Steam engine and boiler whistle alternator off grid American Steam

American Steam Ross Bendixen
Free shipping from west coast to Montana and Colorado using Fastenal
Call me 206 948 0770 Ross
My email address is [e-mail]
Up for sale is my tenth fully machined and assembled mill steam engine from castings. Included: cross slide, flywheel, eccentric, piston and rings, and all moving parts for the engine. The bore is 3 inches with a 4-inch stroke. The overall length of the engine is 36", the width 20" and the height 23". One of the features of this engine is a flyball governor. The flywheel is 12" dia. The complete engine weighs 150 lbs. I estimate the hp at 3-4 depending on boiler pressure. The oiler and valves are included. It runs at 375 rpm wide open. Using the pulley you can step the rpm up to run a sawmill, dynamo or alternator.
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Call me at 206 948 0770.
The table and steam hoses in the video are not part of the sale.

[@jaydenyoung90]

Can we just take some time to appreciate how he waited for us to turn down our volume for the whistle

[@MrRasZee]

you know for next time that these steamies are gonna blow their whistles at random moments

[@naturalstatepoolandspallc338]

very nice of him!! i turned volume down too.

[@artemiasalina1860]

You mean like a moment of _silence?_ I'll show myself out.

[@MrRasZee]

@@artemiasalina1860 that is kinda funny.. lol

[@garywheeler5835]

@@MrRasZee wich is most

[@robbby4011]

I don't know how I got here, but suddenly I need one

[@austinbartose6527]

Rob Bby a solar panel would be more useful and require almost maintenance unlike this 200+ yr old design

[@wyattprout]

Same

[@newdogatplay]

@@austinbartose6527 yea but in ststtes with a winter and little soun this be nice to have

[@jacquesrunner789]

@@austinbartose6527 solar panel = 8 amp -- alternator = 120amp

[@borivojetravica569]

If meteor strike?

[@bustednuckles2]

rossco1948 You sir, are an artist. The thought that you built all that from scratch and then to see it chug along perfectly is almost enough to bring a tear to my eye. Absolutely gorgeous .My hat is off to you sir, you are the last of a dying breed. Fantastic craftsmanship.

[@BluntForceTrauma666]

I love this kind of stuff anyway, but thumbs-pU for giving us a "lower your volume" warning! A true gentleman...

[@ChrizRockster]

Glorious! I always love a good governor as well - a pair of swinging balls always finishes off a steam engine nicely!

[@koningbolo4700]

You gotta have your swinging balls mate...

[@kerman559sanchez4]

@@koningbolo4700 😂

[@JasPricester]

Balls to the Wall Bro!!

[@jeremycrisp4488]

Thanks for helping keep the history alive. Kids born today have no idea what a steam engine is, and I doubt it is considered relevant in today's education system. Without videos like this that a child might randomly come across, a future engineer might be lost. Thankyou sir.

[@jeremycrisp4488]

@Nathaniel Aberdein the future seems to be going backwards. Technology that was invented many many years ago is being looked at more and more as the world tries to solve the energy crisis while trying not to destroy the earth. Sterling engines, flywheels and simple tech like using weights to spin a generator as they lower to the floor are being developed on a grand scale. Knowing how these old designs work and thinking outside the confining orthodox thinking boxes that modern education tries to entrap you into is what leads to new innovation and thinking. Liquid metal batteries, iron air batteries, and even dirt batteries are all wonderful ideas and viable solutions as long as people keep working hard to develop them without giving into the big tech who offer to buy their ideas so they can lock them away. The solution doesn't have to be super complex and expensive, it can be cheap.

[@kize32]

Steam piston engines are extinct but steam is used for production of 80% worlds electricity

[@johnsanchez8029]

I’m one of those kids. Many times it’s not our fault. It’s our parents fault for not giving us any direction. Instead of teaching us boys mechanical wisdom, they give us PlayStations and fkn Nintendo. And my dad is a respected diesel mechanic!!!!! He only ever taught me basic auto maintenance. I was the one that joined the Navy, learned construction then used GI bill to study chemistry then took it upon myself to follow through with learning electricity. Only because my dad had the responsibility of having full custody of two boys (he was 27 after divorce) I exempt him from my criticism. All in all I agree though with you Jeremy. It’s also never too late to learn to use that brain of ours!!!

