When I was a kid, (back in the 50's), we had one of these at our scout camp for lighting. 32 volt generator And light bulbs to match (special order). My uncle told me it had been an old coal mine generator. Ran not only lights, but a little rail car on tracks.

@bobbystaley9709

3 жыл бұрын

That’s really cool

@bobbystaley9709

3 жыл бұрын

I wanna make a little go kart with one of these engines like an old style one obviously it will be slow but it will be cool

@nolansmith662

9 ай бұрын

​@@bobbystaley9709567

Having it doing work makes the engine that much more interesting.

@805ROADKING

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah Buddy!! ☺

1919: Where common sense and being aware of your surroundings kept you alive.

@rubiconnn

4 жыл бұрын

Except all the times when it didn't

@tiko4621

3 жыл бұрын

Say whatever you want about the old ways being best, I appreciate the modern safety features our modern tools have.

@MrWolfSnack

3 жыл бұрын

I don;t use modern tools at all because they are cheap pieces of plastic shit and burn out as soon as the warranty is up. All my power tools are from the 40s through the 1960s. Soild steel and metal. You plug it in and it goes. Never been so stupid enough to get hurt by a power tool. I love my 60 years old hedge shears because there is a handle right by the bade that makes it easier to maneuver and balance the tool in your hands, and it doesnt vibrate like crazy. It operates so smooth and i dont have muscle fatigue from being shaken to death like the plastic crap ones. My power sander also has a lot of tolerance in the motor you can press down on it and dig in hard without bogging the motor down to get a stubborn knot hole sanded out. A new one will just overheat and trip the safety fuse and you have to wait an hour for it to cool down again.

@MrSGL21

3 жыл бұрын

yep back when the population wasn't addicted to weed.

@MooreRetro

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrSGL21 you mean back when it was legal and THC was sold medicinally? When it was called cannabis.

OSHA approved of course! :-) thanks for sharing, i cant get enough of "hit and miss" engines

The buzz saw looks like a widow maker.

I cut a lot of slabwood when I was younger using a very similar saw but it was powered by a model A engine. I still have all my fingers👍

@louisedwards6681

5 жыл бұрын

And thumb

@yearlong5179

2 жыл бұрын

our Thresheree has a old sawmill they made and it has a sign that says “it’s a good day if you can count to ten without using your toes” 😂

@MatthewBerginGarage

2 жыл бұрын

@@yearlong5179 There is a guy at my work who says a similar phrase " I'm a good millwright I still have all my fingers and toes." He is right, he is a good millwright.😎

My dad was the “Dr. of engines”!! My dad had over 350 hit and miss gas engines!! Was a little easier starting a engine when the flywheel had a built in crank!! Don’t forget to push crank back in because when it hits you in the knee!😭 my dad also had 50 antique tractors!!👍👍👍

@KitKitChanIsaac

Жыл бұрын

Stop the 🧢

Good to see those old machines still puttin' along

Got a friend who has one of these engines and he connected an ice cream churn to it.

@HighlanderNorth1

15 күн бұрын

Yeah, these hit & miss engines could be linked with a belt to all sorts of devices, from washing machines to generators.

Yeah that's something you need to watch your ass around lol. Cool stuff!!!!

Great display and saw demo. Hats off to those guy. Awesome engine.

My great grandfather used his hit and miss to cut wood and it propelled his wagon also , only went in one direction but it moved itself !

cool old saw setup .. ENJOYED !!

Thanks for the demo love the old machinery.

@805ROADKING

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Bud!!☺

This is about an 8 on the pucker-factor scale, but neat regardless.

How much fun is when the saw bites on a knot and spins that little bit of wood strait outa ya hands, makes ya feel alive don't it....took me ages to type this...

That thing is too cool, thanks for sharing 805RK!

@805ROADKING

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checkin' it out Kris!!☺

I could see that Hit & Miss saw rig over by my place RK, with my Donkeys pulling it 👍 Very nice setup👍

i love the way the spokes at the end there were very close to the camera speed and they bounced back and forth when the engine fired 6:58

Thanks for the video, always great to see these hit and miss engines still doing it,, also great to see Jonathan from " Hit and Misfits" fire it up, Howdy from Texas 😁

I see dead people with this saw.

@raccoon681

4 жыл бұрын

Just the stupid ones

What a fantastic set.

Love seeing these old bits of kit working!. Nice that they're allowed to demonstrate it in action. 👍 Health and Safety probably wouldn't allow that here in Australia.

Oh boy, exposed blades are accidents waiting to happen.. Very cool though, nice to see an engine like that actually being put to work instead of just thumpin’ away doing nothing

Reminds me of the rig Grandpa could mount onto his "Johnny Popper" tractor, belt powered. Damned big circular saw!! It frightened me watching him cut wood with it!

@kievanrus9434

5 жыл бұрын

My dad wtill runs a buzzsaw on a pto like that. Ferguson tractor. I have used it a few times. More worried about random binds than forgetting about the blade itself. Very effective, not the safest, lol

I immediately notice all of the pre-OSHA safety features. lol . People back then had sense enuf to keep their hands away from the saw!!!!

