This is from years ago yet I never knew this engine had been raised. The people involved in the preservation and restoration of these historic machines do a remarkable job.
@dntlss10 ай бұрын
I didnt either, i knew they had raised the area where the sailors manned the ironclad but i had no idea they got the engine up,pretty awesome.
@hovanti13 жыл бұрын
Fascinating; to do this kind of work, knowing that every fraction of an inch you expose means you're the first person to see that particular surface since Civil War sailors saw it.
@MrTexasDan3 жыл бұрын
break a small piece of granite and you will be the first person to see that particular surface in over 3 billion years of existence.
@hovanti3 жыл бұрын
@@MrTexasDan What an enlightening idea, Mr. Geologist. However, I just don't find that as interesting as Civil War machinery.
@Cheva-Pate3 жыл бұрын
Legend say’s he still picking on that engine
@bobcaverly4 жыл бұрын
Amazing the number of negative comments! Have any of you got any ACTUAL experience in preserving the remains of a 140 year old shipwreck? If you don't then I suggest you ask questions rather than criticize!
@madmandan19353 жыл бұрын
@Flasher Trasher nevermind the fact that, well, it was submerged in saltwater for over a century. saltwater is pretty corrosive.
@madmandan19353 жыл бұрын
@Flasher Trasher I mean, yeah perhaps the brass can be salvaged. The iron through is trashed. But perhaps it is just better to make a exact replica and showcase that, while leaving the original as a static display. Not an expert, but that makes more sense to me.
@johneratcliff3 жыл бұрын
Troll!
@kman-mi7su3 жыл бұрын
Yes, they are all KZbin experts, there is NOTHING you can tell them.
@mrfancypanzer5493 жыл бұрын
Indeed, lots of suggestions that could potentially damage it, and they fail to understand the difference between conservation and restoration.
@sheep1ewe3 жыл бұрын
I it amazing this was even possible! As a Swede i can't help feel a bit of national proud in this too.
@PillSharks3 жыл бұрын
God I could do this day in day out, it’s so satisfying...
@Chris_L0343 жыл бұрын
when the camera is off he grabs an air hammer.
@ralphiewigs22083 жыл бұрын
Ha! I was thinking that an air hammer would be perfect and you'd probably have better control.
@MrInnovativeEnergy3 жыл бұрын
Needle Scaler
@rushymoto3 жыл бұрын
@@MrInnovativeEnergy Electric slide way scraping tool.
@mikemiller49793 жыл бұрын
Lasers! Eight o'clock. Day One.
@mikeholton98763 жыл бұрын
USS Monitor, launched 30 January 1862 ships engine (this very engine) developed 320 Horsepower. fast forward 44 short years... HMS Dreadnought, launched 10 February 1906 ships engines developed 23 THOUSAND horsepower. the quantum leaps in technology in literally less than 50 years back then is even more staggering IMHO than today. P.S. keep up the great work on the Monitor. she's absolutely priceless!
@ethorii2 жыл бұрын
The power of internal combustion over steam. Not the level of nuclear fission over chemical explosives, but a decent comparison.
@JungleYT3 жыл бұрын
*What's amazing is how skilled those old Cowboy engineers were in designing and machining those complex fittings, gears, etc.*
@allangibson24083 жыл бұрын
Ericsson was no cowboy. He had been building steam engines since the 1820’s as one of George Stevensons competitors in England.
@sugarnads3 жыл бұрын
They werent cowboys. They were actual engineers with you know, maths and rulers and tables and stuff.
@allangibson24083 жыл бұрын
@@sugarnads Of course you could look at Herbert Hoover who was both a cowboy and an engineer...
@JungleYT3 жыл бұрын
@@sugarnads It's a "figure of speech"... They existed during the "Cowboy" era or the "Wild, Wild West"... You do the math - LOL
@Turboy653 жыл бұрын
If I ran the restoration crew I'd tell them to shot blast that sucker clean. It'd be done in an hour. Dude, it's cast iron. You aren't going to hurt it.