[@jeremycrisp4488]

@@johnsanchez8029 it all depends on perspective. The world follows a pretty basic pattern. It's repeated itself countless times. A poor parent works hard to provide a higher education to their child so that their child might not have to work as hard as they did. Then they make money the easy way and use that money to raise their kids. As a result, their kids don't have a clue what it means to work hard. If the parent works hard but never gets ahead due to bad decisions and life happening, then their children will actually be better prepared for the harsh realities of the world. They will work hard, make better decisions and be successful enough to provide a higher education for their kids.......... The cycle can be broken by making sure that no matter how successful you are, make sure your kids don't have it easy all the time.

[@azteacher26]

"I doubt it is considered relevant in today's education system." It should be. Our modern electrical system are still largely running on steam and water turbines from damns and nuclear energy.

[@christopherbrowder4746]

That is a beautiful creation. I live off grid myself and have been interested in steam for quite some time, what a wonderful way to power practically anything.

[@sarahmartin3558]

Now, that's a real steam engine that looks and runs like a proper one should! Nice build Rossco1948! I'm intending on using some sort of steam engine to supplement off-grid power for my Tiny House on Wheels, but, don't want anything to do with a gas powered generator! That would be a dream come true to have something like that to help power my house!

[@liveuntetheredmusepodcast4832]

Incredible job, you took a lot of time and effort to build this. I love steam engines, I must built one! Thanks for posting!

[@rogueart7706]

This is the engine that inspired me to build my engine....very beautiful...thank you.

[@catlady8324]

7:35 Thank you for painting the little flywheel for us! Much appreciated, Sir. 👍

[@davidhoward5586]

Very nice set up. Love the sound as it reminds me of the old stream trains I used to take from Oxford to Charlbury to go fishing on my days off back in late 1960s and early 70s.

[@TheGearhead222]

Beautiful work, especially on the boiler!-John in Texas

[@FFND16N]

Very impressive. Reminds me of my fascination with locomotives as a child.

[@joshuaanothereraseddad]

I am glad this popped up as a suggested video. This just made my day! Cheers!

[@TheTwilson21]

Thank you you’re one of the 1% of people that warn before the are about to blow someone’s ears out and you also have time to turn it down too. You sir are a saint.

[@nicholasspeers1859]

One of the most interesting machines I have ever seen. Thanks for sharing.

[@blaneycrabbe3390]

What a great engine ! ! ! My favorite part was when he opened the fire-door and you could see that it was a regular kind of fire (nothing special). Now I think of "bigger-bigger better-better". lol

[@turbo3089]

Thanks for the warning about the volume I had my earbuds in and my volume was all the way up

[@kiplindsay8413]

Wonderful engine and boiler. Wonderful landscaping too!

[@holdenboy1960]

that unit is absolutely lovely , only wish i could do something like that , thankyou for sharing with us

[@jafolost]

Great job , nice video and really appreciated the work and the walk around ! Makes me want one for my off grid farm .

[@joeviking61]

Magnificent !!!! The sound alone is so seductive !!

[@redsquirrelftw]

That's so cool! I see lot of videos of these but it's great to see one where someone actually puts a load on it! I want to eventually live off grid and this would be something cool to setup to top up the batteries on cloudy days instead of relying on a generator and fossil fuel.

[@emil.honganmaki5461]

She doesn't show what it gives when loaded because it never gives a lot of power.

[@chandrurn]

Wow, We all traveled to 18th century with that beautiful horn sound, nice machine, certainly it can be used in many ways, we can use the wasted steam to cook, get distilled water, charging battery, keeping the room worm.

[@rossbendixen]

It is a 3 chime steam whistle.

[@mr.craige.whittington6353]

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[@SgtBerryhill]

I think it's beautiful. Amazing work and great sound. Thank you for sharing with us. I see me having future conversations with you about building one.

[@jeromegarcia5396]

I had this same idea but with water powered by solar panel to a pond pump to a jet point to move a bike wheel that moved an alternator... I never got to getting it done before I moved back to the grid, but this right here is imagination and craftsmanship peak, and wow, you did it with the bells and literal whistle, pun intended...

