myfordboy

myfordboy

Welcome to the myfordboy channel.
My user name comes from my lathe which is a British made Myford, nothing to do with the Ford motor company.
My main interest is model engineering and there are videos showing some of the engines I have built and also videos showing how some parts were machined.
There is a series of videos showing how I cast my own metal parts mostly using easily found materials.
To encourage builders without workshop equipment to make something I have on offer FREE of charge, plans for some easy to make Stirling cycle engines. There are full construction videos of these engines here on my KZread channel. These are very popular and thousands of plans have been sent out.

Visit my website myfordboy.blogspot.com

* FREE plans for the E Z Stirling Engine and other Stirling engines.

* Metalcasting tips

* Build your own furnace

* Compact Power Hacksaw plans

* 3D Printing

* Castings for the Essex Engine, Stove Fan,
Aermotor, steam and traction engine for sale.

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  • @user-xm8ud3nn6m
    @user-xm8ud3nn6m5 күн бұрын

    donde puedo encontrar planos de la caldera o locomotora

  • @myfordboy
    @myfordboy5 күн бұрын

    www.16mm.org.uk/resources/drawings/locomotives/

  • @user-xm8ud3nn6m
    @user-xm8ud3nn6m5 күн бұрын

    @@myfordboy gracias

  • @ping170
    @ping1706 күн бұрын

    Great upgrade 👍No undervoltage protecton for the lipo pack ?

  • @myfordboy
    @myfordboy6 күн бұрын

    I am using a LiPo I already had so not worried about that.

  • @leerogers6423
    @leerogers64236 күн бұрын

    So the planet doesn't have to make another one👍

  • @thecomputertech
    @thecomputertech7 күн бұрын

    Looking good. Is this design still going strong or have you recreated it and changed stuff since ? Just got a furnace and the tongs it came with are not the best for pouring - I don’t suppose you’d be looking at creating these for sale would you ? Saves we looking for alternatives ! 😊

  • @myfordboy
    @myfordboy6 күн бұрын

    Furnace is working well.Any damage to the refractory can be easily repaired with fire cement. The tongs are really good. I would only use the supplied ones for adding metal to the crucible. Very dangerous gripping crucible with tongs for pouring. No plans to market my tongs.

  • @moover123
    @moover1238 күн бұрын

    instant sub

  • @RustyInventions-wz6ir
    @RustyInventions-wz6ir8 күн бұрын

    Very nice work sir. Got your sticker. It’s going up in the video in next week. Thanks

  • @billsmini10
    @billsmini109 күн бұрын

    I bought 4 of these tools in the 80's. Drill, Jig saw, Miniature circular saw, and Miniature sawzall type saw. Good to know the batteries can be replaced with more modern batteries.

  • @theultimatehoomanperson6701
    @theultimatehoomanperson67019 күн бұрын

    Spent 2 weeks looking for the "travel sweets"

  • @RotarySMP
    @RotarySMP9 күн бұрын

    Beautiful casting.

  • @messenger8279
    @messenger82799 күн бұрын

    I have several of these and you can feel by the weight they were quality.

  • @marcoramirez2895
    @marcoramirez28957 күн бұрын

    I don't have one but have seen them. I was gonna say they sounded sturdy

  • @niallsommerville9813
    @niallsommerville981310 күн бұрын

    Old meets new, perfect combination.

  • @jdmccorful
    @jdmccorful10 күн бұрын

    Lookin good. How's the lubrication on internal gear train?

  • @user-et3pm9yf9g
    @user-et3pm9yf9g10 күн бұрын

    А ещё говорят что Русские живут хужи всех. Вон они новый инструмент позволить не могут себе.

  • @richb419
    @richb41910 күн бұрын

    I have the same drill and a stapler (still have them); the battery pack was more expensive than a Ryobi drill. I modified the battery pack to hold a Lipo but the problem is there is no voltage limiter in the drill, you can accidentally deplete the pack under it's safe voltage causing the new pack to die. I used it for a while and finally bought a Ryobi, still using it (about 10 years now) but replaced the battery pack with a Lipo. I really liked this drill Rich

  • @Alan_AB
    @Alan_AB10 күн бұрын

    You can spot a qualified electrician miles away. Just look at the techniues and quality of your soldering!.......... It never leaves you.

  • @bobweiram6321
    @bobweiram632110 күн бұрын

    Great work. I would make sure the battery has overcurrent protection circuitry. Lithium ion batteries can degrade rapidly without them. In some cases, they can overheat and self-combust.

  • @michaellinahan7740
    @michaellinahan774010 күн бұрын

    That looked identical to my first cordless a ryobi back when they made quality tools (early 80's). Plenty of torque even though it was only 9V.

  • @RetroSteamTech
    @RetroSteamTech10 күн бұрын

    Nice job 👍👍 I did much the same thing with a couple of old DeWalt drills, swapped out the old NiCads for LiPos, worked a treat. Pretty impressive gearbox in that drill. Cheers, Alan.

  • @Preso58
    @Preso5810 күн бұрын

    Man, I'd forgotten about those old Makita drills. A real blast from the past!

  • @ctrlaltdude
    @ctrlaltdude10 күн бұрын

    Aliexpress sells replacement batteries. Then it's still NiCad so this is better but if you don't want to open it up, that's an option.

  • @jae878
    @jae87810 күн бұрын

    That’s awesome! My dad had one like that when I was a kid. He picked it us off the road. He used to charge it with a couple cotter pins shoved down the sides of the battery where the contacts were and clip the leads from a regular car battery charger to the cotter pins. Worked for years like that. I think it was finally lost in a garage fire.thanks for sharing

  • @likeakite
    @likeakite10 күн бұрын

    Wow look at the quality of the motor and gears !

