WigWag Engine Steam Test

Just for fun, I hooked the WigWag up to my Mamod engine boiler, the results were wet and messy :)
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About Me...
I started model engineering and building model stationary steam engines in 2015, after constructing a small engineering workshop in my back yard, I use a Myford ML7 hobby lathe, a Dore Westbury milling machine, along with a pillar drill, band-saw and the usual hand-tools associated with hobby engineering and enjoy making model engines and general tool-making and metalworking. Nearly all of my engines are scratch-built without drawings, from available bar-stock, starting from an initial idea and allowing the design to evolve throughout the build process. I do occasionally use drawings from the web, as a basis for a design, and then modify it to suit my needs, using mostly metric dimensions, but often mix metric and imperial. I spend countless hours in my workshop working on a single engine, and much frustration can be involved, but all this is eventually offset by the pleasure and excitement of seeing my model engines take shape and eventually come to life. My shed is also my sanctuary, somewhere I can go and forget about the worries of everyday life, to occupy my mind and hands with something creative and fulfilling, where I am free from distraction and interruption. Ade

[@michaelhale4041]

Good morning Ade. I always enjoy seeing your builds and the running. The setup you have on this video is so neat. Thank you for sharing your projects.

[@AdeSwash]

Thanks Michael :)

[@TheKnacklersWorkshop]

Hello Ade, Good to see the WigWag under steam... I can see why you do most of your running under air... Take care. Paul,,

[@AdeSwash]

Yes indeed Paul, one day I will build a propper boiler ;)

[@JustFun-iz9rf]

I can relate to the problem you had at the beginning. Nice build and runs without much noise. Great stuff

[@AdeSwash]

Thanks Just4Fun, yeah, too much water in the tank I think ;)

[@CraigLYoung]

Lol, I was watching this with my wife and she wasn't paying to much attention. At the beginning she asked, "Is that an engine or a pump?"

[@AdeSwash]

Harhar, it is certainly good at pumping water ;)

[@CraigLYoung]

@@AdeSwash : Yeah, I snored my coffee out my nose when she said that.

[@mickhaden5888]

Love it Ade! You could set up a pipe to filter the hot water from the exhaust straight into a cup for the Pump Jack to dip a teabag. Now that’s utilising your engines to their fullest! Just one teaspoon of ‘3 in 1’ in mine please 😀

[@AdeSwash]

lol, I prefer a drop of SAE30 classic engine oil in mine ;) - Cheers Ade

[@teescottageguyproductions]

I like your use of a traction engine as a boiler!

[@YooProjects]

Cool video mate! I like the combination of steem water container 👍

[@AdeSwash]

Thanks 👍

[@StanFerris]

Fun!

[@AdeSwash]

Thanks Stan, all good fun :) Thanks for watching

[@stevewilliams587]

I seem to remember from my college days .. Thermodynamics I think it was called. The term "wet steam" well now, 50 years later, I have seen it. 🙃

[@AdeSwash]

Yes, it was a bit damp, but good fun all the same :)

[@enedenedubedene4811]

Läuft die jetzt mit Wasser oder mit Dampf? Irgendwas stimmt da nicht.😥😥😥😥 Viele Grüsse aus Germany

[@teescottageguyproductions]

I wonder how big of a model a Mamod boiler like this could run. Do you think the boiler is powerful enough to run your beam engine?

[@AdeSwash]

Hi Guy, the mamod barely ran the wigwag, there was no chance it would run the big beam

[@terryraymond7984]

Does youre tractor there run as well?

[@AdeSwash]

Yes, everything is functional :) Regards. Ade

[@robertoswalt319]

I hope this doesn't sound too idiotic, but was the reason the wig wag wouldn't start up initially was that the water was condensing in the head?

[@AdeSwash]

I guess so Robert, I'm no steam expert but cold condensing and an undersized boiler, but got going in the end, good fun getting scalded in the process

[@raysymonds7147]

And the boiler was too full of water . That much water takes longer to heat up and you get so much water in the beginning !

[@editorglueitcom]

A great runner

[@AdeSwash]

Thanks Nigel :)

[@YooProjects]

Very interesting video dear man. Can you make build video of steem tank for wig wag engine? Thanks alot for professional job:)

[@AdeSwash]

Yes, soon, well sort of, I have a plan for a bigger steam generator - watch this space ;)

[@RC-Flight]

ha a hydraulic engine

[@eclecticneophyte2581]

LOL! The little engine that could! :)

[@eclecticneophyte2581]

...and DID!

[@AdeSwash]

Lol, I have a lot to learn about real steam, that stuff burns my fingers.. thanks for watching Eclectic Neophile :)

[@teescottageguyproductions]

The adapter for the Traction engine to Feed steam to the wig wag is it available in shops?

[@AdeSwash]

It is home made

[@RVJimD]

I have a large selection of these quick connector fittings, I would love to learn a bit more about how you modified one to include the needle valve. Thanks!

[@henrydando]

I've heard you shouldn't run engines with alluminium cylinders and brass pistons/caps on steam

[@AdeSwash]

Hi Herny, I have never had any problems with running on steam, I always blow them through with compressed air to remove any moisture residue afterwards and they seem to be ok, no problems as yet