[@steamturbinesdoingjobsbyen1589]

Please send me your experience video

[@donaldnaymon3270]

Great engine and boiler. Great work. Thank you for sharing

[@traitorouskin7492]

I love it. It's suitably chaotic and impressive

[@dawsoncolby5487]

This Is possibly the neatest thing I have ever seen. 😮

[@aflatminor]

WOW!! What a beautiful engine!! :)

[@commonconservative7551]

yes, we humans like shiny things

[@DavoShed]

What a fantastic project. Probably the best little steam engine I have ever seen I’m sure you could sell as many as you could make no matter the price. “Put me down for one!” 😀

[@M3rVsT4H]

I just love it.. And you have my eternal gratitude for the volume warning :)

[@shellbu9362]

I like everything about this, the engineering, the simplicity of operation and the practicality. Very well done, sir!

[@rossbendixen]

Thank you very much!

[@fransterhorst3694]

wonderful!! if you made this yourself then you can be proud! what a lovely contraption , and its 'alive' !

[@SteffDev]

Amazing little machine and a piece of history

[@RotekAustria]

Nice. You can use a part of the waste steam for a blow pipe in the exhaust, in order to fuel the airstream for the fire. The remaining part of the waste steam can be used to preheat the water which should be fed to the boiler. The condensed steam can be also feeded to the boiler, avoidung too much carbon build up ....

[@hurcellwilson212]

That Sir, is a thing of beauty!!! Well done Sir, you should be proud.ty

[@thanashsp4962]

5

[@mike-rayner-videos]

its funny engine and kinda cute :) ... i like it

[@gabewhisen3446]

You never blew the Horne disappointed, superb steam engine never the less

[@LeAbstracted]

Thank you for the volume warning! I love steam engines but I love that volume warning even more!

[@bledlbledlbledl]

Neat bit of old technology there :) Of course, look for the next guy to take that and depict the alternator powering a heating element to run the boiler and claiming "Free energy!"

[@luciusirving5926]

Connect an inverter to the battery and you'll have AC, this is a great project. Btw, you can also use a sawdust-fired boiler, gotta get rid of all that sawdust. Sawdust stoves and steam engines are underrated technology.

[@ronmoore6598]

Wow, super sweet set-up!

[@rossbendixen]

Thanks!

[@axismc33]

There's only one word This is awsome

[@matthewjames9167]

I have to agree. That is a really pretty engine. Very steam age appropriate. Good luck.

[@texasfossilguy]

Thank you for the volume warning! Much appreciated

[@jackkendrick7151]

Admiring your craftmanship.

[@FrenchLikeToast]

Thank you for the volume warning. Pretty sweet.

[@tribulationcoming]

Very nice setup, I have a saying, " Low Voltage is Better than No Voltage". Charge them up.

[@coolvideoish]

I enjoy how the exhaust is pointed at the battery :D

[@TnMtnRdr]

Good little set up. I have an old westinghouse/acme "high speed" engine, by piston size and RPM it calculates at 15 HP at 100 PSI. Then I built an Ofeldt water tube boiler to match. While the boiler design is for 600 PSI, I Put a 200 PSI relief valve on it, (even that may strain the old engine under load) and a soft plug that blows at about 700. Cold test pressure is 900. Setting it up on a 4x4 truck to chug around the woods and process firewood. Need to add generator and log splitter. It's almost ready to try out.

[@rossbendixen]

Love to see it running.

[@Troll_Singh]

rossco1948 please let me know how small piston engine can provide 1hp

[@robertposton6809]

Very awesome! Imagine running a few alternators to power a garage or a shop. Would be cool. 😎

[@BigBen1991]

Wow, wow wow wow wow. Amazing setup sir. LIKE button smashed.

[@paddylandreville8501]

Awesome stuff, lots of potential thanks for posting

[@chrunchebim4888]

really good invention, hope you could produce more of this on the market. a most reliable electricity generator.

[@journeywithjohnny]

Love that i came across your channel, we have so much in common, we cover similar topics in our videos, thanks for sharing

[@MrRedeyedJedi]

What a lovely bit of engineering!

[@richardnightingale9086]

The neighbors must love you...lol...excellent video my friend.

[@ikeurban7379]

Genius machine and beautifully designed

[@steviebrochdale]

Beautiful little machine!

