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Jim

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Homemade Rat Steam Engine Live Steam
« on: January 10, 2023, 03:22:55 pm »
Homemade Rat Steam Engine Live Steam
Know what a Rat Rod is? This is a Rat Steam Engine :)
My 12 year old Grandson with my help, made this out of some plumbing bits and pieces  ..... 4 hours in the workshop one day and 4 hours the next day.
It's all silver brazed except for the steam and exhaust inlet & outlet.
He learnt a lot and I had 8 hours of absolute bliss with him!
It's rough....but it goes!

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Re: Homemade Rat Steam Engine Live Steam
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2023, 08:23:04 pm »
What a delightful running engine, great job Jimmy & Grandad. Jimmy & Ruby you both did a wonderful job demonstrating this very creative build. Well done...Well done indeed 😊
Bruce, St. Paul Indiana, USA
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Re: Homemade Rat Steam Engine Live Steam
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2023, 10:37:14 am »
Runs very well, good job! Thanks for the video!
Give us this day our daily Steam
And deliver us from Diesels
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Re: Homemade Rat Steam Engine Live Steam
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2023, 05:00:11 pm »
What a delightful running engine, great job Jimmy & Grandad. Jimmy & Ruby you both did a wonderful job demonstrating this very creative build. Well done...Well done indeed 😊

Thanks Bruce, appreciated mate.
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Re: Homemade Rat Steam Engine Live Steam
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2023, 05:00:50 pm »
Runs very well, good job! Thanks for the video!

Thank you kindly Bret.
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Re: Homemade Rat Steam Engine Live Steam
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2023, 05:26:41 pm »
I LOVE this Jim!!! Jimmy is a lucky boy to have you for a grandfather. I hope he and Ruby can make some future videos with you. I don’t know how much interest Ruby has in the engines, but maybe the two might enjoy building a fairground or workshop with you.
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Re: Homemade Rat Steam Engine Live Steam
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2023, 06:19:51 pm »
I LOVE this Jim!!! Jimmy is a lucky boy to have you for a grandfather. I hope he and Ruby can make some future videos with you. I don’t know how much interest Ruby has in the engines, but maybe the two might enjoy building a fairground or workshop with you.

Thanks Nick....Ruby does like running an engine now and again and she did like helping build the ferris wheel.

Jimmy's just nuts at the moment for steam engines which so good for me! Finally got a steamer living close by  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D

They both watched your vid of Trev's engines in the snow.....they've never seen snow and were blown away with the background and the amount of steam the engines were putting out :)
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