Let's Build A Model Steam Engine : Flywheel!

[@stevedelmore2277]

“Keep the hotdogs out of the blender”😂😂 Gold! Seriously though Quinn, every video of yours I watch just demonstrates how little I know about machining! Top shelf as usual, highly entertaining and informative!😎😎

[@frogz]

proof she is a machinist and im not is the large chunks of hotdog missing from my phalanges

[@adamduerr1203]

Dang it. I paused just to comment on this. You're right. Absolute gold. My 3 year girl old fell asleep to this video tonight. Thanks for helping me help them know "Girl Power!" Quinn.

[@PatrickPoet]

I usually have the opposite problem believing I know more than I actually turn out to know. I finally took a beginning manual machining class at the local community college pre-covid, and it was really interesting and fun to find how many of my preconceptions were 100% wrong, and how many things were completely not on my radar but were actually quite important. I _did_ do better than most of the class after I got _past_ that and I put it up to all of the time I spent watching KZbin machining shows. The class was geared (see what I did there?) toward making a little wobbler steam engine and I was the only one that got a working unit done. I put that up more to poor teaching, sadly, that I was better equipped to overcome from all the before-mentioned KZbin watching. I spent the first 90% of the term helping others but at the end I realized I had to get my butt in gear or I'd have nothing to show for the effort. I was shocked that no one else got to the goal including people who at the beginning of the class seemed to know so much more than I did. The class needed a lot more structure and hand holding. We were kind of thrown to the wolves with vague diagrams and vaguer instruction by a teacher that was more focused on outside efforts than on teaching. He _did_ tell great stories about racing strange vehicles though. You'd usually find him somewhere in the shop telling someone stories about _not the class content._

[@tdscwhelan]

The first 4 seconds of this video made the highlight of my day :D

[@brainsironically]

That music killed it!

[@johnapel2856]

Neatly done. And two incidences of "That's exactly where I wanted that to go." Laughed at both! Thanks, and Meow to Sprocket.

[@IanSlothieRolfe]

Well as someone who used to hang out at steam fairs and railway meets I can say that your flywheel has (proportionally) less visible "wobble" than many real flywheels on full size steam engines I've seen. Also nice to see experiments with fixtures, not something you see much on youtube.

[@captiveimage]

I love how you take us through the entire journey, even the bits that you do to make tooling that you end up not using so we [the viewer] can learn about the whole process, not just the cutting bit. It's such a joy to watch you work, as ever. :-) Happy New Year!

[@koltonmajor9195]

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[@ezrajoel870]

@Kolton Major Instablaster ;)

[@koltonmajor9195]

@Ezra Joel i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and I'm trying it out atm. Seems to take a while so I will get back to you later with my results.

[@jonfeuerborn5859]

Considering what castings are, that flywheel concentricity looks about as good as anyone could get it. Nice work!

[@bradgotschall3259]

I’ll call it a win 😊. A friend builds a lot of model engines. He does his wheels on a faceplate as well and has a set of adjustable standoffs to hold the spokes away from the face to allow complete access to the rim as well as make up for slight warp in the casting and spokes. You’re coming down home stretch and looking great 👍

[@wi11y1960]

This was the way I would have done it as well. With the exception of placing some brass blocks between the flywheel and faceplate. To hold the flywheel away from the faceplate. Good job that you did. Some one doesnt like what you did, tough. Let them go build one.

[@sheep1ewe]

Awsome! You are a realy good teacher and i think You are underestimating Your own skills to be honest.

[@Clough42]

Excellent result. That's one of the best-running model flywheels I've seen.

[@mrstrawb]

14:17 New favorite safety tip analogy "...helps keep the hot dogs out of the blender." =D

[@Tinker001]

And THAT is why I just store all my tools in the chip tray.

[@kipsimpson2332]

I just finished a big burrito and a diet Coke and was happy to see that you had a new video that I could watch as lunch settled. I got to thinking about how nifty it feels to have learned so much from your videos that are also just... I just feel nice watching them. You are a gifted teacher and I am so impressed with your lack of laziness. Your work has impacted me and I am thankful for you. And burritos.

[@VincentGroenewold]

What I almost love most about all this, is that you simply make your tools if you need them. So nice!

[@rexmyers991]

Your patience in achieving the proper set-up is what makes you a great amateur machinists. AND, we all get to learn along with you. Thanks

[@jackbonanno8186]

I couldn't agree more with all the positive comments you get. You are such a joy to watch and so talented, you don't dwell on mistakes, you just cast them aside and come up with a solution to fix them. You are so incredible forward thinking.

[@crorivpro]

Your videos are a lucky find. I really enjoy watching and your commentary. If I'm not careful I might learn something. I've been building steam and gas engines for many years. I can't remember how many flywheels I've machined, but this PMR No1 would give me bad dreams for sure. Your method looks like a good solid way to approach this little monster. Thanks for posting these videos I really enjoy them and I appreciate the effort.