[@jimmysomethin5878]

A solar panel or two is looking pretty good from my Perspective! Nice job all the same, well done Jimmy

[@grudge7719]

do the math on solar, you will pay more for the panels than what they can produce in 15 years of charging. i dont think anyone offers a warrenty on them longer than a few months

[@cth0211]

that is soo cool. makes off grid living a little easier.

[@govindsinghrathore4671]

I loved the sound of the whistle

[@SciHeartJourney]

That's a huge boiler! I just need something 1/10th as big. This is AWESOME though!

[@adrianrodriguez9082]

What a beauty man!!!! Great job

[@stranraerwal]

phantastic boiler and engine: chapeau !

[@Interdiction]

Gorgeous ..Love the sound

[@catthecommentbothunter6890]

Now you can prank your neighbors they thought there is a steam locomotive coming to there house 🤣

[@cr4zyu]

Lovely stuff, cuff, cuff, cuff, mate. Craftsmanship & multiple talents. Too few of your creative kind are left on the planet. Congratulations from Sydney AU.

[@rossbendixen]

One of this engine is being shipped to AU. next week.

[@tonyfremont]

This is absolutely awesome.

[@charleshodge1873]

Nice, simple, ...and reliable.

[@OVER-bENGINEERED]

If your field strength was fixed p(permanent magnets), speed will proportionally increase voltage, however, this alternator has a field regulator for voltage control, so it will always limit its output to 13.8 to 14.7VDC as long as the rotor speed is fast enough to meet power demands.

[@Wyowanderer]

Very nicely done!

[@roberth2427]

That is a beautiful setup!!!

[@MasboyRC]

I love that engine sound

[@appealingpit]

That’s a sweet sounding engine.

[@jasonrackawack9369]

Reminds me of the Docs ice cube maker in Back to the Future 3......Would be kind of cool to have your own mini powerplant. You got me thinking of using one of those british toy/model steam engines to make a cell phone charger for my desk LOL!

[@mauriceupton1474]

Nice engineering, great off grid heater and generator. Next unit could have an oven and a hot plate:) Watching frm New Zealand

[@JasonVladimir]

Good show! Thanks for sharing!

[@amirutakatik3681]

great, it's amazing, I'm waiting for the next video, good luck

[@gpayneinc]

Volume warning was so nice. Thank you.

[@lucianosantucci108]

Great solution that actually works. Thanks 👍

[@rossbendixen]

I do not allow advertisements on my videos. While viewing my KZbin videos do advertisements come up?

[@itssteve6018]

Suddenly, I now understand how choo-choo trains work.

[@wisdom_wellness365]

Very nice...I like it!

[@heru-deshet359]

Beautiful and functional.

[@williamdewarrenne5848]

Simply beautiful

[@Gearz-365]

Generators of the past. Beautiful 😀

[@silverwiskers7371]

Good job building that, I'm a welder by trade and fully understand what goes into one like that, especially the engine, my first guess with you is your most likely an "mechanical engineer"

[@arnoldolorenzo3474]

Wow! Awesome job!

[@marcariotto1709]

This is a fantastic little (but serious) rig. I gotta say and no offense intended, I love how you talk about this like there's a bunch of junior Casy Joneses at home who are going to be tweaking there micro steam engine gen sets😂 LOVE IT DUDE!

[@stunash4914]

Bloody nice boiler mate

[@CoolStuffGuysLike]

That's how I am gonna charge my phone from now...

[@samufinland5765]

Cool Stuff Guys Like Remember to leave your phone battery next to the steam exhaust like in the video so the battery is extra hot and wet when you've finished charging the phone

[@JeffDeWitt]

So you'll have a wood powered phone!

[@robertl.fallin7062]

lol, set one up in a walmart parking lot and charge away!

[@luciusirving5926]

Get an inverter then charge your phone.

[@chuckjordan6455]

who needs a phone when you have a steam whistle?

[@SethLikesToEat]

Beautiful machine

[@puffinvapor4551]

Way cool. I always wondered how you added water to the boiler without losing pressure. Simple check valve & hand pump.

[@cristiandanielpopescu4793]

Beautifull mashinery!

[@dawgrules1]

Very nice work!

[@MLFranklin]

Cool project!

[@RAK402]

OUTSTANDING!

[@johnbravo7542]

Very nice work