  • @Chez8922-kf6cy
    @Chez8922-kf6cy10 күн бұрын

    What is that? Is that an encabulator?

  • @myfordboy
    @myfordboy10 күн бұрын

    Finished item is here kzread.info/dash/bejne/kYOru6WAnLyyhc4.html

  • @HappyHands.
    @HappyHands.10 күн бұрын

    Be careful. the discharge rate of hobby pouch LiPos may not be enough for a drill like this. one would be better off replacing the NiCad cells in the battery case with Lithium dry cells

  • @lwilton
    @lwilton10 күн бұрын

    I have one just like that I bought in about 1974. It's on its third or fourth set of batteries, and still works just fine. I use it every few days.

  • @iteerrex8166
    @iteerrex816610 күн бұрын

    I always say, get quality and take good care of it.

  • @adrianwilliams763
    @adrianwilliams76310 күн бұрын

    Thanks for sharing

  • @ralhmcc47
    @ralhmcc4710 күн бұрын

    waste not want not

  • @jrehtil1494
    @jrehtil149410 күн бұрын

    Super job

  • @olavl8827
    @olavl882710 күн бұрын

    Yes! I'm not exactly a "treehugger" but I do worry about all the waste that we produce. It can't be ideal. So if a device such as this little drill is still good why not give it a new life.

  • @EngineVids
    @EngineVids10 күн бұрын

    Is that an aermotor casting?🤔

  • @myfordboy
    @myfordboy10 күн бұрын

    Yes it is.

  • @EngineVids
    @EngineVids10 күн бұрын

    @@myfordboy wow nice, it would be nice to see you make model petrol engines😎

  • @Convolutedtubules
    @Convolutedtubules11 күн бұрын

    You can replace the cells in the original battery for modern li-ion ones. They are even higher capacity than li-po pouch batteries.

  • @fpreston9527
    @fpreston952710 күн бұрын

    I have the same drill with dead batteries. Thanks for the tip

  • @Fur8002
    @Fur800211 күн бұрын

    Brilliant, I have one of these of about the same age and I have a spare LiPo battery, thanks, I will do the same.

  • @szsenyuk8887
    @szsenyuk888711 күн бұрын

    Want to share the battery number and supplier for it with us???🤔

  • @inventivemachinist8747
    @inventivemachinist874710 күн бұрын

    Any 3 cell 2200mah lipo. Amazon, Ebay, or local hobby shop. They're used in rc airplanes

  • @inventivemachinist8747
    @inventivemachinist874710 күн бұрын

    Don't leave it fully charged for a few months because the battery can puff. Not too big of a deal though if you use drill regularly

  • @eduardojud56
    @eduardojud5611 күн бұрын

    just need a more practical electric connector to battery

  • @janosnagyj.9540
    @janosnagyj.954011 күн бұрын

    When the notification popped up, I read it as "new light" so I thought it goes as "through old windows" 😅I think it's time to go to bed 🤣

  • @jirvin4505
    @jirvin450511 күн бұрын

    Works well. Did same to my old makita. I added typical rc battery connectors so I change out the battery

  • @SteveeCee
    @SteveeCee11 күн бұрын

    Nice one squirrel

  • @CraigLYoung
    @CraigLYoung11 күн бұрын

    Thanks for sharing 👍

  • @demetriusvasconcelos5866
    @demetriusvasconcelos586611 күн бұрын

    Great job. Thanks for sharing

  • @ezearias1107
    @ezearias110711 күн бұрын

    Hello, you could melt iron in that oven?

  • @myfordboy
    @myfordboy11 күн бұрын

    Yes I can.

  • @tuscanland
    @tuscanland13 күн бұрын

    Hello, I sent you an email earlier, I hope you get it as sometimes it ends up in the spam box, I need a few castings made and was hoping you could help. I'll delete this comment later on.

  • @ezearias1107
    @ezearias110714 күн бұрын

    Hello, how much is the aluminum compensation, how much does the model have to be?

  • @myfordboy
    @myfordboy13 күн бұрын

    I make the pattern 1.5% larger than the finished part to allow for shrinkage of the metal as it cools

  • @ryanmckenna2047
    @ryanmckenna204715 күн бұрын

    How hot can that boiling pot go? Can it melt steel?

  • @myfordboy
    @myfordboy15 күн бұрын

    I can melt iron. It's not practical to cast steel at home.

  • @nightlightabcd
    @nightlightabcd17 күн бұрын

    That's a fine machine you made there!

  • @nightlightabcd
    @nightlightabcd17 күн бұрын

    I didn't know the boilers were insulated. Is this usual for production boilers, like Mamod and Wilesco's? Is this your own innovation or is this common?

  • @myfordboy
    @myfordboy17 күн бұрын

    You are correct, Mamods and Wilesco boilers are not insulated.

  • @nightlightabcd
    @nightlightabcd18 күн бұрын

    Must be nice to have this equipment and a p;lace to put it! Putting it to good use I see. Well done!

  • @0Logan05
    @0Logan0518 күн бұрын

    Perhaps Make actual miniature steel Absorbers?.. Effort and Time wise, Perhaps its just as much of an …..investment🤙🏻

  • @0Logan05
    @0Logan0518 күн бұрын

    Rad🤙🏻

  • @user-xm8ud3nn6m
    @user-xm8ud3nn6m18 күн бұрын

    es una buena idea para pequeños motores