Office of Steam Forum for Model & Toy Steam Gas & Hot Air Engines

A fine job making it run like a big one. Oddly enough,I first became fascinated with ball governors through my interests in word and phrase origins, and a childhood fascination with steam locomotives.

My father used to use the expression “high ballin’ for hell”.   I learned that some crazy engineers, encouraged by competitive companies, would wire back governors or modify them to increase the engine speed.  The saying he used refers to that, and the prohibition era creation of the “high ball” beverage was in the same vein. Add fruit juice or soda to basically undrinkable rocket fuel, you had a high ball, a high flying drink that would get the job done fast.   My first motor vehicle was a motorized bicycle. I took that old Wisconsin engine apart and wired back the governor. Grin. 
So watching the video, I find it amusing to see how satisfying it is to watch the little engine run slow.