1898 Steam Umpire Launch Consuta

1898 Steam Umpire Launch Consuta - Lighting up

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6 жыл бұрын

A video to show the lighting up of Consuta's loco boiler, then oiling the DesVignes engine and warming through.
Shot on a chilly damp day at the end of the season just before hauling out for the winter, so please excuse the state of the boat ;-)
The charitable trust that runs Consuta has recently (2017-2018) been awarded Heritage Lottery Funding to construct and install a much lighter boiler more akin to what she would have been fitted with when first built.
The new boiler will allow her boiler casing to be lowered to it's original form, help her to perform better and she'll be easier to steam too, so all for the good.
For more info please check out the Consuta Trust website: www.Consuta.org.uk

Пікірлер: 90

@timmayer8723 4 жыл бұрын

This man loves this engine. Every part is his next of kin. He is a patient and loving father to gears, links, valves, pipes and gauges. It responds to his every touch as he wakens it, until it comes to life. He will attend to its every need until he is not able to bring it to life ever again. Sad, as many true love stories are.

@bassmith448bassist5 4 жыл бұрын

It's this attention to detail is why these old engines are still running. Well Done!!!!!

@DevinBoynton 4 жыл бұрын

Davie504 challenges YOU to a bass battle.

@javanbirdbluerusselling5285 4 жыл бұрын

The world should run on steam.

@nakedoffroad8518 4 жыл бұрын

My goodness that is fantastic engineering. So smooth and well manufactured

@sar4564 4 жыл бұрын

that steam engine is a beauty!

@crazyhorsetrading8655 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for the upload. Love watching these steam videos, amazing machines, not much built like that these days.

@novanut1964 Жыл бұрын

good video, informative, thanks

@tonymercer7759 Жыл бұрын

Lots of time peering into the boat and firing up its steam engine but we never saw what the tub itself looked like !

@nlo114 4 жыл бұрын

I go for a trip at any opportunity! I went out on Osprey (double expansion, 30" prop) mid-September; a beautiful sunny afternoon on Windermere just gently pottering along. A lovely boat, very nicely maintained, great crew. (2)

@P61guy61 5 жыл бұрын

Most excellent! Thank you for posting.

@greghilton7797 4 жыл бұрын

Fascinating. I was totally enthralled watching the meticulous care taken to bring the engine to life. Thank you for posting and Looking forward to seeing more. Cheers

@rodneymartin-ps2yv Жыл бұрын

Me too but glad someone invented diesel power!

@Zippsterman 3 жыл бұрын

Incredible work, I'd love to try this out in person.

@rwood6980 4 жыл бұрын

Well kind sir, no doubt the most interesting thing I have seen on utube. ....a former diesel electric submariner

@BillyN31 4 жыл бұрын

R Wood Connecticut?

@grahammay6917 4 жыл бұрын

This brought back happy memories ....... you were a lad back then😄! Best wishes to all Graham and Sheila, S/L Lesley Ann

@arlette31 4 жыл бұрын

Indeed, long time no see! I still have fond memories of the Oilies btw. ;-)

@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE 6 жыл бұрын

Nicely done! I'm looking forward to hear how she performs with the new boiler.

@justtim9767 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice video.

@onceANexile 4 жыл бұрын

This freak is a fun nut. I would be a British bloke if they paid me.

@TarmanTheChampion 4 жыл бұрын

Fred Dibnah would be proud!

@SteamCoal Жыл бұрын

Stephenson mechanism. It has more details, but it works reliably!

@boahneelassmal 4 жыл бұрын

this reminds me a hell of a lot of Whitley Court&& Garden... There's an victorian steamer on the pond too...

@TarmanTheChampion 4 жыл бұрын

amazing! id pay to steam around on this beauty!

@arlette31 4 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure where you are but if you join the Consuta trust then you could help run her.

@tonyloechte9994 4 жыл бұрын

I wanted to see it make a capuchino.

@RandomsFandom 4 жыл бұрын

install zerks without the balls, and use rubber hose to make another oiler system like the wick pan in the front, and you'll only have to flll pans

@super20dan 4 жыл бұрын

what a giant pain this boat ie to operate

@rcpmac 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting comment - all I see is pleasure

@viivcreations9161 4 жыл бұрын

lol i want to convert the top into a bbq pit so i can bbq while driving xD

@user-sc5yd4jy9s 4 жыл бұрын

Damn guys! Class!))) Where did you get such a cool thing? I myself live on the river, well, not really, the boat is on the river, I spend 2 weeks regularly in the summer with my family on the river, such or such a boat would be just right! You don’t have enough gasoline, but we have a forest edge! Russia, the city of Kirov, the Vyatka river.

@arlette31 4 жыл бұрын

Do check out the Consuta Trust web page, it has a lot of the history of the vessel right up to present day.

@briananthony4044 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine getting the steam systems on the Titanic ready for service.

@santatigerclaus 4 жыл бұрын

it probably had at least 5-10 hands shovelling, it had like 4 engines?

@briananthony4044 4 жыл бұрын

@@santatigerclaus 2 huge triple expansion engines and a low pressure turbine on the central propeller. 29 boilers in total. www.titanicology.com/Titanica/TitanicsPrimeMover.htm

@oldvideopro 4 жыл бұрын

Content is excellent. Now you need to do it again in 4K with a gimbal camera and not in interlaced mode. Interlacing is such a pain. A bit of editing to cut out things like "let me know when you're filming" would help, too. Consuta is such a delight.

@henrytupper6959 Жыл бұрын

I like the way it is .