@danielramsey19593 жыл бұрын
I go through the same problems working on trucks bought from the rust belt states.
@jimmotormedic3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, looks like a 3 year old michigan salt/ plow truck. I feel your pain
@allynonderdonk75777 жыл бұрын
Geez guys cut the man a break. I bet he does a great job, and he has to admin this project as well.
@Bobfelli6 жыл бұрын
I wonder if he knows the difference between coal and Fe3 ferrite?
@jroar1233 жыл бұрын
John Ericsson was way ahead of his time.
@gmanbuffny7 жыл бұрын
Engineering from 177 years ago, some of the stuff was patented in the 1840s
@area85restorations756 жыл бұрын
Why is it so hard to find any updates on the monitor or the hunley???? anybody know?
@twistedyogert13 жыл бұрын
you think when that thing is cleaned up they will be able to start it?
@Boboedeloem12 жыл бұрын
What an awesome job. I am truly jealous!
@kowalski3633 жыл бұрын
Great video
@swhod21903 жыл бұрын
Great work and fascinating! Can you do a "will it start?" episode? : )
@jackking55673 жыл бұрын
Should be using ultrasonic cleaning methods - much like a dentist removes scale from teeth.
@clivelee42793 жыл бұрын
He needs a bigger hammer, this video is 10 years old, I should think you still doing it.
@stephenbachman1323 жыл бұрын
Electrolysis my friend try using electrolysis. Would be much faster.
@kman-mi7su3 жыл бұрын
Don't know if I could do that job, takes a lot of patience!
@stefanhutchinson63683 жыл бұрын
vinegar bath with sonic cleaner might be worth a try works wonders on stuff i have removed calcium from and rust they may have considered it i do not know just a thought
@donquihote60233 жыл бұрын
How about a pneumatic Slag/Descaler? Would that be too aggressive?
@pd28654 жыл бұрын
A little extra history about the USS Monitor. The monitor was not developed only by John Erickson, but in collaboration with one of my distant relatives, including this engine, Cornelius H. DeLamater. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_H._DeLamater
@turningpoint66433 жыл бұрын
You may already know of this PD, kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIjRaZqHbr6eps0 I happen to know the builder and have been told just some of what was involved in the years of research, drawings and machining time for his replica. He also gives lectures to some of the museum staff where the full size engine now is. Your relative was involved in an amazing effort to help design and build the engine and ship as quickly as they did.
@PLD0VR3 жыл бұрын
Jesus, just sandblast the thing. It's metal... sometimes i think they take this stuff a little too seriously.
@joeboden88983 жыл бұрын
Decades Old' more like a Century and 6 Decades Old.
@PotentialAutist420693 жыл бұрын
looks remarkably well preserved! I've removed iron tools from the dirt in worse condition than that!
@sugarnads3 жыл бұрын
Iron rusts. Anything with copper or copper alloy tarnishes but doesnt rust away like iron. Bromze swords are often found on an archaeology dig even tho theyre hundreds of years older than iron swords which are rarely found.
@MichaudDaniel3 жыл бұрын
We want to see how you do it, you can talk after. Thanks
@massiveheadwoundharry68333 жыл бұрын
We have family letters from the civil war that mention a secret weapon called "Monitor" Very neat
@gregorymalchuk2723 жыл бұрын
Are there any updated images or video of the engine available? Also, is the really rusted stirrup looking thing at about eye level the eccentric for the valve mechanism?
@deplorable_20243 жыл бұрын
Must be a government worker paid by the hour.
@bobocaterpillar36973 жыл бұрын
air hammer goes: *BAP* *BAP* *BAP*
@a-fl-man6403 жыл бұрын
seems like there must be technology available to make that job easier and not disturb the item. while a hammer and chisel is cheap and controllable. ie one blow at a time, it's still a chisel and hammer. not the most delicate of approaches. but if it works for you then my compliments on your patience and dedication.
