Steam Whistle Restoration for future Steam Engine Boiler Build....

[@meneermuf8685]

Love it This video needs more likes and views great restoration!

[@Myersmetalworks]

Thank you very much!

[@sorrenpeak4870]

This video was really helpful. I bought a similar whistle at an antiques store and this really helped me figure it out.

[@lillianmenzies3480]

Wonderful video and beautiful results! What type of grit was in the sand blaster? Also, why did you heat up those two parts? Sorry if these are silly questions…I’ve inherited a whistle that needs cleaning and restoring. Thanks in advance!

[@Myersmetalworks]

Hi Lillian... Cool you have a Whistle To work on... I Think? 80 grit... from Harbor Freight... The heating up of polished steel parts to a blue color and dipping in oil is bluing the part... Looks nice to me...

[@lillianmenzies6673]

Thanks so much for the info!

[@pepsidoggo1598]

Do you happen to know what brand of whistle this would be? e.g Lunkenheimer, Crosby, etc. Or did it not have any legible markings?

[@Myersmetalworks]

Hi... No markings that I could find on it...

[@legorailroader844]

So ya know, you have your pull lever backwards. The curve at the top is supposed to face outwards from the whistle bell, not towards it.

[@Myersmetalworks]

That was the way it came when I bought it, but had always thought something looked a little off.... Thanks for the info. Just wondering if you know what the purpose of the curvature is. Got the whistle to go on a steam engine that I hope to restore- so I know very little about it at this time.

[@legorailroader844]

@@Myersmetalworks usual it's just for flare and appearance. There have been plenty of whistles with straight levers.

[@Myersmetalworks]

I don't think Its the factory handle... It looks like someone made it, maybe a blacksmith year's ago...

[@mrsaturngamingandstories]

I want this whistle on a boat

[@The_East_Charleston_Railway]

I have a brass steam whistle of my own that actually works, ive never heard the sweet sound of it though, because i don't have anything to blow it with, my air compressor is to big for it, the slot is a quarter of an inch female nosel which needs a male bolt with threads so i can attach it, do you have any idea where i could get one?

[@Myersmetalworks]

The hardware stores is all I could suggest.... or maybe McMaster carr...... on the internet....

[@JosephStalin-hv8en]

Thats great for waking a person😂

[@Myersmetalworks]

Hi Joseph... I did take it out side and hook it to the shop's air compressor with 3/4 pipe, and WoW is it loud... You can't even stand next to it when it blows... Lol 😀

[@judemock2699]

How did u make it blow? I have one. Could u make a video how you did it ?

[@Myersmetalworks]

Hi Jude... I hooked it up to the shop's air compressor with the hose I use to fill tires with... A hardware store should have all the fittings you need to do the job with your air compressor... Hope this helped... Thanks...

[@judemock2699]

@@Myersmetalworks thank you for the info. 👍🏻

[@MarkRBlackwell]

What types of compound did you use to bring up the shine? Looked like two different kinds. I'm surprised it came up so well after sand blasting. Have 2 locomotive whistles I'd like to try this on. Very cautious to do it though because they're quite expensive.

[@Myersmetalworks]

Hi Mark... Buffing compound bars will have instructions on what type of metal to use them on.... I think Northern Tool has a kit with diffrent compounds you could use on your whistle restorations.... Hope they turn out nice for you!

[@tomosborne9992]

What is the liquid you dip the whistle lever and he bell stud into ?

[@Myersmetalworks]

Hi Tom, It was Olive Oil...

[@tondevrieze7884]

Where do you get this stuff?

[@Myersmetalworks]

We found the Whistle at a antique shop...

[@e-mananimates2274]

I never knew the bell of a whistle also sounds like a bell should you smack it with something metal.

[@Myersmetalworks]

Yes... I was surprised as well...

[@michaeltardi3179]

Is that a fiber wheel?

[@Myersmetalworks]

Hi Michael, I call it a deburring wheel and it is soft... Here's it described in Granger (I Think its the same) SCOTCH-BRITE 6 in Deburring Convolute Wheel, 1/2 in W, 1 in Arbor Hole, Medium Aluminum Oxide

[@michaeltardi3179]

Thank you!

[@bobmcalister2131]

Is that the horn for the Vette 😂

[@Myersmetalworks]

LOL … Should I mount it to the hood?

[@bobmcalister2131]

Lol I wouldn’t go that far

[@djbruno6730]

It's a steam whistle

[@EternalCoders]

Can we use it in tractor 😂🥰😍😍😍

[@Myersmetalworks]

Lol... It would look better on a Tractor then the Vette!!!