@lizlawrence4553 4 ай бұрын

Why not watch as it is, or is that too much too ask of a stupid cretin to do. Just appreciate it as it is. Cretin

@danquistberg7492 4 жыл бұрын

I feel like the video ended right at the good part

@henrytupper6959 Жыл бұрын

Me too

@stranraerwal 4 жыл бұрын

sorry...but are the remnants of an old fire worthwhile watching ?

@davidgooch9565 4 жыл бұрын

Assume they checked water level before lighting fire!

@franciscomontoya383 4 жыл бұрын

valla una locomotora de agua ja ja ja

@Sokeresa 4 жыл бұрын

I can't imagine what would be like long passage on a steam boat. Looks like to much work

@rcpmac 4 жыл бұрын

Odd comment - Are you afraid of work?

@patrickroeill8746 4 жыл бұрын

what happened to the rest of the video?

@SteamCoal Жыл бұрын

Boiler Locomotive type? Thanks for the informative videos!

@mattseymour8637 5 жыл бұрын

Nice video.good idea about the paper. What coal are you using ?

@spencerwilton5831 4 жыл бұрын

Matt Seymour The bag said Welsh steam coal. It's a naturally semi smokeless coal, softer and easier to light than anthracite.

@mattseymour8637 4 жыл бұрын

@@spencerwilton5831 arh yes its what I use in my loco. Good stuff!

@ostengrotell2405 Жыл бұрын

👍🇫🇮🇸🇪🇺🇦❤️😊

@user-lh5tq9rv6p 4 жыл бұрын

Ничего не понял но очень интересно!!!!

@davidfield1456 Жыл бұрын

A comment .has questioned checking the water level before lighting up. In addition during steam raising a "cross check

@khadijagwen 4 жыл бұрын

How do you clean the fire box on that?

@arlette31 4 жыл бұрын

During the steaming season we just rake the ash through the grate, anything still well formed and too big to drop through the small gaps gets re-burnt. The ash from the ashpan gets used to fill in potholes in the car park. Out of season the grate is lifted out and the firebox is given a quick wire brushing and is just left over winter until next season.

@jpegjake 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like santas sleigh

@a.k.s6728 4 жыл бұрын

Vah

@Captionmarvelous 4 жыл бұрын

Are we there yet?

@fukkyoutube 4 жыл бұрын

@ well youll get a nice long nap in

@rcpmac 4 жыл бұрын

What you people lose with your impatience is truly a shame

@bobdown8043 4 жыл бұрын

Whereabouts are you?

@arlette31 4 жыл бұрын

In the video we are on the lake at Beale Park, Lower Basildon, Pangbourne (UK). The lake is a man made one, the result of grave extraction in the 1980's. Around the early 2000's a cut was dug out to allow navigation to and from the River Thames.

@alguem3901 5 жыл бұрын

where the water tank ?

@arlette31 5 жыл бұрын

No water tank needed. All the water for the boiler comes from what she's sitting on, as the Thames is fresh water.

@sar4564 4 жыл бұрын

"that's the beauty of it" 😊

@575drv 5 жыл бұрын

You guys don’t practice the 1/3 rule?

@arlette31 5 жыл бұрын

Sorry haven't heard of that one, so can't answer without knowing more. Would you care to enlighten us of what it is? And where it comes from? Cheers.

@santatigerclaus 4 жыл бұрын

if the ash scoop had a square handle it wouldnt be as tippy with a load

@vainoruuska4858 Ай бұрын

Juu

@ralphedelbach 4 жыл бұрын

Fascinating piece of machinery but the camera work is terrible. It is a shame to put in the time and effort to make the video and have it turn out this bad when learning how to properly operate a camera and edit the raw footage would have made it so much better. Hope future videos are easier to watch.

@arlette31 4 жыл бұрын

I shouldn't hold your breath if I were you. You do realise you posted a 50 odd minute video with 40 minutes of it showing nothing but a blank screen!?! Pot kettle perhaps?

@colmornane5684 4 жыл бұрын

I see why they invented the Diesel engine!

@mainlawcafewv7681 4 жыл бұрын

Way too much trouble

@motooilermotooiler9597 Жыл бұрын

Dont worry so much

@komerwest5872 4 жыл бұрын

What the hell. Don't toss the trash overboard.

@arlette31 4 жыл бұрын

No trash goes overboard. I think what you are referring to is clinker (aka rock). The lake the boat is on here was made by extracting thousands of tons of gravel (aka rock), so throwing a few lumps back is not going to make any difference in the grand scheme of things.

@Zippsterman 3 жыл бұрын

Knuckle hair is overrated.

@bobm549 4 жыл бұрын

Would like to have subtitle on next video. Americans are uni lingual ! Thanks

@CanOChili 4 жыл бұрын

You telling me that you, as an American, can't understand English? Bet you voted for Trump, too.

@Chr.U.Cas1622 4 жыл бұрын

Dear@@CanOChili 👍👌👏 They definitely should dump dumb Trump! It's about time! Best regards luck and health.

@rcpmac 4 жыл бұрын

There are subtitles built into youtube - click on the CC at the bottom right. BTW I could understand the accent perfectly - I'm from Buffalo NY and Seattle

@morskojvolk 4 жыл бұрын

All replies: _whoosh_

@henrytupper6959 Жыл бұрын

No trouble understanding.

@martialme84 4 жыл бұрын

I very much do not condone littering. Stop throwing your garbage into the river.

@arlette31 4 жыл бұрын

Your use of the word garbage is incorrect, we don't throw 'garbage' overboard. Only the odd couple of bits of clinker (aka rock) go overboard into what is an old gravel (aka rock) workings pit. Note: we're not on the River here it is a man made lake made by extracting thousands of tons of rock & putting a few small bits of rock back really makes no difference in the grand scheme of things.