Beautiful, thank you for uploading. Very inspiring. I want to adapt a tractor to run on steam. Can you please send me any information as to where I can start researching that? Thank you.
i really want to do something similar in the future. it looks like a great project to work on with a father or grandfather. I also feel that we should preserve steam power and keep it alive.
Don't you need a boiler certification over 100 PSI in America? Anyways, my mower should be able to achieve speeds of beyond 50 kph when it is running.
I'm fast coming to that realization. But I suppose I'll keep trying to devise a way to make it happen; which, after all, is how we've gotten this far with most other things man has built. For example, look how long it took to break the sound barrier.
I'm looking at making something that will do close to highway speeds; do you have any suggestions as to how I should start. Or; maybe the question should be; what sort of platform would be best to convert to steam to get that kind of speed?
Expect to spend around $100,000 or if you are a competent machinist devote all your spare time for 10 years to building your car. And no I'm not joking a fast Stanley replica capable of highway speeds and good acceleration will run you $95,000 to $150,000
Look at Jay Leno's website join the Steam Car Cub of Great Britain and the Steam Car Club of America and hang on for the steepest learning curve you've ever ridden
tell me, how strong is this tractor? in tractors that's the most important thing, i can't imagine these chains driving the wheels standing up to much pressure though....
too bad there aren't similar tractors for sale, i think they would be ideal for smallholders or people who have access to wood but don't want to rely on imported diesel.
The recent Model works Locomobile recreation runs a watertube boiler at 250psi
What pressure a boiler type can take is up to the design. A 600psi boiler is no more dangerous than a 50 psi boiler IF you know what you are doing and Jim Tangeman most certainly does
Performance and size is directly related to pressure. For small compact units to produce a reasonable amount of power higher pressure is the way to go.
"The big steam traction engines run on alot less than 250! What you're telling me is stuff I already know."
You don't know about high pressure steam though. Stanleys have run around 600psi since about 1904 even in the small cars
Dobles ran 900psi and owners tend to hot rod them to 1500psi. There has NEVER been a steam car boiler explosion. 150psi traction engine boilers have let go and killed people.
All depends on the size of the piston, and how much load you plan on putting behind it. Again you already know that. Higher BP will give some additional capacity, and probably be more forgiving if you burn low on your fire. I think a boiler failure at 150 would kill you just as dead as at 250. Big tractors also turn a lot slower and use a much larger piston, they can utilize lower pressure, and figuring that maintenance won't be as great, *should* be safer.
It's all relative to what the boiler is designed for. original steam locomotives where barely over 100 PSI, but by the time they were phases out in the 50's they were around 350 in some engines. You generally get better efficiency with higher pressure.
I forgot to say that I agree that many of the most knowledgeable people are starting to get old and I hope that i can learn all I can from these people. I am only 18, but I still worry about the future and all the cars and who will own them I would hate to see them get taken off because there are not enough people to drive them
Beautiful, thank you for uploading. Very inspiring. I want to adapt a tractor to run on steam. Can you please send me any information as to where I can start researching that? Thank you.
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Mauroheck 1 week ago
i really want to do something similar in the future. it looks like a great project to work on with a father or grandfather. I also feel that we should preserve steam power and keep it alive.
JacobButtnugget 1 month ago
too cool
janel501 3 months ago
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thimis1000 4 months ago
Don't you need a boiler certification over 100 PSI in America? Anyways, my mower should be able to achieve speeds of beyond 50 kph when it is running.
dquad 1 year ago
realy amazing 5/5
seniorspecialist86 1 year ago
cool
Anonymouz6015 1 year ago
Thanks for making & uploading this video - especially in High Definition. Very enjoyable to watch.
bored1980 1 year ago
I'm fast coming to that realization. But I suppose I'll keep trying to devise a way to make it happen; which, after all, is how we've gotten this far with most other things man has built. For example, look how long it took to break the sound barrier.
Well, good fortune!!
charliemor3 1 year ago
Outstanding!!!
I'm looking at making something that will do close to highway speeds; do you have any suggestions as to how I should start. Or; maybe the question should be; what sort of platform would be best to convert to steam to get that kind of speed?
I'd appreciate any advice you could give, thanks.
charliemor3 1 year ago
@charliemor3
Expect to spend around $100,000 or if you are a competent machinist devote all your spare time for 10 years to building your car. And no I'm not joking a fast Stanley replica capable of highway speeds and good acceleration will run you $95,000 to $150,000
Look at Jay Leno's website join the Steam Car Cub of Great Britain and the Steam Car Club of America and hang on for the steepest learning curve you've ever ridden
fizzguts 1 year ago
i'm impressed, great work!
tell me, how strong is this tractor? in tractors that's the most important thing, i can't imagine these chains driving the wheels standing up to much pressure though....
too bad there aren't similar tractors for sale, i think they would be ideal for smallholders or people who have access to wood but don't want to rely on imported diesel.
bluemoondiadochi 2 years ago
The Stanley Brothers were really ingenious.
The boilers have really close spaced (nearly 1000 on a 30 inch) tubes swaged both ends. Each tube acts as a stay.
The outside is wound with 3 layers of tensioned piano wire.
fizzguts 2 years ago
Stanleys are vertical fire tube always have been.
The recent Model works Locomobile recreation runs a watertube boiler at 250psi
What pressure a boiler type can take is up to the design. A 600psi boiler is no more dangerous than a 50 psi boiler IF you know what you are doing and Jim Tangeman most certainly does
Performance and size is directly related to pressure. For small compact units to produce a reasonable amount of power higher pressure is the way to go.
fizzguts 2 years ago
"The big steam traction engines run on alot less than 250! What you're telling me is stuff I already know."
You don't know about high pressure steam though. Stanleys have run around 600psi since about 1904 even in the small cars
Dobles ran 900psi and owners tend to hot rod them to 1500psi. There has NEVER been a steam car boiler explosion. 150psi traction engine boilers have let go and killed people.
You just need to know what you are doing.
Check out Jay Lenos Garage
fizzguts 2 years ago
All depends on the size of the piston, and how much load you plan on putting behind it. Again you already know that. Higher BP will give some additional capacity, and probably be more forgiving if you burn low on your fire. I think a boiler failure at 150 would kill you just as dead as at 250. Big tractors also turn a lot slower and use a much larger piston, they can utilize lower pressure, and figuring that maintenance won't be as great, *should* be safer.
kleetus92 2 years ago
It's all relative to what the boiler is designed for. original steam locomotives where barely over 100 PSI, but by the time they were phases out in the 50's they were around 350 in some engines. You generally get better efficiency with higher pressure.
kleetus92 2 years ago
I forgot to say that I agree that many of the most knowledgeable people are starting to get old and I hope that i can learn all I can from these people. I am only 18, but I still worry about the future and all the cars and who will own them I would hate to see them get taken off because there are not enough people to drive them
Stanleyguy101 2 years ago
That's impressive. I own a steam bicycle and I might build a car someday because steam cars are now 80,000+, building my own might be cheaper.
Great videos and amazing tractor 30mph is impressive
Stanleyguy101 2 years ago
im designing my own steam car.
Jacobswasteland 2 years ago
Good Luck with your car.
Stanleyguy101 2 years ago
Im going to make a kind of car with steam engine and im going to use it for ride by the fresh air.I love the sound of working steam engine.
bluesowo 2 years ago
I think he means young valve gear
Searsnut11 2 years ago
thats purty aesome!
1423mark 2 years ago
Incredible home engineering. Inspiring work!!!
rwhendrix 3 years ago