[@OriginalHuchang]

Wow getting towards 75k subscribers now. Good for you. You absolutely deserve it.

[@joeromanak8797]

Well, you identified tasks, established order of operations, overcame obstacles and created an excellent finished product, as is the tradition. I’ve heard many of your viewers remark that you are certainly full of wit. You make it look easy and we’re living vicariously thru you. No pressure here. 😎👍

[@charlvanniekerk8009]

You are awesome! that fly wheel was no easy task and as always some good humor, a mill that seems to love lacking real estate and a heck of a lot of skill made for a very entertaining video. Thank you for this amazing series and this wonderful video!

[@friendlypiranha774]

CONGRATULATIONS!!! You have taught me more in half an hour than I learned in the last half year. As a complete beginner, I was about to sell my steam engine castings because I didn't think I would ever be able to machine them... EVER. Now I have an action plan of how to proceed. THANK YOU Blondihacks. PS: That flywheel is looking beautiful.

[@madnessbydesign1415]

"Quatloos"... Love a good Star Trek reference! Always great content! :)

[@CraigLYoung]

The first 4 seconds of this video my thoughts were Quinn is spinning her wheels again. Excellent use of the face plate.

[@johanselander7708]

17:15 Hilarious comment! "An inch to long, when does that ever happen." I laught so hard! :D

[@paulp96275]

Fantastic piece of engineering you are a very professional person I wish I was as good stay safe 👨🏻‍🏭🇬🇧

[@soundmaster1966]

Your creativity and logic behind the clamping concept you gone with in the making is outstanding! What a lesson👍 Thank you for this great video. Really can not wait to se the machine running. Superb entertainment. Stay safe and healthy. Cheers from Germany.

[@oldbatwit5102]

Fabulous. I wouldn't have done it quite that way but, like most youtube experts, I haven't got a clue what I am talking about. Looking forward to the next episode.

[@craigtate5930]

Love the way you made your drill bit extender with the loctite. And the faceplate use was a great idea

[@RickMartin67]

Quinn I have very much enjoyed your and Joe's builds on this steam engine . You are taking the approach that most of us hobby machinists would . While Joe of course is a full time professional machinist . Can't wait too see yours running ( full steam ahead ) 😁.

[@netpackrat]

Beginning hobby machinist here, and I too have liked watching both, and have managed to learn things from both. I personally don't have a huge interest in model steam engines, but the sum total of both channels doing the same project amounts to a work holding extravaganza, and well worth sitting through for that alone.

[@rhavrane]

Bonjour Quinn, Good job ! Having tools is one thing, knowing how to use them is another. You have both, I have neither, so I envy you and follow with great interest your ideas for shaping these kind of big pieces. Furthermore, you are able to drink a cup of tea with one hand and saw with the other, you could also be a great pianist :+) Amicalement, Raphaël

[@tonywilson4713]

Hi Quinn, another great vid in this series. This is a great contrast to how Joe Pieczynski did his fly wheel and a fantastic example of being able to do something by other means and still get a great result. Not everyone will have an adjustable 3 jaw or a face plate or a 6 jaw or many other things. I'm expecting my lathe in a few weeks and it will be all I will have at first so I'll need a different solution for that 15deg hole. But that's the beauty of this wonderful KZbin community - different solutions. In a year of insanity, despair and uncertainty you and the rest of this community have helped. From Australian thanks. 👍👍🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘

[@cbrusharmy]

Your commentary is very informative to my uninitiated ears. Thanks for that.

[@markloving11]

With regards to the unusual fixturing methods, as my grandad used to say, if it works, it’s not stupid! I love you vids Quinn, please keep em coming!

[@mikeness5074]

Very impressive!! The proof of being done well is how smoothly it rolled on the crank. When you have good balance proves how long it can spin freely without slowing down due to physics.

[@claytonl.harper4222]

Tapping holes in the faceplate will give you more setup options for hard to hold parts. Very clever setup.

[@kristinamckeown5106]

Quinn, maybe you considered this and ruled it out. If you had a big enough piece (or two smaller ones) would it have been possible to bolt it to they faceplate (screwed from the back) and then tapped holes in the front where you needed them, for toe clamps? Had to do this for a really large part once. Also an option for large soft jaws when the part is too flimsy to clamp with the jaws alone...

[@kristinamckeown5106]

Oh sorry, piece of plate aluminum...

[@James02876]

I was half expecting to see your dremel show up somehow mounted on your cross slide to get through the scale. Great video, enjoying the series!

[@LordPhobos6502]

'Shop rag spider' 👍❤ Reminds me of my first lathe... which was a cordless drill and some scotch-brite for cutting & polishing brass tubing. If it works, rock on!

