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The best Steam Engine Resto I've seen -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgc6QWWqOsg

The video has been disabled.

Labor intensive to be sure, but he had all the right stuff for doing it, especially the sand blast cabinet.

Hours wise, I think it would have been quite a bit cheaper to buy a new one, but where's the fun in that?

Pretty sure with 3.7 million views he knew what he was doing with that impressively put together video and has been well compensated for it.
That powder coating looked bloody impressive.....I'd like a sandblasting cabinet and a powder coater!

Looks to me like it has two (2) safety valves atop the boiler, although it does appear that one of them is missing its lever arm and weight.

What it doesn't seem to have is a whistle!

Perhaps I should add that it does appear to be spitting a little from the port where the whistle should be, though not nearly enough to account for not having the weight pushing down on the valve, but even so, a whistle at full blow will not keep an engine from running at that same time.

Quote from: Stoker on June 25, 2024, 09:06:28 pm

Quote from: parallelmotion on June 25, 2024, 08:46:53 pm

The video has been disabled.

If you click on the Watch on YouTube that is in the black screen, it will take you to the YouTube video.

Didn't work for me. 

I am intrigued to see what video is being referenced.

Does anyone know the name of the YT Channel?

See if this link will work for you Charlie?

https://youtu.be/bgc6QWWqOsg?si=fdHjVPGAQ4plzJqu

Quote from: txlabman on June 26, 2024, 10:56:47 am

Quote from: Stoker on June 25, 2024, 09:06:28 pm

Quote from: parallelmotion on June 25, 2024, 08:46:53 pm

The video has been disabled.

If you click on the Watch on YouTube that is in the black screen, it will take you to the YouTube video.

Didn't work for me. 

I am intrigued to see what video is being referenced.

Does anyone know the name of the YT Channel?

See if this link will work for you Charlie?

https://youtu.be/bgc6QWWqOsg?si=fdHjVPGAQ4plzJqu

Thanks.  I have followed this YT Channel for a long time.  This guy has done an amazing restoration.

Quote from: Stoker on June 26, 2024, 10:30:59 am

Looks to me like it has two (2) safety valves atop the boiler, although it does appear that one of them is missing its lever arm and weight.

What it doesn't seem to have is a whistle!

Perhaps I should add that it does appear to be spitting a little from the port where the whistle should be, though not nearly enough to account for not having the weight pushing down on the valve, but even so, a whistle at full blow will not keep an engine from running at that same time.

Ah, so my bad, I was so fixed on the missing lever that I missed the spring loaded SV. 😎

Still, your observation as to how he could keep steam up without the lever arm and weight is perfectly valid!

I have to assume he had some sort of a wedge block stuck inside the hole where the whistle pipe should be, but I did notice that there was always a bit of bubbling coming out of that hole.

Arnold I too like a little patina...resto's like that used to be called 'Atomic (or Nuclear)' restos coined I think from memory by @IndianaRog (Roger aka Temple of Steam).