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Quinn (Blondihacks) on youtube is a model engineer machinist and has, IMO, the most outsider-watchable content on building boilers and steam engines like this.

Quinn (Blondihacks) on youtube is a model engineer machinist and has, IMO, the most outsider-watchable content on building boilers and steam engines like this. Highly recommend this primer titled "The Model Engineering Learning Curve" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps_BQJEMnGA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps_BQJEMnGA She's been building a model locomotive for years now, there are over 100 videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLY67-4BrEae-xhrvZX33gPk4Q87S1ttae https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLY67-4BrEae-xhrvZX33gPk4... One more: a little engine I'd never encountered before called a wobbler is, apparently, the hello world of machining model engines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrHDrIms7-0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrHDrIms7-0

glinscott 2mo ago
Blondihacks is amazing. Beware though, you may be buying a lathe and a milling machine soon after you start watching :). It's a great hobby. Manual machining is totally different from writing code, but you get into a similar state of flow.
- KaiserPro 2mo ago
  Blondie hacks guided me on how to lathe, which was grand as I'd only ever done router CNC before.
pfdietz 2mo ago
See also Wreck2Restored, a channel that documents the ongoing restoration of a 2-foot gauge steam locomotive. Crossheads and sliding valves featured! https://www.youtube.com/@Wreck2Restored https://www.youtube.com/@Wreck2Restored
shit_game 2mo ago
I'm only ~5 minutes into that first video and every single thing she has said so far rings so stupid true that its almost painful hearing it said so bluntly. Making things takes a lot of time, requires lots of fundamental skills, is expensive to do yourself, generally isn't going to be better than something other people are selling, and should be fun the entire time you're doing it. This should be the comment that people read on this post. Watch these videos.
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userbinator 2mo ago
On the topic of steam-related machinery YouTube channels, Keith Rucker gets my recommendation: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyjwQ6oz4cqqtEcWGboSU3g https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyjwQ6oz4cqqtEcWGboSU3g
aryehof 2mo ago
Wow, that Blondiehacks video opened my eyes to a whole unknown world. Thanks!

glinscott 2mo ago

Blondihacks is amazing. Beware though, you may be buying a lathe and a milling machine soon after you start watching :). It's a great hobby. Manual machining is totally different from writing code, but you get into a similar state of flow.

KaiserPro 2mo ago
Blondie hacks guided me on how to lathe, which was grand as I'd only ever done router CNC before.

pfdietz 2mo ago

See also Wreck2Restored, a channel that documents the ongoing restoration of a 2-foot gauge steam locomotive. Crossheads and sliding valves featured! https://www.youtube.com/@Wreck2Restored https://www.youtube.com/@Wreck2Restored

shit_game 2mo ago

I'm only ~5 minutes into that first video and every single thing she has said so far rings so stupid true that its almost painful hearing it said so bluntly. Making things takes a lot of time, requires lots of fundamental skills, is expensive to do yourself, generally isn't going to be better than something other people are selling, and should be fun the entire time you're doing it. This should be the comment that people read on this post. Watch these videos.

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userbinator 2mo ago

On the topic of steam-related machinery YouTube channels, Keith Rucker gets my recommendation: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyjwQ6oz4cqqtEcWGboSU3g https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyjwQ6oz4cqqtEcWGboSU3g

aryehof 2mo ago

Wow, that Blondiehacks video opened my eyes to a whole unknown world. Thanks!