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logoman

Hemmens MaxII Kingdon

another video of one of my favorite steam plants.

Celsius 100

And I can see why.A magnificent steam plant,delightful to watch.
Swift Fox

That is very nice Miles and i do like the inline water pump on these engines.
Camst648

O BOy  that is a nice engine
loose nut 45

Lovely plant and nice vid  
MrDuck

Very nice and the cherry red is also called poison red which implies an attitude
ItSteams

it sure is a beauty
Stoker

Oooohhhhhhhhhh, I'll take one of those, please!!!
Les

Poetry in motion.    
logoman

One of the things I find very impressive about this engine besides it's incredible power, are the 'cylinder drain cocks' - small holes on the top of the valve chests. These small holes relieve the cylinder of condensate and then become sealed with steam oil as the oil is picked up from the lubricator. When the engine is started there can be a few squirts of hot water and then a 'witness' of oil as it becomes sealed.

There also serve as a rough guide to controlling the valve on the lubricator, since when the engine is receiving too little oil water begins to bubble from them, particularly when increasing the speed, as can be seen at 00:48, I'd forgotten to open the lubricator valve.
belugawhaleman

Very nice!  Thanks for
the video.
mrborinator

Great to see running ...
You're must be a good operator for these machines..


Rob.
Gary279

Unbelievable the engineering that goes in some of these engines!!
Awesome miles!!  Thanks for making that vid!!
Dean W

She's a beauty, Miles.  Great to see it running, too!  Thanks for the vid.
ozsteamdemon

Sheer precision in all respects !  

Dare i say it ..... Better than a Stuart !  
Sandman

What a beautiful piece of engineering.

A delight to watch.
logoman

I'd like to remove the surface rust from the 4 vertical steel pillars, but I'm worried that millions of tiny bits of wire wool dust will settle in and amongst the bearings and cause a greater rust problem.
Stoker

logoman wrote:
I'd like to remove the surface rust from the 4 vertical steel pillars, but I'm worried that millions of tiny bits of wire wool dust will settle in and amongst the bearings and cause a greater rust problem.


Miles, you might consider giving 3M Scotch-Brite pads a try in that situation. I don't believe they are likely to crumble at all like steel wool does, yet they do seem to do a good job of removing light rust scale. Rub it down with a light oil to collect any particulates, and then wipe it down thoroughly to collect all of that now dirty oil, and you should be fine!
St. Paul steam

what an exquisite machine, nothing i like better to watch than a well crafted & machine engine going through its paces , thanks for showing us again Miles.
logoman

Stoker wrote:
logoman wrote:
I'd like to remove the surface rust from the 4 vertical steel pillars, but I'm worried that millions of tiny bits of wire wool dust will settle in and amongst the bearings and cause a greater rust problem.


Miles, you might consider giving 3M Scotch-Brite pads a try in that situation. I don't believe they are likely to crumble at all like steel wool does, yet they do seem to do a good job of removing light rust scale. Rub it down with a light oil to collect any particulates, and then wipe it down thoroughly to collect all of that now dirty oil, and you should be fine!


I will try those Stoker. Thanks for the tip.
46u

I can see why it is your favorite. SUPER steam plant and a very good runner.  
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