Channel: Hand Tool Rescue

Category: Howto & Style

Tags: my mechanicsenginemachiningpistonmake piston ringssteamdirestarestoration

Description: Check out how Keith Rucker at VintageMachinery.org completely remade the bronze shoes for the crosshead: youtu.be/wnXJACcQTAU youtu.be/aFVshkAV_mc This restoration is on a 1920s Orr & Sembower vertical steam engine. It was apparently found in a river in Kansas, USA before being shipped to me. This steam engine is one of the worst condition items to ever come across my workbench. I have not worked on a steam engine before, so this will be a fun learning experience. In Part 2, I remake all the missing and broken parts as well as slowly reassemble the entire tool. I decided to make a few sensual upgrades as well. The missing bronze shoes on the crosshead were complicated enough to remake that I decided to call for help to @Keith Rucker - VintageMachinery.org and @Windy Hill Foundry. My machining equipment and personal skill were pushed to the maximum for this restoration, but I think it all turned out well enough to function. Making a new piston and piston rings was particularly challenging but was very rewarding. I really want to run this steam engine on actual steam instead of my air compressor, but I do not have a steam boiler. Maybe I'll restore one in the future for this use. The steam engine seemed to run just fine on 14CFM @ 90 PSI and lower. Wrenches and screwdrivers are now for sale at handtoolrescue.com Help secure more tools for future videos (if you want): patreon.com/handtoolrescue Instagram: instagram.com/handtoolrescue Facebook Group - Share your restorations facebook.com/groups/handtoolrescue facebook.com/handtoolrescue Reddit - Share your restorations reddit.com/r/HandToolRescue Podcast (with Jimmy DiResta and Andrew Alexander) - anchor.fm/fitzall