@benjaminbenavidesiglesias523 жыл бұрын
Rock built in progress
@tomgregory74792 жыл бұрын
Maybe a brass chisel be better,, from damage
@grumpyg93503 жыл бұрын
What about using a "laser" to remove layers of debris?
@mikewalton54693 жыл бұрын
amazing stuff!
@omnipotentdwarf5713 жыл бұрын
That would be a good job for the laser that burns off rust and crud without hurting the metal.
@bradjohnson96713 жыл бұрын
That would work maybe but... This was over 10 years ago I don't think the laser cleaning systems were available yet. It would be interesting to see for sure. Those buggers are like something out of a SF movie.. The sound the make is a bit unsettling.. Cool as hell though.
@jackierogers713 жыл бұрын
I have seen oscillator tools and diamond bit die grinders do less aggressive work improving efficiency . Also a CNC apparatus with the z depth programmed can be less invasive to the metal .
@rupe533 жыл бұрын
@@jackierogers71 ... to use CNC technology you'd have to know all the original measurements to program the cuts.
@jackiepierce92813 жыл бұрын
10 years later and he's still chipping away
@tommitchell84253 жыл бұрын
Dream job😊
@jukeboxhero16493 жыл бұрын
Just squirt a little starter fluid in the intake and it should turn over.
@leroylem5112 жыл бұрын
Why not use a dental ultra sound cleaner? Powered up a bit it could break free encrusted stuff like it does on a tooth. Easy enough to test out.
@peterforden59177 жыл бұрын
it would probably do damae to corroded metal, I've seen thorns used in some types of conservation to protect the valuable object under conservation.!
@dntlss10 ай бұрын
Thing looks great for as long as it was down there,those "arms" that push the pistons or levers or what not are in really bad shape,you can see how the corrosion has eaten away at them, corrosion is pure cancer and it will eat and eat and never be satisfied.
@judechopper9 жыл бұрын
nearly a century
@calvinthedestroyer3 жыл бұрын
I wonder if PB Blaster would work?
@andyhastings59503 жыл бұрын
I wonder why they didn't use 20K or higher water jet cleaning? It won't damage base metal.
@hansoh013 жыл бұрын
Air hammer with a skilled body man behing it
@tetrabromobisphenol3 жыл бұрын
You'd think this would be the perfect project for a tanker car full of naval jelly...
@g.a.c.41393 жыл бұрын
Hammer and chisel...surprisingly low tech. Ultrasonic technology is not a viable alternative?
@indridcold84333 жыл бұрын
The second best way to preserve a wooden vessel is also surprisingly very low tech. I supersaturated bath in sugar water is, in fact, the second best way. But I do wonder why a hammer and chisel is being used on the cast iron motor. Maybe it is just to take off the really thick stuff and then a higher technology method is used for the finer details of the cleansing.
@frenchcreekvalley3 жыл бұрын
Why not use a bronze chisel?
@maagu4779 Жыл бұрын
I think, but not really sure, all of this equipment was patented so perhaps drawings are available of the engine.
@Pro1er3 жыл бұрын
Probably not invented yet at the time of this video but I wonder if a laser cleaner would be the perfect tool for this cleaning.
@TheCobraman453 жыл бұрын
That area he is chipping on is going to be severely pitted no matter what, might as well use an air impact gun on it to get down to solid metal. I have done a lot of this kind of work, the black matter is not coal, it is just the byproduct of oxidating metal. Sometimes called “ carbuncle”.
@dntlss10 ай бұрын
People that do this kind of conservation would never use any kind of air impact gun,they just dont want to risk it,they will use these little chisels even if it takes them 500 years to take all the stuff off, i work in a machine shop and we work on massive machines,Ive used air impact guns many times,i know what you mean.
@chadkline43643 жыл бұрын
Why?
@mathuetax13 жыл бұрын
@acfinney1 Why do you types that haven't even submitted one video even comment on these things? Anyway, since you've likely not visited a museum and found out. Most private museums are supported my their members, as would be apparent if you'd bothered to even look at museums's web site.
