Homemade Rat Steam Engine Live Steam

[Jim]

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!

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmx_P0pSgEo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmx_P0pSgEo</a>

[crueby]

Great project, really love the touch of having the bucket for the exhaust.   

[Jim]

Great project, really love the touch of having the bucket for the exhaust.   

Appreciated, Grandson is only 12 and he did 90% of the build.....he certainly enjoyed himself (almost as much as I did!).

[Kim]

Very cool little engine!  Give my congratulations to your grandson on his excellent work! 
 
Kim

[Jim]

Very cool little engine!  Give my congratulations to your grandson on his excellent work! 
 
Kim

Thank you very kindly Kim, appreciated.

[RReid]

What a great way to spend time together! Well done, and congratulations to you both.

[bent]

That's awesome.  The idea of hand sanitizer as fuel is brilliant as well, plus the kids are instantly ready for lunch when mom calls...

[Jim]

What a great way to spend time together! Well done, and congratulations to you both.

Thanks Ron, appreciated mate.

[Jim]

That's awesome.  The idea of hand sanitizer as fuel is brilliant as well, plus the kids are instantly ready for lunch when mom calls...

LOL that cracked me up 

[dwulfe]

Grand kids are a wonderful blessing.

[Jim]

Grand kids are a wonderful blessing.

We have three now and this is our youngest he's just turned 7 months and enjoying gnawing on a T-Bone

[kuhncw]

Very nice project.  Your grandkids will remember this forever. You are lucky to have them live close by.

Your engine reminds me of a very simple steam engine my grandfather and I  built when I was a kid.  We steamed it by sitting it on Grandma's kitchen stove burner.

Chuck