Homemade Rat Steam Engine Live Steam
- Jim Dobson
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Homemade Rat Steam Engine Live Steam
Homemade Rat Steam Engine Live Steam
Know what a Rat Rod is? This is a Rat Steam Engine
My 12 year old Grandson with my help, made this out of some plumbing bits and pieces ..... 4 hours in the workshop one day and 4 hours the next day.
It's all silver brazed except for the steam and exhaust inlet & outlet.
He learnt a lot and I had 8 hours of absolute bliss with him!
It's rough....but it goes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmx_P0pSgEo
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmx_P0pSgEo[/youtube]
Know what a Rat Rod is? This is a Rat Steam Engine
My 12 year old Grandson with my help, made this out of some plumbing bits and pieces ..... 4 hours in the workshop one day and 4 hours the next day.
It's all silver brazed except for the steam and exhaust inlet & outlet.
He learnt a lot and I had 8 hours of absolute bliss with him!
It's rough....but it goes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmx_P0pSgEo
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmx_P0pSgEo[/youtube]
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Re: Homemade Rat Steam Engine Live Steam
Too many things going on to bother listing them.
- Jim Dobson
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Cheers Bill
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Hello My Friends
Very cool. I wish I would have had a Grandfather like that. I also with I had a Grandson like that. You are both very blessed.
Jack
Very cool. I wish I would have had a Grandfather like that. I also with I had a Grandson like that. You are both very blessed.
Jack
- Jim Dobson
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JBodenmann wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:49 pm Hello My Friends
Very cool. I wish I would have had a Grandfather like that. I also with I had a Grandson like that. You are both very blessed.
Jack
Thank you kindly Jack.
Re: Homemade Rat Steam Engine Live Steam
Thats just awesome building a project like that with your grandson. I have granddaughter's , so no can do lol.
- Jim Dobson
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LOL...my granddaughter likes playing a little with the engines, but getting her hands dirty....not going to happen
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Yeah, I could always build a steam powered doll LOL They do like riding the Trains at our club, so that's a plus.
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There are ladies out there ..
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Kudos to you Jim for involving your grand kids in the basics of steam. Noticed in the background a sizeable collection of other stationary engine models. But I think what REALLY took the cake...was the sunshine, white sands and inviting water outside! Is that paradise? Carl B.
Life is like a sewer...what you get out of it depends on what you put into it!
I don't walk on water...I just learned where some of the stepping stones are!
I love mankind...it's some of the people I can't stand!
I don't walk on water...I just learned where some of the stepping stones are!
I love mankind...it's some of the people I can't stand!
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Here is my Grandson Noah on our Rat locomotive. It is the third live steam locomotive I ever ran in 1973. Back then it was lettered R A & T and we called it the Rat. I had a chance to buy it last September.
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When was it last in a NJLS track?
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