Memories of tapping out a gasket for an old police noddy bike velocette LE mk3 at the side of the road using a spanner as a hammer and a Swiss army knife ! !😅

The attention to detail, The humor and the pure joy in working on these steam engines add up to wonderfully entertaining videos. Again, thank you.

The ink pad method of transferring patterns is pure genius. I've used this several times in the past few days to transfer the locations of printed-circuit-board stand-offs to their mountings in order to locate the matching holes to be drilled. Thank you for showing it!

Thanks so much for all the hard work you do making the videos...I recognize how much effort it takes... I watched a program about the flying Scotsman the other night (on KZfaq of course), and the engineer was cranking away madly at the handle right next to the main steam valve lever...I couldn't imagine what he was doing, but had a feeling it had something to do with speed and power. Your wonderful explanation of "notching up" cleared all that up for me. Thank you so much. I have been watching for a few months now, and have seen enough to appreciate the intricacies of steam engines at a fairly high level , thanks to you. Bless you for doing that. Wish I could send you a pile of money to help out, but I'm on the dole myself now, ... only reason I have time to watch so much telly...

That was a great explination for several different repairs. Keep up the great work.

Wow, WAY more stable with the flat base!! Nice work. Loved all the engine running at the end, thanks so much :)

I was told by an old fireman that a lot of engines had supposed "safety valves" on the cylinders so that if you didn't open the cocks the valve would blow before the covers would blow off. However, they were quite unreliable, as he found out when he was driving one day and heard a loud bang and found the cover to have blown off!

These No.1's have a 2 inch cylinder bore! Thats more than most 5 inch gauge locos.

Good job Keith. Very interesting, thanks for sharing.

Very enjoyable and informative series. Thank You

Very nicely done, great work.

Bloody good job Keith! Another satisfied customer I'm sure.

Hello from Ontario Canada! Even after watching so many of your videos I always find myself impressed and a little envious. Once again very well done sir.

I no longer have the tooling nor the ability to do this stuff but I find it very interesting ...having been a machinist and steam enthusiast all my years...which are now many...thanks for the info and entertainment

Thanks for the nice explanation concerning the more CO2 neutral usage of a steam engine ;-))) The lever out of its maximal position, shortening the movement of the valve and thereby reducing the steamflow... I will use this trick in routine on my steamboat AMPHORA...

I am always amazed on how you make your own nuts and things. if I ever was to try and make a steam engine my OCD would kick it and would take me years.

very nice job and thanks for explaining notching up.

Sweet. Just absolutely sweet!...

Well done. Since you thanked me for watching ... You're welcome?

Splendid!

Keith Please don’t take this the wrong way it’s not a criticism but a puzzlement, I do appreciate that your videos are mainly aimed at beginners. With regard to not having a BSW die why not just single point screw cut it in your lathe ? Notching up also uses the steam (not air ) expansively Another well produced and informative video Stuart

Love watching your videos. I knew I should have bought that lathe. 😞

I believe it's called gunmetal as they used to use that alloy for cannons for the Royal Navy (and for the army and others)

06:38 You got me curious so I looked it up: water [compressability] is roughly 40 times softer than cast iron and 70 times softer than steel. Perhaps a better comparison is air... roughly 20,000 times softer than water. Hope this helps.

Machine God be praised!

I have read somewhere that steam is far better than compressed air, because its far more elastic. Obvious, really. Anyway, if they run so well on compressed air, just imagine how much better still, they will, on steam...!!! (And SMELL lovely, too.)

When you run the engine slow and its just putting along is the best... You can really hear each admission and it sounds awesome. A question, you don't think having the inlet and exhaust pipe so long will get damaged?

Eee Bye eck, Lad, That sounds Raight grand ! -and a perfect soporific at 22.40 ! Nighty night………….

nice!

sounds like a clock when running slow. :)

Did you replace the bottom cylinder gasket? That might take a lot of work. Great work.

Keith I would like to ask you for your opinion about a good choice of engine for a first time builder with limited machining abilities thank you for your time and efforts

Sounds so nice ! Like me mums '72 singer sewing machine :) Oh! a steam powered sewing machine! how interesting would THAT be ?

A quite random question: how are covers sealed in real world steam machines? Also via similar(ish) gasket material or in some other way?

Where do you buy the tools and fittings required for this hobby?

Have you ever tried making gaskets with a ballpeen hammer?

Keith, here across the sea, we call gunmetal, red brass. (Aren't England and America 2 nations separated by the same language?) steve

Very good running engine,with lots of power!

Did you replace the bottom cylinder gasket?

Is their a gasket material that works better than others?

Is there a model you would recommend?

How do I find one of these steam engines I looked on eBay and all they have are tiny little ones

Night and day from the heap she was... Ticking nicely..

Check the history of the word “brass”. Prior to the invention of modern brass, “brass” meant “bronze”.

How about a before and after video?