Model of snow blower in action

[Showgirl7able]

This was great! I imagine to that little train it looked like the snows in the Rocky Mountains! Poor little cutter tried to get through. :)

[volvoxc90geek]

In theory, if you put the blades round the other way would it pull its self throught the snow drifts?

[sajbrt]

@volvoxc90geek I don't thing so

[peenut6601]

very good looks great

[TheMythfox]

the tank engines chuff should be improved with a better on

[whatislife67]

5 bucks if you stick your wang in it and capture it on video.

NOW PLOW THAT WHITE STUFF!!

[IndyHelis]

Great idea and looks like a lot of fun but you really need a gear reduction on your blower. it will increase your battery run times and give a more scale like stream of snow and will remain more at a constant rpm instead of sounding like a dremel tool...

[sajbrt]

@IndyHelis Great idea. But unfortunatelly if you apply gear reduction, you have engine with good sound but no function. Snow don't go away from blower.

[antias123]

do you have a drawing for the snowblower? so i can rebuild it for my rail.

[sajbrt]

@antias123 Sorry, almost nothing. All is in my web pages steamer.cz

[antias123]

@sajbrt looks fantastic. thank you. :-D

[Mostlyfun]

This looks great, do you have a gear reduction on the motor ?

[sajbrt]

@Mostlyfun No. Mill cutter is direct oin the moter axe. Motor is SPEED 500E.

[badatcards]

you need another engine or 2 to push that

[ChamplainDivision]

That has got to be the coolest thing I've ever seen on a model railroad!!! WELL DONE!

[dampfbahnfan]

How the music is called and from whom she is? And where do you have the music here?

[pyronathanpyro]

looks great and works a treat thx 5*

[SCIONIZER]

Nice video and a cool blower too.

[14warr]

What does the snow blower do when it goes under the bridge sajbrt. :D

[psudo13]

I saw one at STL museum of transportation it was hugh

[superramdomness]

where did you get the track? how much was the track?

[sajbrt]

@superramdomness In shop :-) it's standard LGB track. It cost about 500 Kč / m. Kč is Korun českých :-). Ask your local seller LGB.

[76popsbrockway]

ram it faster with snow plow



[tom201090]

nice-like how it was a steam engine

[aktrainnut]

How do you make one of these!??!

[megustanlostrenes]

muy divertido este vídeo, ademas me do un diseño que le puedo hacer a mi trende jujete(me refiero al modelo de quitanieves in forma de triangulo)

[matanuialive2010]

good but a much cheaper solution would be to strap a hand held fan to a wagon and push the wagon through the snow

[BlueMew151]

2:14 The snow blower has met it's match

[omsigbug]

great job



[dreambuilders48808]

Awesome Job. Can I get the plans somewhere? Would love to build one!

[gravey345]

this is very good dude, an epic job and a very well made train 6/5 stars =P

[mscott412]

where can i get one?

[48alfaone]

I am no expert, but seems to me its tractive effort needed, add one or two more engines and at low speed it may plow through no problem? How about building a wheel sander as well? Haha, Great Model, thanks for the video!

[TheAlexdrift]

wow!!!!!!!! just wow

[gameboyswebmaster]

I'd love to see this snow blower pulled by a DB Class 218 or 232/233/234!

Jan

[CowsXonXcrack]

about the snow plow though, steam model locomotives cant push a quarter of what a diesel model can push and pull. if you ever switch back to the plow, get a diesel model locomotive.

[3inchbarrel]

Very nice job, first one I have seen that actually works. I would like to suggest opportunity to improve it. The cutters in your model are recessed well back into the blower shroud. This means you have to push a lot a snow before the snow is touched by the cutters. I think if you reduced depth of the shrouds so the cutters could throw the snow with less plowing the unit would be a lot more effective.

[sajbrt]

If you put the cutters before the blower shroud it don't work. The cutter disarrange snow to all directions.

[3inchbarrel]

Don't eliminate the shroud, just reduce the depth of it. Maybe I am incorrect in my terminology. I guess I would be more correct to say the scoop in front of the shroud.

[TheDoctorL]

Awesome

[faulcon1]

Great Video and superb workmanship on your part. If you couple two to three locos together it may make getting through large amounts of snow easier. The full size railways did it. Where my line runs we don't have snow problems at all.

[pyronathanpyro]

nice train sound and smoke and also ace snow blower

[4u250ut]

COOL.