[@joecolanjr.8149]

End result....a workable flywheel!! Looks great from here Quinn!! Awesome job!! Can't wait to see it in action. Take care and be safe!!

[@BritishBlacksmith]

thoroughly enjoy the number of washers used in this project

[@tobyw9573]

I have seen both new and old videos of cast iron flywheels and other castings where the foundryman sprayed the interior of the mold with graphite dissolved in solvent. This should keep the iron from being coated with crystallized sand. Perhaps a sandy casting could be cleaned with a toolpost grinder - maybe with a flap wheel or something suitably flexible. Drill a suitably wide hole to hold the flywheel to the face plate with a nut and bolt through the hub. I think the outer rim of the flywheel is the most important center of mass and inertia, so centering the rim as much as practicable would be the trick to the best inertial and visual balance; then finish the hub and axle shaft bore for concentricity. You could also try making a new wheel as a lost wax casting with a lost wax casting or series of castings of bronze.

[@MaxWattage]

Looking pretty fly, for a white metal wheel

[@randynovick7972]

Very exciting and surprisingly complex! Many thanks.

[@martinpanev6651]

Love how this is going! I'm almost finished with my PM2 Engine- First one I've ever done

[@StyxHackshop]

Mate, that flywheel rotation looks amazing. Very impressed with the result from that setup.

[@johnsherborne3245]

Thanks so much for the insights in your thinking. Well done cracking the shell of chill iron. For what it’s worth I found a home made angle grinder holder very useful, it clamps to the tool post and is great for dealing with hard stuff. I still have to work out how best to manage tool feeds, but as a solution it keeps coming back!

[@dirkpieterdemol-meulendijk6615]

I'm loving this series on the steam engine, can't wait for it to be finished and see it in action!

[@MadeInGreatBritain]

You made a lovely job of that

[@regmigrant]

the gameplayers would be betting strongly on you, loving this series.

[@doseven]

You had my thumbs up from the intro!

[@mspeir]

New BlondiHacks and Steve Summers videos out on the same day?! 😲🤩

[@davecross4321]

I struggled with flywheels until I worked up this method. Make a disk of plywood smaller than the rim with a hole in the center big enough to work on the hub. This disk goes between the spokes and the faceplate and keeps the rim off the faceplate. Next cut a disk from sheetmetal (1/4 ") like the wood one and drill 4 holes to match faceplate through both disks to clamp everything together with bolts. Center casting just like you did. Cut away. Don't through disks away as you will use them again.

[@Blondihacks]

Yah I looked at that method for this, but there was no room. The whole flywheel is only 1/2” thick and there’s no overhang on the rim. Nowhere for the wood to go.

[@analog_music_lover]

Dynamic balancing is the next step for a perfect flywheel.

[@woutmoerman711]

This is not a job i am likely to do, machining a flywheel. But I learnt tons by watching this video!

[@kolbroshop884]

The trick with rag, instead of spider in the back of the spindle, is pure homeshop gem... nice...

[@ritaloy8338]

I can see where this did create some headaches for you. As someone who is a supporter on Patreon Thanks for the stickers.

[@mikey1196]

When I was still a maintenance mechanic intern at a small box factory, I wrecked a dial indicator by not pulling the plunger off of the part that I was attempting to "tap" into true on a WWII era South Bend Lathe. My mentor tried to stop me when he saw what I was about to do but he wasn't about to get his hand smashed either. I got a proper ass chewing and the parts guy made me order a new one instead of taking lunch with everyone else. Thanks for showing the proper way to dial something in.

[@daviddeangelo1330]

LOVED the video! And many thanks for the update on the current Triskelion exchange rate. I still had mine at the old rate of $5 to 73 quatloos.

[@samcoote9653]

a few challenging setups in this one Quinn but as usual you came out on top, looks awesome! and love that you took the time to remove as much runout from the flywheel as possible :)

[@PatrickPoet]

At the beginning when you said the casting would be interesting and challenging my mind fed up an image of a cartoon you running down the street pulling it's hair screaming, "AaaaaAAAAaaHHHHHHHHHHhhHhHHhHHHhhHHHHHH!!!!!!!!"

[@d.j.peters]

As a german first time I looked for the source of your often used phrase "Bob's your uncle" :-) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%27s_your_uncle We getting older and older learning every day new stuff and on end we die WTF ;-)

[@ManSkirtBrew]

"Keep the hot dogs out of the blender" is my new favorite phrase. I'll be using that next time I have a guest in my shop.

[@millzee60]

Cool, a lot better result than some others I've seen.

[@rpavlik1]

Great as always! I'm getting quite proud of this thing we're all building here 🤣

[@johnkinnane547]

G'day Quinn greetings from Tasmania and happy New Year. You did a good job of that fly wheel I'm not sure how I would have tackled that and it was a poor casting which made it worse, but you came through on it good to see you again the steam engine is looking great take care stay safe kind regards John

[@scottrowlings5345]

“Keeps the hotdogs out of the blender”....I’ll have to use that in class! Happy new year, excellent video once again

[@tonyschiffiler4816]

Very nice machine work. Thank You.