Cool beans, EJ. Gotta love it.

@805ROADKING

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah Buddy!! ☺

A person had to pay attention back then. thanks RK. I am happy he got it started with a kick. . COOL RK

@805ROADKING

5 жыл бұрын

No texting while working with that thing eh!!☺

That thing works great! I'd take that over any modern saw any day.

That reminds me of a trick I've had to use with a riding lawnmower when the battery was really weak: Position the engine by hand so that it's just at the end of a power stroke, and THEN hit the starter. That way it has an entire rotation in which to pick up momentum before it hits the compression stroke

Fun and dangerous,,, the complete package.

Awesome ! Jonathan really muscled that thing to start it...

@805ROADKING

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah Buddy!! ☺

Excellent video ! Thanks a lot everyone. Colin UK

It was no wonder those old timers were so strong. This is work!

Excellent

You are my kind of people 😎

The roadking sending them to school. Cool piece bud. Hope your healing up good.

@805ROADKING

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah Buddy!! We're doing good, one day at a time Bud!!☺

Way cool RK!

@805ROADKING

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah Buddy!! ☺

Pre OSHA period machine......... My God they would have a field day with that one. All original but so dangerous. Honestly though I think I would put a guard of some sort on that blade.

@timgreen4137

5 жыл бұрын

Just pay attention to what you are doing, and you don't need to worry about guards.

@blakegebauer76

Жыл бұрын

@timgreen4137 until someone not paying attention bumps you into it

In the lifetime of that thing I wonder if it's claimed any fingers?

@805ROADKING

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah Buddy I'm sure it did and maybe a few lives!! ☺

@aserta

5 жыл бұрын

Prolly, at least a few good nicks. Any respectable tool does :))

@Mercmad

5 жыл бұрын

I was a sawmill engineer 40 plus years ago .I have seen two men lose fingers on circular saws through lack of concentration on the job.

@ben-jd8kk

5 жыл бұрын

Mercmad funny you should mention lack of concentration, I burned my arm at work today after I leaned on a piece of metal I had just welded less than a minute ago. Funny how at the end of the day you start to let down your guard.

@Cookiegrabber-

5 жыл бұрын

NOS. Neat Old Stuff!

Losing your fingers 101

This is Luke and Jesse we met you and Mike at Coolsprings. Looks like a nice show.

@805ROADKING

5 жыл бұрын

It was great meeting you Guys!! You have some cool equipment and make good videos!! I subbed ya!!☺

Have to get me one of these saws be ideal when doing finish carpentry when there is no electric for me 10" miter saw lol

"OH THE GOOD LIFE"🎶🎵🎤

That kid was cussin you under his breath. Ridicule to success, the next best seller. lol

I own one similar. People claim they would never use one....until they see the alternative......cross cut saw run by hand. 😉

@brownwrench

5 жыл бұрын

Easy to see why all those wood cutting options were quickly dumped when chainsaws came on the scene.

When i saw the thumbnail i thought you had bought a hokey project car to restore.

Technologia brutal!,baterias litio ion?

Safe and sound!!

when i was about 12 or 13 i had a single cylinder harley davidson snowmobile and broke the recoil and i got it to bump start from the primary clutch with my hands lol

seriously I would have been too afraid to put my hands anywhere near it 😳😬💿

Sometimes I need to bump start the little woman too. You know, crank her backwards to get her to move forward.

Another great video! Love to see them attached to machines. Off topic to the video, just picked myself up a Maytag twin from an estate sale, and was thinking about restoring it. How do you go about removing the rust from the cast iron pieces?

'hey 'Tubes." -- sup Rob.

Cool

Man is that dangerous

looks like it could use a 2JZ swap

I think I figured why there's that blade guard.

Amazing except watching your videos is making me late for work in the morning..lol

@805ROADKING

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry Bud!!☺

This machine scares the living shit out of me but its so cool!

👍

100 years old this year

Holy wtf I just found my twin.. the young dude, looks AND sounds the same as me.. crazy

Bad ASS!!!!!

Nice saw. I think it's faster than a chainsaw.

@805ROADKING

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah Buddy!! It would work alot better if it was sharp and not rusty!!☺

These things are as tough as a $2,00 steak 🥩 they just keep going with the minimum of fuss

my toes curled cutting wood.

Wow, that was great to see a pretty much original engine and saw. I noticed the seat in front of the engine - any idea of why that would be there? Anyway, I had never heard of a hit and miss engine until I subscribed to your channel, but now I'm fascinated by them.

@805ROADKING

5 жыл бұрын

You can hook a horse up to the front of that to tow it where you need it, that's why the seat is there!!☺

@dtvjho

Жыл бұрын

I first saw these at the Kutztown Folk Festival (Berks County PA off of US222) years ago and walked past with some of them running. I didn't know what they were called, not until this week!

I read that book too. 👍😜

What a sweet working engine and saw, nice to see it with its "working clothes on.

Wonder how many fingers.

Thanks Rob...Jonathan no worries buddy, Roadking and I know about the time you get enough backside to do something you get a big ole belly that gets in the way! :>) Thanks Roadking!!