[SierraLima100]

Hi, i am currently working on my own lgb snow-blower. Your one looks great. My biggest problem is the conection between the rotor and the motor. Maybe you can help me with a picture how you solved this problem. Thx in advance, and nice vodeo!

[lairbear2000]

This is the best rotary snow plow I have seen in the world. Where can I buy this or plans/parts for this plow? It cuts thru the ice very well.

[SaltyFan12]

awesome!

[yakacm]

good job

[rumbo84]

i would pay you if you build me one

[NathansBackwoods]

You should do it your self, theres not much to it, i might build one somtime.

[Climaxloco]

best snow model snow plow I ever say.

Very good.

[andywhiteley1]

RAM IT RAM IT, haha mint love it cant beleave how well it works!!

[MarkoJelovac]

Which scale is this?

[sajbrt]

1:32, gauge one

[MarkoJelovac]

Thank you for your reply

[Modeltrainguy]

BRAVO! 5 Stars!

[teddybeareleventeen]

Always wondered if anyone had done this. Brilliant! I love it!

[KVB12]

nice

[Teschtescht]

Sweet thing! You sure got enough speed but I think a bit of extra torque wouldn't be wrong.

I would try it with a Speed 700 BB-Turbo 12V. It has the same speed (~12'000 rpm) as your Speed-500 but a lot more torque!

[teddybeareleventeen]

Maybe some extra weight in the engine also?

[99dj1]

I want that for christmas

[cap10323]

OMG that thing is sweet

[skinnyshit8888]

Needs more power and more engines!

[modellbahnfan1987]

ist das denn gut für den Motor, wenn der so belastet wird? :-/

[Teschtescht]

Für Dauerbetrieb ist dieser Motor sicher nicht ausgelegt, die Lebensdauer wird wohl ein wenig verkürzt. Aber diese Speed-500 Motörchen kosten ja nur 11€...

[modellbahnfan1987]

11€ für einen neuen Motor? Wie geht denn das? Oder sind das gebrauchte, die sowieso schon eine Macke weg haben? Oder einfach nur die 0 vergessen, das wäre realistisch ;)

[Teschtescht]

Also ich meine den Antriebsmotor der Fräse, damit wir uns richtig verstehen. Wie du bei 0:30 sehen kannst, handelt es sich hier um einen Speed-Motor von Graupner, das sind sehr günstige Universalmotoren aus China wie man sie in Haartrocknern und kleinen Akkuschraubern findet. Die Dinger sind relativ schwer und haben nur Gleitlager aber zum basteln reichen sie allemal!

Der Speed 500E den er für seine Fräse verwendet kostet bei mhm-modellbau 10.34€ ;)

[modellbahnfan1987]

achso, jetzt verstehe ich ;)

[omnibus360]

cough cough dar snow!

[trainfart]

wow, cool video and an awesome snowblower , best regards =)

give you 5o5

[knightbob81]

needa make one of them in ho scale lol

[Modellbahner1992]

HI weiß zufällig jemand von welcher firma ich so eine Schneeschleuder fertig kaufen kann??

[flaillomanz]

wish it snowed here in Australia. (i know, it snows in a few places, but im not in one of em.)

[flaillomanz]

GEEZ, lookit the blades on that thing. Wouldnt wanna meet up with a full scale one of those things. Head on. In anything weaker than a tank.

[F41Driver]

That is one of the coolest things ever! I'd want it to snow just to use it!

[freeworldofskiing]

you kneed a double or triple header i think

[tcalcut]

I was thinking the same thing. A few extra engines would help :-)

[usofmeric]

what items did you use try to get it in the train catolog you never \now

[736berkshire]

Your rotary snow plow could be in a new model train catalog.

[nebix93ge]

one of the best videos i hve ever seen

[Bibber75]

that is realy cool stuff

[Trainman11185]

thats awesome

[Peanut486Cookies]

Awesome

[Freeworld4575]

you can buy miniature snowplowers now

[Bus7777]

Awesome!

[andywhiteley1]

where it gets stuck i bet to scale is about 20ft thick and it still moved it haha, nice one

[twiggs24]

nice job very cool

[spf150]

Very nice!