@JMark-zk5pj9 ай бұрын
Why not use a softer than iron chisel? Remove the risk of damaging the iron.
@oldschool19933 жыл бұрын
OK- take some time , but come on this was a steam engine when new, not a Faberge Egg. I can't imagine tourists running in terror because there was a chisel mark on one of the bolt heads.
@garyv21963 жыл бұрын
They get paid by the hour.
@dntlss10 ай бұрын
This guy might be getting paid but a lot of these people dont, a lot of museums dont have much funds and use volunteers that are proficient in restoration. If i lived in the area i know i would volunteer a few days of the month for free just for the privilege of working on something this historical, a lot of museums that restore old tanks also use free volunteers and they love their work, every minute of it @@garyv2196
@wirelessone29867 жыл бұрын
try using black cat firecrackers in a controlled demolition fire sequence!
@lawrencewillard63703 жыл бұрын
Get a stonemason carver. They did this all the time.
@bfarm443 жыл бұрын
And for some mysterious reason you are not saving any of that coal? I mean shit, I’d pay for a chunk of that. You have any idea how many rock hounds you just made clench?
@buckfiden84453 жыл бұрын
Just get an air-powered needler and make quick work of it, you're not going to hurt that iron. No wonder why these restoration projects take forever everybody scared to hurt iron.
@dntlss10 ай бұрын
ha ha ha ha, i work in a shop and we use those things all the time to chip paint off,for a person thats has never used one it sure shocks the hell out of people the first time they do. My hands use to go numb years ago, now i dont even notice it whenever i use them,they are aggressive but seeing this engine,you could just control it and hit the big chunks slowly and remove most of the stuff.
@garyv21963 жыл бұрын
so that's who we use a chisel.
@indridcold84333 жыл бұрын
I do not think the engine will ever run again.
@ronmeidlinger2493 жыл бұрын
Why isnt the worker wearing safety glasses with side shields or a face sheild?
@dntlss10 ай бұрын
He is wearing safety glasses and at the pace he is working there is no chance of anything,i have done this kind of work for years on massive natural gas compressors removing scale and rust, only time we are required to use a face shield is when power tools come out, I'm sure if one was working for NASA they would require face shields when you zip up your fly.
@DAKOTA5677713 жыл бұрын
@er10b He states in the video even (While not directly) that the engine was coal fired...
@kielmeyer13 жыл бұрын
What about a low pressure, pressure washer.
@ricksadler7973 жыл бұрын
Nice
@richardthomas15663 жыл бұрын
Needs to be sumeraged in a tun o 1 part molasses to 8 parts water for a month and it will all wash off.
@thaton3guy1003 жыл бұрын
They had already submerged it in a solution for 9 years. Read the description
@KB981313 жыл бұрын
wow just wow wish that the hole ship was there
@ericfermin83473 жыл бұрын
Antiquities laws and regulations make this job a bitch.
@richardsledgecock21103 жыл бұрын
Great job ..I tip my hat to yall....ok now start it up let's hear it run😉
@africanelectron7513 жыл бұрын
Dare I say that putting everything in a tub of mild acid would be faster, and pose less risk of damaging anything. I'm sure there is a reason you do it the way you do but I don't understand why.
@atticstattic3 жыл бұрын
To not damage the original surfaces would be my guess...
@mrfancypanzer5493 жыл бұрын
Acid would cause galvanic corrosion between the dissimilar metals.
@johannmckraken93993 жыл бұрын
Very tedious work, not for the impatient.
@paulbeckett12563 жыл бұрын
How is that poor cameraman doing these days? Has the parkinsons got any worse?
@jaimemartinez81213 жыл бұрын
Dry ice blasting works better my friend
@patdexter91883 жыл бұрын
Get me a needle scaler and an airchisel!
@chrisstaylor83773 жыл бұрын
Wrought iron con rods
@paulworsaa87393 жыл бұрын
It's interesting for the first 3 minutes.. the video is 10 yrs old.. How's the progress today?? That's what I want to see... Or did the just re'submerge this engine after this technicians 15 minutes of fame..
