WHICH STEAM ENGINE SHOULD I BUILD? - MODEL ENGINEERING FOR BEGINNERS - PART #37

Which Steam Engine should I build - Model Engineering For Beginners - Part #37. Which Steam Engine should I build. This is a response to many viewer's questions and the video outlines the many options available for the beginner to the hobby.
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[willi-fgdh]

i'm 73 years old this year, the only machine tools i own are some files and an electric drill . . . i think my first investment toward building a model steam engine should be in a time machine.

keep up the good work you lucky sonofagun!

[Magpyro]

This was the perfect video suggestion after watching someone demonstrate riding around behind a model engine.

[Tocsin-Bang]

I started with a Stuart oscillator. Sadly I no longer have access to an engineering workshop. Kits of castings and of pre-machined kits are still available. I moved on to an S50 which I still have. Forgot to say my late mother was a machinist during WWII with Vickers at Brooklands. She started off in the office, but when they became short of machinists she moved over.

[rudiballaballa]

Hi Keith,
it is time for me to say thank you for all this superb videos.

In 2017 I did a CAD course.
As a final thesis, we constructed a model steam engine.
Although the construction was not from scratch, it was still very interesting.
Since then, I've wanted to build my own steam engine. By profession I am an international welding specialist and I work
at a mechanical engineering company. This gives me access to a wide variety of materials. I had a small lathe and a milling machine anyway.
Your videos gave me the final impetus and I started construction on the computer in August 2020. September 2020 I made the first chips.
Your most important statement for me is: "Every single part is a model in itself"
It's a steam engine made of bar stock, but it doesn't look like it.
And now, the engine is 99% complete. ;-)

Thank you, stay safe and healthy

Rudi

Here's a little note about your accent.
For me as a North German, it is very easy to understand you.

[ianmcnulty]

I had just taken a good swig of my tea when you said about the young lady wanting to have your baby's almost spat it out.

[timothydelaval]

Very good video keith, the first modle i built was a stuart 10H with a 4 jaw chuck on a 8 inch lathe

[bobster]

As a complete novice to model making I've always had a desire to build one. This looks perfect for me to learn about model building. I've also just found you on patreon so look forward to sitting down and going through the videos on there!

[Shipwright]

Couldn't put it any better myself, there's no shame in putting together a machined kit, you can still learn a great deal that way.

I wanted a locomotive, so I went for an Accucraft Ruby kit, definitely made some mistakes along the way but that's how you learn, in the end I stuck with it and got it running right, and it's still steaming along to this day.

[njqojtu]

Just made Xmas pressie. Enginediy beam engine. Brilliant

[kgee]

Keith, you aren’t the only one who misplaced the holes in a con rod! Hehe. Up until that point it was a work of beauty.

[Eduardo_Espinoza]

It worked, I showed my now wife my steam engine from my flip phone, & now she has gotten into the hobby; she has her very own electric steam engine. :) 9:10

[rhavrane]

Bonjour Keith,
What an amazing engine ! I have several D10 in my RC model boats and I could easily install this one... As just a collectour without any tool, I just can't imagine how much it would cost me :+(
Amicalement, Raphaël

[survey-shipping-equipment]

Thank you for the useful information. Much appreciated. Also, thank you for the laugh.

[boyd]

I read the title my first thought was, we get to vote on the next steam engine for Mr. Appleton to build . Not so, after watching the video . Enjoy watching your video's . Thanks for sharing.

[collingeiger]

Do you have any recommendations for a bench top lathe? I've found some that look like they would do a good job for models, but I'm not sure.

[JintySteam]

I keep wondering it it would be possible to make a double acting cylinder using two brass copper tubes with holes for the inlet and outlet ports. To eliminate the need to cast a cylinder block.

[jamesbarnes]

Thats AWESOME! I am about to dip my toe in castings my dad has a full workshop with lots of engines and trains but I am soon going to learn to use them and what things are this is a little difficult as I work in metric he works in both but mainly imperial tooling I plan to start with a Stuart pillar drill or lathe as they are the same price and caught my eye at the midlands engineering show

[TommyJobson]

Thanks very much for this great video. I would love to build a Victoria, but as my first engine, I have just bought a 10H kit from Stuart models. For me it was down to the cost of the kit, if I screw it up then it hasn't chewed up as much cash. Incidentally I am a long time viewer of your channel and it is largely down to you that I have caught the bug to build a model in the first place. Thanks very much and keep doing what you do! All the best, Tommy

[robertpearson]

Picking up women with pictures of model steam thing I've heard for a long time.

[ilfarmboy]

major in music minor in steam engine restoring