Dedicated to passing on knowledge about stationary steam engine power with belt drives in shops and industry, the actual operation of 100 year old machine shop equipment, and the...

Dec 8, 2017 · That small steam engine is pretty powerful. It is amazing when he has a couple of machines running and machining at the same time and having to be watched. You have to …

Mar 31, 2017 · I've watched all of Daves videos. Very talented individual. I drool over his shop and collection of old machinery!

Old Steam Powered Machine Shop by David Richards • Playlist • 89 videos • 150,701 views

Aug 19, 2015 · It represents approximately what a 1920’s machine shop would look like in America. Not a single tool is newer than 1925. The whole shop is powered by a line shaft …

Mar 19, 2004 · There were various schemes tried by engine and boiler manufacturers to make "easy to use" packaged small steam power plants for small shops. These often took the form …

Aug 9, 2016 · In a real blast from the past, David Richards shows off a machine shop powered by steam and flat-belted line shafts. Sit back, relax and enjoy a glimpse into a bygone era of …

This is number 14 in a series of videos I created in my shop to depict how work might have been done in a 1925 steam powered small job shop in "up-state" New York, under steam power.

Nov 13, 2017 · He has setup up his shop to be outfitted as it might have been in the 1920s. The lathes, shapers, mills run off wood, a large VFT and single cylinder steam engine.

It's hard to believe this is #80 video of my shop at work to show you how line shafts, steam power and old method machine work was done 100 years ago.