@johnwilliams-sc1vf3 жыл бұрын
wow just like watching paint dry he must be paid hourly
@daveygivens7353 жыл бұрын
Is it just ridiculous to speculate that they could re-start that engine one day??
@glenonions43113 жыл бұрын
Davey Givens that thing will NEVER run again.
@rupe533 жыл бұрын
@@glenonions4311 ... if you read the description they already said it will not run. This is for a visual display when done.
@dntlss10 ай бұрын
Yeah he knows that, the original OP is the one that was inquiring@@rupe53
@americannomadnews53703 жыл бұрын
Pimp My civil war boat
@mollyfilms3 жыл бұрын
Less chatty more banging
@glennbonnell42413 жыл бұрын
SCRAP IS HIGH......
@The1saturn4 жыл бұрын
looks like a big block
@sirmalus51533 жыл бұрын
Pity about the 'shaky cam', i had to stop watching as soon as he started chipping away at it.
@jimlincoln12833 жыл бұрын
you are sensitive
@DAKOTA5677713 жыл бұрын
The big question, will she ever run again?
@wifal68746 жыл бұрын
nah, the pistons probably froze in the shafts.
@casperreininga32535 жыл бұрын
The parts are far too brittle to ever be operated anymore. Only way to see this incredible piece of engineering at work is to build a second, full-sized and operational replica.
@DAKOTA567773 жыл бұрын
@Flasher Trasher The boiler isn't even in this video, just the engine itself. And the engine itself could probably be restored to working order, at great expense, with a full rebuild. Many smaller more intricate components would need replacing, likely the pistons too, and the cylinders would need to be bored and sleeved, but technically doable.
@DAKOTA567773 жыл бұрын
@Flasher Trasher You wrote about how no way the boiler would be safe to operate, in a comment talking about the engine itself, on a video of the engine by itself. Perhaps read your own comment, since evidently you don't know what you wrote.
@DAKOTA567773 жыл бұрын
@Flasher Trasher I was responding to the first part of your comment not the whole thing, if that was somehow not evident. The opening statement carries the implication that I was referring to the boiler, I was not. My second part of the comment was detailing what it'd take to get the engine itself running, as there is no way it will run without rebuild, air or otherwise. Funny how you mention steam yet I've repeatedly said nothing of using a boiler, and you "duh" me over pointing out I didn't say to run the boiler? Cute. Also boring and sleeving cylinders is not replacing them, in fact it's the exact opposite, it's a way to take a bad original cylinder and make it functional again.
@oldfarmer90043 жыл бұрын
Interesting work. “How was your day at work today, honey?” 😐
Terrible videography. Use a tripod or a stabilizer for crying out loud! Out of focus and the footage shakes like hell!!!
@rupe533 жыл бұрын
SeismicCWave ... I don't think that was an option 10 - 11 years ago when this took place. I also thing we've gotten spoiled since almost every cam has this technology these days.
@frankbruning77273 жыл бұрын
That is scrap !!!!!
@markmccastle7932 Жыл бұрын
Meticulous obsession
@Luxnutz17 жыл бұрын
This guy wouldn't survive in the fair system. woosey
@acfinney113 жыл бұрын
@bezy29 I agree. Who is paying for this waste of time? You could retire with that hammer. It is not the Ark.
@gilbertodiazcastro88717 жыл бұрын
For being "experts" you do a poor job at removing the old scale buildup. There are faster and safer ways to remove it than using a hammer and chisel.
@mayhem74553 жыл бұрын
We must be very careful not to mark up the metal. Why??? It's never gonna be worth anything. Smh
@badvlad98613 жыл бұрын
Take it to a boatyard, they'll have it cleaned in a week, change the oil and have one of those useless high mileage warranties too ! This is not the crown jewel and people won't care about some scratches, get real. Nothing more than self gratification for an object of minimal interest.