fascinating , brings back childhood memories.

[@northerncountryrailroad8939]

Very nice restoration!!!

[@ETD81]

small leather piston rings in the grooves on the piston would possibly make it a lot more efficient. A lovely restoration, it looks almost new now :)

[@tootall5559]

why don't you see if you can add a little steam stack to it, made of brass tubing.

[@tootall5559]

@Fred Smith thanks for the info. Still it needs something there, that looks kinda incomplete to me.

[@christophermontilla4748]

Excellent restoration job

[@adolforosado]

Beautiful work!

[@rkwill100]

looks to me like what it really needed was something to 'de-lime' the water tank and related plumbing

[@heyandy889]

He should try filling up that bad boy with some liquid ice

[@tonywright8294]

Why ?

[@MarioSratss]

Very cool. Thanks for the Video.

[@kregis81]

This was SO cool to watch. Really enjoyed it

[@raymondo162]

18:30 here you can see...…………… what I can see is the left-hand flywheel wobbling and vibrating like a bugger. it follows on from loose right-hand flywheel at 17:39 which keeps spinning after the rest of the engine's stopped. blind man leading the blind LOL

[@Lucatin]

Hm, I think a bigger version of this could be used to replace horses.

[@bennychan6674]

Make a small train

[@VeradonaRestoration]

Amazing work thank you for sharing !

[@steelem422]

I can totally complete with you on tear down it’s the put back together thing where you have got me......nice job!

[@ronnieg6358]

Why not true up the l/h flywheel which sees buckled or the bearing is worn. I would have thought this was more important than the paintwork.

[@GettingNervous]

Seems that the axle is bent. Easy to fix.

[@BantonOrg]

I have to agree, the flywheels are very sturdy compared to the rest of the mechanism so they wouldn't be the culprit. We could probably study the video to work out why it's a mess.

[@bertjetolberg103]

Most restoration Chanels use hammer and paintbrush

[@ShockingPikachu]

5:24 Fun fact, the past tense of Read is spelt Read but pronounced red

[@OddTinkering]

Thanks, I'll remember that Next time

[@RealDukeOfEarl]

Whereas t the past tense of lead is led, unless your talking about the metal in which case nouns don't have a past tense, except for unleaded which means I undid the dog's lead and put it in the petrol tank, the dog not the lead that stuff's bad for the environment, but dogs love em for some reason.

[@ShockingPikachu]

@@RealDukeOfEarl the english language is just a mess at times

[@lukasvondaheim]

@@ShockingPikachu Try using german and you will cry

[@RestoreThis]

Turned out great! Very nice!

[@SurreyRider]

Cool little project, well done!

[@ThomasWinders]

Ah, the (in)famous "white stuff", aka "limescale". Life would be much easier without it!

[@1967buickriviera]

Thomas Soffiantini most agreed

[@tracyvandusen8454]

For some reason, the ketchup brass cleaning made my mind for to M*A*S*H and Klinger trying to eat the Jeep. Great video though!

[@nothankyou5524]

good call......

[@patriot-wf1er]

Love your restorations keep up the good work.

[@Hossman757]

Awesome. You are inspiring me to start doing this. Nice Job!!!!

[@anonymousmonkey9491]

so much white stuff came out when you slapped the tank... that tank must be masochistic.

[@titanreality9045]

Yes this ketchup has now more iron in it very healthy for your body :]

[@mradj9629]

i cant wait to someday get my hands on something like this. would be a joy to see it go

[@sergiozullian]

Amazing jog guy!!! Congratulations

[@ChuUnthor]

Great, an entire cocaine smuggling operation ruined by a curious KZbinr.

[@someguy9845]

Oof size: large

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

LMAO

[@badnewsbruner]

Reads title. Says aloud to self : lol, does he not know who he is?

[@Ayuraos]

Well, he can easily repair the engine!

[@kerimkerem896]

Nice what I am looking for, good dazzling job well done

[@JakeSusla]

New favorite channel. Thanks for great content!