plannerpower
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- Joined
- Jul 20, 2005
- Location
- Newcastle, Australia
Most of us know how truly awful YouTube videos can be but there are occasional finds of gold among the dross; this, I think, is one such;
OLD TIME STEAM POWERED MACHINE SHOP - YouTube
Even the clock is genuine; its tick tries to drown-out the steam engine.
This bloke has done a remarkable job of reproducing an old workshop; despite his apology for being an amateur video-maker, I think that he also does a very good job of that as well.
I've only watched a handful of the videos to date; in later episodes he shows the restoration of a larger engine to replace the small one. He gives a very good explanation of valve timing beginning at about 17.00 here;
OLD STEAM POWERED MACHINE SHOP 26 - YouTube
and I did like the "old-school" method of finding TDC.
OLD TIME STEAM POWERED MACHINE SHOP - YouTube
Even the clock is genuine; its tick tries to drown-out the steam engine.
This bloke has done a remarkable job of reproducing an old workshop; despite his apology for being an amateur video-maker, I think that he also does a very good job of that as well.
I've only watched a handful of the videos to date; in later episodes he shows the restoration of a larger engine to replace the small one. He gives a very good explanation of valve timing beginning at about 17.00 here;
OLD STEAM POWERED MACHINE SHOP 26 - YouTube
and I did like the "old-school" method of finding TDC.