[@artnickel7624]

Mother Invention.❤️❤️❤️ Love that drill extension!

[@RichieCat4223]

07:43 I had to Google Quatloos. You must be a big Star Trek fan. Lol.

[@kristinamckeown5106]

Thanks for the clarification! I was wondering about that

[@bradthayer6782]

That is a VERY obscure trek reference. If you are going to use that, you either need a glowy ball or dress like one of the contestants. Or at least the hairstyle.

[@NicholasMarshall]

So that all the pathon money is going to..paying for Quinn's gambling habit. You think you know a person.

[@templer4295]

Thanks for the Stickers Quinn! Great video!

[@orcasea59]

Nice! It's fun to see your skills and confidence grow as time goes on. I look forward to seeing the journey :)

[@bobaloo2012]

Don't forget you can hold drill bits in collets, sometimes that comes in handy for clearance problems.

[@Blondihacks]

Indeed, I have shown that on my channel, but most drills are odd sizes for collets.

[@C2DSolutions]

Another way of machining this would be on the mill with a rotary table. You can then use carbide endmills for the hard cast.

[@georgewolf7063]

Yay! It's actually a beautiful flywheel, considering what you had to work with. ;)

[@kevgermany]

Nice work. Maybe grind a flat on the crank for the set screw to bottom onto. Helps stop the flywheel turning on the crankwhen the screw isn't tight enough or works loose.

[@Blondihacks]

Yah, I think I will. That flywheel is very large for one tiny setscrew

[@kevgermany]

@@Blondihacks maybe a touch of blue loctite on assembly as well.

[@jmankamp]

"Keeps the hotdogs out of the blender" That's a good phrase to keep handy.

[@richardlincoln8438]

i appreciate Your sense of humor. Thanks for sharing.... 👍💪

[@TheMechanic626]

Loving this playlist 👍 great work as always I can’t wait to start one myself.

[@johnstewart-rixon2374]

Excellent series, I can't help feeling the engine would look much better with studs and nuts not slotted screws

[@Blondihacks]

Yah, I may replace those at some point. The slotted screws aren’t as nice

[@azlandpilotcar4450]

Lathe drive dogs do not associate well with shop cats: makes for a rough bearing surface. Liked the fixturing work. Perhaps consider an eccentric clamping set for the face plate as a future project?

[@keithrosenberg5486]

Someone has watched the original Star Trek. Quatloos indeed!

[@GoCreatehms]

Nicely done! A very satisfying part to make. Great video!

[@bbowling4979]

Another excellent video Quinn! Your production quality is top notch. Thank you so much for sharing this build with us.

[@paulmorrey733]

Thanks Quinn - great start to the new year

[@deweys]

"I whipped up some pins" Dude, that would have taken me a week

[@Slazlo-Brovnik]

Exactly my thoughts

[@mrdickntities81]

Thanks for the video! Buying a lathe since you have inspred me into machining 😁 (sorry for bad english)

[@christtophek9487]

you make my day... or night ! I did not know that it's was so fun to watch a flywheel ! keep going keep machining and all the best for 2021 !

[@giovannifurio8445]

15:50 The shop towel seems faster than dialing in your Cat's Head.

[@markwatters6875]

Another successful job done. Well done Blodi. Keep them great videos coming mate.

[@fepatton]

"Keep the hot dogs out of the blender." 😂 Great video as always - the flywheel came out great!

[@kandkmotorsports]

great job with all the thinking ahead and little details. BTW love your humor!

[@mousefad3673]

"keeps the hot dogs out of the blender", haha!

[@danbreyfogle8486]

Getting closer, can't wait for the big TA DA!!

[@JoshuaSolanes]

I always like your videos, a lot of fun and I feel like I learn a lot (despite not having any machining tools [yet?!])! I also wanted to comment on that fantastic sidebar animation!

[@whodat90]

You didn’t face the part first, as is tradition on KZbin. I am disappoint.

[@LtBRS]

Gravity? Are you one of those silly willies that have bought into Newton's love and strife conflation as unproven yet accepted gravity and inertia? Great choice by-the-way on using the faceplate to do that flywheel. Very impressive!

[@1bmwrider]

Another awesome job. Thank you for posting.

[@jeffcotton526]

62 Quatloos! LMAO! Very few viewers will get that one right off the bat!

[@MRRice-wz3bv]

Outstanding skill.

[@davidowens8829]

I'm working on my engine, and was doing the spot face in a similar way to yours. Then my milling machine gave out the magic smoke. I think it's time for the flywheel since my lathes still good

[@PorchPotatoMike]

Lookin’ pretty fly!