@805ROADKING

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah Buddy!! I remember being solid as a rock like Jonny, pre "big ole belly"!!☺

Dead man saw Got many boys arms cut off So glad they quit making them My Daddy ran one when he was a kid But it was hooked to a tractor running a belt drive

What is the finger count on that saw?

that saw is scary

I went the Thresheree near me and they always have these mini engines (smaller than this one) running a washing machine or a old water pump, can you tell me if they have a name?

@yearlong5179

2 жыл бұрын

never mind i have found it, very nice engine though

I always see these old hit and miss engines running, and I know water goes in the resevior on top of the cylinder to cool the engine... But where is the fuel tank and what type of fuel do these engines use?

@805ROADKING

3 жыл бұрын

Most of them have the fuel tank in the base and most of them run on gasoline!! Some of them do run on diesel or Kero !!☺

What fuel does this run on? I didn't see a firebox (just missed it maybe?).

@danielbailey1489

3 жыл бұрын

Old hit and miss engines like these usually ran on kerosene, but you could run it on gas, kerosene, lamp oil, diesel, or just about anything.

OSHA would have a field day

THESE OLD HIT & MISS ARE REFERED TO AS DONKEY ENGINES IN THE SOUTH. OLD LOCAL FEED MILL WOULD GRIND CORN MEAL ON HALVES USING A 3 HP. ENGINE. IT ALSO RAN A GRITTS MILL. GOOD OLD DAYS BACK THEN !

nice hey roadking im iso a governor weight set up for a 1 1/2hp alamo that bolts to the fly wheel was wondering if you or mike know of any where i can get thanks

@805ROADKING

5 жыл бұрын

Try Hit and Miss Enterprises!!☺

@mopar9453

5 жыл бұрын

@@805ROADKING thanks i tried them earlier this week email said they are looking but haven't heard anything yet

I love that old machinery... wish I had space to store things like that. It did make me very nervous to see that huge saw blade running, with a very small "pre osha" blade guard... with everyone around it. Guess back then the users had to have serious common sense, to keep from loosing limbs! I watch another tuber that uses a saw like that one to cut his fire wood, but his is now powered with one of those old Wisconsin V-4 air cooled engines. I think the hit and miss has more torque, as that Hercules just kept that blade spinning. The Wisconsin would slow down, and often would pull the log back, and wait for the engine to pick the rpm's back up to finish his cut.

No wonder why people only lived to 40 back then !

6:10 is that big crack supposed to be in that flywheel?

@Trumplican

5 жыл бұрын

​@@Tadfafty upon closer inspection it is meant to be there its for taking the flywheel on and off. theres a big bolt that tightens it down.

My neighbor has a John Deere saw like this... from 1905 I think. rough shape but complete. He is looking to sell it but doesn’t know where to list it. Any ideas?

@805ROADKING

3 жыл бұрын

Smokstak.com, Ebay, Craigslist, or Facebook Marketplace

OSHA would shit bricks if they saw this

Dungarees and Stetson. Authentic Hillbilly, even if intentional. Someone in the UK thinks it’s brilll.

pipff piff piff piff piff!

Interesting, but it makes me cringe watching it in action. Dangerous AF.

@ME-jc7xi

4 жыл бұрын

BROWNWRENCH BROWN made back when men were Men. to many losers today require all the in my way safety features

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Definitely before OSHA.

видео из разряда: "я знаю Технику Безопасности как свои 3 пальца ""

Good video. Sure would like to know what band is playing the music in the background beginning at 5:22.

@805ROADKING

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Wayne!! Don't know their name but they were good!!☺

hey what happen with the OHV briggs project ?

@805ROADKING

5 жыл бұрын

Any projects we have that require machining usually get sidelined during the Show Season because we're on the road alot and just don't have the time for them!!☺

@greenboy4296

5 жыл бұрын

@@805ROADKING thanks for your reply i really want to see that one complete i am enjoying it and thanks for that

Can't work today , our starter caught the flu .

That saw looks like something Wiley Coyote would gt his tail caught in !!!!

@805ROADKING

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah Buddy!! Just have to print ACME on the side eh!!☺

Stand clear RK.

@805ROADKING

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah Buddy!! ☺

I still don't get it,why named hit and miss engine?how it's works?

@mwilliamshs

5 жыл бұрын

When it hits, the governor is in and the engine makes power. When it misses, the governor is out, the compression is released via a valve lifter, and the engine coasts. It's a means of speed regulation.

@victimovtalent6036

5 жыл бұрын

@@mwilliamshs what is benefits/advantage from this engine type instead of 4 stroke engine?

@mwilliamshs

5 жыл бұрын

It IS a 4 stroke engine

@victimovtalent6036

5 жыл бұрын

@@mwilliamshs what about fuel consumption between them,wich one more economical in the same capacity?

@mwilliamshs

5 жыл бұрын

@@victimovtalent6036 between is a comparative term. To what are you comparing a 4 stroke hit-and-miss engine?

Minute 3:09 - this guy is making me cringe with his left hand! No!!!!!

Ah fun times before OSHA came along.

@805ROADKING

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah Buddy!! ☺