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You are really living outside of your means here. I'm sure you're in over your head.

Looks good. Much more managable size, than the othe one with the monster 2cyl. steam engine!

Will the fabricated plate steel links expand enough? Might have some experimentation to get the center sizing right. Dubs

Too bad ya couldnt come up with a huge amount of the work ethic, that was around back then. Always missing, and very hard to find nowadays. Any existing blueprints?? Thanks! Love, Dubs

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You are going to need a proper boiler, even a package one, to operate that engine, particularly if it is going to power a rolling mill. One or two small steam loco boilers will not be enough steam to power that engine. That engine needs, no demands, quantity besides pressure.

4:04 or you can make a ship now

I need that spring you got there for a governor 2:23

Sweet!!! I hope you open it up because I’d love to see it. Im only an hour away.

Would love to see video of this equipment during it's peak use, even black and white would be cool.

You're never going to use this old junk

Omfg those tiny rail switches are cuuuuteee

Maybe you could roll square stock into a small railroad track profile? Then you could cut them into small lengths to sell as souveniers for the museum?

Just the fact that you were able to move that thing is amazing.

i rain a tapper mill for living at Union Spring and manufacturing when my first son was born. That was the best I can do to provide, it was 140° in that mill and it was brutal physical work. I hand tapered the end of the coil springs you see on rail cars before they were coiled.

Here in Germany some of our customers use a red-brown color (RAL code number 8012) as primer. In most cases no additional color.

That's great !! happy to see that this early industrial machinery is being saved

How about new rails?

I remember back in the 1990's when I first got internet service coming across the Tod Engine/ Jeanette Blast furnace site. I was thinking this internet thing is pretty cool

How about rolling some 8lb or 20lb rail? ;)

That's fantastic! You should work with a machinist to make some dies to produce small sections of railroad track. If my lathe can swing that diameter, I'd love to help out with it. If my little lathe can't, I have a 54" swing vertical lathe I need to set up

Amazingly ambitious. I hope you don't to wait too long to raise the necessary funds.

A very fortunate break to find something this old and still intact. I recently came across somebody in the Southwest who was trying to reassemble a stamp Mill that was used to crush ore and due to their age and size aren't everyday occurrences. Seeing that large driveshaft there is a mill service company that ships them by rail to Mills in the Midwest and that's just one piece of the whole assembly. Thankfully your equipment is now off site and now the long range rebuilding can start

You should set up these rolls for forming rail for the railway.

How about setting the rollers up tomoroduce rails

Amazing save!

Have yall thought of trying to save more stuff to where you could make a small replica mill?

A small factory turntable is a Interesting and historically accurate solution to maneuvering in tight factory sights

You are a madman! The world needs more like you, with the vision and energy for preserving equipment and technology that needs to be saved for future generations to marvel over. I've got no reason to come back to the Youngstown area after 40 years, except to visit the J&L Narrow Gauge, and probably the Canfield Fair.

Very cool, not to interfere into your vision. When having that spindle made for the drive side. integrate a modern shear bolt to save the spindle from over torque and grenading the expensive spindle. Rolling mills are extremely technical and require a ton of knowledge. So reaching out to retired people from this type of rolling would be extremely helpful. Also, reaching out to retired mechanics who have worked on these specific mills will come in handy as well. I love this type of stuff as I've worked in a rolling mill for 33 years. Good luck.....

As a former Assistant Roller at USS Irvin Works, I have nothing but respect for what you have going on here. This is fantastic!

The rolling mills are awesome, and look to be in excellent condition. Happy to see you saving this stuff. From when America, land that we love, was the steel capitol of the universe. Shortening the driveshafts shouldn't be to bad. The spindle and coupling, well yeah, that's a big deal.Keep goin',, Love, Dubs

Looking forward to seeing new videos of your steel mill Very interesting!

I will fly over to the States to have a look when this engine can run under steam!

What about making rail track with those machines?

Your energy and ambition is limitless! Now, no more talking. Let's hear that bigass rattle gun run! ✌️

Bro.. JUST MAKE RAILS with it.

It is interesting to note the saddle tank does not touch the boiler except for the supports. I can see the Puffing Billy NA class tank engines do not touch the boiler.

Stupid newbie question but this must be a cold rolling mill if you’re planning to use it in the future? Sorry for the dumb query..

"Never throw nothin' out!" You are doing a very. very, good thing here. Thank you!

I have a 40” swing lathe with 24” over the cross slide. I also have a 48x84 boring mill and they both sit under a 15ton bridge crane so if you got prints/ concept drawings I might be able to machine your adapter shaft for you.

Perhaps a deal could be made with a railroad museum to turn the coupling. They tend to have large lathes to turn wheels. Strausberg in Pennsylvania comes to mind,

You sure do not lack ambition!

Building an addition to the building, I'm ready to help with that.

Awesome news Rick. Glad you were able to save these pieces.

As you described installing the rolls I was wondering if the track at the museum was formed by such mills? You guys are saving steel heritage history bit by bit and it very satisfying to watch the progress.

Fantastic update…….thank you for all the preservation that you do 👍

Thank you for sharing.👍

I worked at universal stainless in Bridgeville , pa in 2004 & they had a series of bar mills linked together with short spindles a square billet could be turned into a round bar of various sizes. Glad to see your ambition in preserving industrial heritage. Third world countries buy these kinds of machinery because they know they were built to last indefinitely.

I am so glad this heritage is being preserved.