[lengg94]

coool

[starkiller150]

what type of steam locamotive is this

[sajbrt]

BR78

[Aspire198]

ah good way of makin it more effective is by fitting a torque moter onto the moter and putting elestic bands round the wheels. i only have plow but elestic bands worked (sort of)

[BlameWolfschmidt2]

Have you pondered looking at cordless saw/grinder motors of the 18v+ area? They can reach a good rpm and we all know the torque they have. Great improvision on your part!

[liver49]

Looks great. What size motor did you use? I just might try making one.

[lopzilla]

Fantastic, great vid. Snow is rare here otherwise we would have built one. See - Purley Light Railway.

[LH164]

thats so awesome! nice video!

[vivitar45]

i think just youse a broom

[XOBubba]

That is too cool! I have got to have one!

[flight110]

Nice!! You should gear it though, so it has more torque and less RPMs.

[sajbrt]

Less RPMs is unusable. You need high RPMs to fan works.

[BOBKB3NZX]

Very nice designing, i see that it is not vibrating off the tracks, fantastic balancing. cant beat that authenticity

[glasswinder]

It bring out the kid in every one of us.

[origionalwinja]

Very impressive. You are truly a craftsman!

[militaria81]

great job,its a beautiful model!!!

[Ben31337l]

To be honest. I wouyld have put the shoot which the snow gets plats out of further forward towards the front of the truck.

[tinymouse2]

The train has some annoying sounds because its not real steam

It would be awsome if it was real steam

But i got 2 and there really expensive

Still good though

[1969DodgeCharger08]

good way to clear snow :) would like it but my layout is indoors (nice and warm,no snow LOL) so it would be useless unless the blades were sharper and stronger with a more powerful motor it would be fun (chopping radom things up :)lol)

[nyshooter94]

make one out of a computer fan. That is what it looks like

[ALS2001]

You should market this and sell this!

[robinbe12]

Cool! what's te price?

[sajbrt]

This is homemade. A few brass tin, motor & batery - cca $70.

[darkyoda]

They were supposed to be self propelled right?

[jmmiv]

pretty damn cool man

[boswellchrome]

doner pass

[HavazikFerric]

I'm not quite sure, but is the loco a live steam?

[Monsterspast]

fett wie viel volt hat die schiene wie viel kraft hat der motor

[rhysicus]

awesome model dude, perhaps try several locos on the snowplough next time tho. :D

[musico81986]

True!

Great video, your model blower is very impressive! Spits snow just like the real thing.

Try a few locos on the plough and blower, cuz isn't that how they actually do it?

[rhysicus]

im not sure weather that actually used several locos, i know they deffo used 2. but the problem with models is that the snow is out of scale, so they arent as powerful. but its still a great model though :D

[jenik1337]

tak to je hustý!....that was cool! :D

[zoomzoomkid4]

also the mamba max has way more torque it is like a 600w motor 10x the watts of the motor that is in there. it would sound and work just like a vacume

[zoomzoomkid4]

nice snow blower you should sell them!! i would put a more powerful motor on it like a brushless 540 mamba max. then the blades would be doin 60,000+ rpm and would shoot the snow 8ft I WANT ONE!!

[sheep21]

really great video there, 5 stars out of 5

keep up the good work

[trains72345]

love the steam engine

[SpawnofChaos]

I'm making me one of these when I get my garden RR up and running.

[shaymeister15]

do not attach a heater!!!! AS this will just turn the snow into ice. And rotary snow plows HATE ice.

[shaymeister15]

A few helpful hints...

1. you should add a gear reduction. this depends on the size of the motor. 6:1 sounds about right.

2. you should add mass to the cutting blades...add a fly-wheel just behind blades on the shaft. 25mm - 35mm diameter should be good. length: depends on how much room you have.

comments: rotaries should be run with a slow steady pressure not ram and back like the push plow. do you have more motive power to push them? this should help also.

BUT THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!!

[TrainDr101]

Agreed. Also, it would help if you shortened the with of the individual fan blades...not the diameter... the blades. That, w/ a slow speed (pretty much a crawl) will make it easier on the motor to throw snow.

[IlikeTitanic]

I want one for my birthday!!!HAHAHAHAHA

[gowolves4]

really cool!

[legodudeman40]

that is pure creativity at its best train invention ive seen =)

[foneill9]

Excellent modelling and works great; maybe gear it down so it turns more slowly but with greater power so the heavy snow won't slow it down so much. VERY well put together!

[mechacode]

That's awesome!

[hardrock775]

Great idea. Helpful hint: use about a 6:1 reduction and it will work better. The reduction will give it more torque and it won't "bog down" as much.

