Scaled FT17/M1917 3/4 Tank Engine Test Run
Test running the engine on my homebuilt 3/4 scaled replica FT17 tank. I have installed a new exaust muffler and am testing the ...
From: rwhendrix
Added: 18 years ago
Views: 5,331
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Test running the engine on my homebuilt 3/4 scaled replica FT17 tank. I have installed a new exaust muffler and am testing the ...
From: rwhendrix
Added: 18 years ago
Views: 5,331
Today I have added a second valve that runs off of the timing cam lobe. This supplies pressure to the cylinder on the return stroke ...
From: rwhendrix
Added: 17 years ago
Views: 6,308
Early video of my testing of the engine for my scaled tank.
From: rwhendrix
Added: 18 years ago
Views: 2,815
My first wood fired boiler. Trying out a simple steam whistle I made for it.
From: rwhendrix
Added: 17 years ago
Views: 3,610
Here is a video record of my expirements with building and firing homemade wood burning brick and pottery clamp kilns.
From: rwhendrix
Added: 16 years ago
Views: 121,628
Put together a steam turbine to test out. Using compressed air for the first test. Works pretty good so far. We will see how it handles ...
From: rwhendrix
Added: 17 years ago
Views: 12,169
The first steam test of my improved second boiler. This is a verticle boiler with much better draft draw thru the flue. The boiler is ...
From: rwhendrix
Added: 17 years ago
Views: 2,118
Short movie clip of a couple of FT17 tanks on their way to the St. Mihiel front in WWI.
From: rwhendrix
Added: 18 years ago
Views: 791
This the third in a series of old style newsreels about the construction progress of my FT17 WW1 tank. I am test firing the main gun ...
From: rwhendrix
Added: 18 years ago
Views: 1,439
My very first attempt at a steam driven engine. Its made entirely from junk parts and metal scraps. In this video I have assembled it ...
From: rwhendrix
Added: 17 years ago
Views: 13,891
First boiler was about 1 quart. Second boiler about 1 US gallon. This, my third is a used water heater tank of 15 gallons. It has a ...
From: rwhendrix
Added: 17 years ago
Views: 30,000
Test running the engine on my homebuilt 3/4 scaled replica FT17 tank again. I spent the afternoon rebuilding the carb and then ...
From: rwhendrix
Added: 18 years ago
Views: 1,240
This the second in a series of old style newsreels about the construction progress of my FT17 WW1 tank.
From: rwhendrix
Added: 18 years ago
Views: 6,726
Test firing my homebuilt Nerf compressed air 50mm cannon. This cannon is made with a functional recoil system. It has some ...
From: rwhendrix
Added: 18 years ago
Views: 1,290
My latest pottery and brick kiln. Built in Flora, Indiana. Specializing in wood fired brickmaking, tiles, and salt glazed pottery made ...
From: rwhendrix
Added: 16 years ago
Views: 16,875
A homemade backyard brick bottle kiln. Wood fired updraft. Can fire bricks or pottery to 2000F +.
From: rwhendrix
Added: 16 years ago
Views: 16,904
I made tank this for paintball and airsoft games. I was inspired by Dave Mason and his 2/5 Sherman tank. I made it into a replica of ...
From: rwhendrix
Added: 19 years ago
Views: 30,290
My first test of the turbine with boiler steam at 60 psi. A little slow to start but better afterwards. Until the heat of the steam collapsed ...
From: rwhendrix
Added: 16 years ago
Views: 2,750
My AllisChalmers HD5 loader dozer pushing snow.
From: rwhendrix
Added: 16 years ago
Views: 5,204
I made tank this for paintball and airsoft games. I was inspired by Dave Mason and his 2/5 Sherman tank. I made it into a replica of ...
From: rwhendrix
Added: 18 years ago
Views: 2,398