Wonderful work!

[EJEouterbelt]

Or use a lower speed motor...

It will operate and sound more realistic.

This is fantastic!!!

[jspairman]

Hey, this is brill!!

[usamack5]

exellent work do you think i could get the specs??? so i can build one

[sajbrt]

All specs which I have are at w w w . s t e a m e r . c z

[mathuetax]

Very nice! My hat is off to you for making a very cool scale WORKING model!

[wog820]

awesome , just awesome, I'll be buliding one of those!

[8871]

Excelente .Muy bonito

[SLOBoe]

Crazy! Yeah, I think (scale-wise), the original probably turned much slower, and had a much higher mass. How about a gear reduction and add significant weight to the rotating assembly? I think the high rpm motor sound detracts from the whole effect. Very nice work.

[infinitechaos]

Hey thats pretty cool and innovative. Great model

[mibars]

AWERSOME! :)

Don't you think, that slower motor having more torque would work better?

Are you plannig to put boxcar body on it?

Are you using 2x7ah 12V gel batteries? That gives you more than 2 hours of ploughing the snow :)

No i vlak jest piekny :)

[sajbrt]

Slower motor working worse. Body is on model a long time - see my web (w w w . s t e a m e r . c z). I use LiPol 2Ah 3 cell pack on final model. This video shows test run only. Pěkné (bardzo fajne) Vánoce :-).

[trains7234]

that loco is awsome and the lay out is sweet

[MontyPython2006]

Awsome! Now I want to build one!!!

BTW... Nice Engines!

[will107]

Very very cool mate!

Im working on build a pusher plow out of an old G scale Tender. We usually dont get that much snow here in Colorado, but last year before I had my layout, the spot its in now had 5 feet of snow!

Far too much for even this plow! Although after seeing this, Maybe ill build a rotary plow some day, ill add it to my to do list :D

[Norlink]

very cool man!

[sakcad]

Did a great job on that snow blower, have you seen the latest blower they use on the railroads? A small turbine is mounted on a one man vehicle. The fellow directs the turbine blast at the snow and is able to clear the switches in mere seconds. I'll bet you could do that!

[rugy200]

i wonder what would happen if you put your finger in it

[sajbrt]

I don't recommend it. Motor power drain is 60 watt !

[carternelson2]

aka it would cut it off-itd be like putting your finger in a fan

[miredian]

:-) I like it, Very impressive.

[mtrails]

Awesome!

[sort187]

I got a good laugh out of it....the rotary is impressive! And it definitely works better than the vee plow.  Very good work!

[xak111]

i come from america. but i still love the rotary smowplow its my fav

[xak111]

so how did u make it

[Nobudy07]

hello, come you from Germany. The snow blower is very good. I want it build ,too. But I don`t know, like you it build. Sorry my English isn´t perfect.

Daniel

[Sari810271]

Máš to velice pěkné! Sem opravdu nadšen.

Zeptám se: Jakou máš velikost modelů ? Ta freza má svuj vlastní pohon? Nebo sílu vyvíjí mašina ?

[sajbrt]

Velikost je "1" (1:32, koleje 45mm), hotová fréza má svůj pohon, napájení 2x LiPol, řízení dálk. ovládáním. Víc je tady (bez mezer) w w w . s t e a m e r . c z / m o d _ f r e z a . h t m l

[1skiinIan]

what are the electrical ratings to the motor you used?

Amps?

Volts?

[sajbrt]

This is a standard model motor - Graupner Speed 500E, 12 volts, 3-5 ampers.

[wesolint]

Fantastic!!!

[trainfan101]

really fun video to watch on a hot summer's day! better than air conditioning...

[SkipW]

NOW, were TALKING! Gotta get a copy of those plans man! @thanks4postingIt

[sajbrt]

I don't have any plans, only scribble and photos. You can see it at (without spaces) w w w . s t e a m e r . c z / m o d _ f r e z a . h t m l

[Electricfox]

Amazing and so well designed!! Well done!! ^_^

[G1Trains]

Works Very Well, Very Impresive.

[crackhead350455]

1 wrd: fuckinawsome

[TimEaston]

That was brilliant.

[BALLYMOSS18]

I am not sure about 3/10, I reckon it is worth at least 8/10. It would have been higher if it had been steam powered..

[oguzforever]

What a sweet i love your all :)