title: Steam Engine
title_de: Dampfmaschine
description: My Grandfathers self-built model steam engine
description_de: Die selbstgebaute Dampfmaschine meines Großvaters
parent: projects
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In 1992 my grandfather began building his own live model steam engine, in 1:2.7 scale.
It has a mass of approximately 700kg and can tow 8 persons with ease at walking speed, using the two custom made trailers.

Of course I learned heating and driving the machine from an early age.
In the summers, we regularly drove around the neighborhood where my grandfather lived, for the joy of the neighboring children.
We also visited some [steam fairs in Kürnbach](https://www.volksfeste-in-deutschland.de/kuernbacher-dampffest-in-bad-schussenried.html), as well as holding our own at the small 'pub' my grandmother ran.

## Videos

Some videos, of both the mechanics as well as driving the steam engine.

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lightgallery([
    [ "img/dampf_makerfaire_fn_toolbox_instagram.mp4", "video/mp4", "", "", "Driving at Makerfaire Friedrichshafen 2018" ],
    [ "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikWtY_376n0", "img/dampf_2016_timelapse_thumb.jpg", "Timelapse of the meet-up in Kürnbach 2016" ],
    [ "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv08NrImbJE", "img/dampf_2015_thumb.jpg", "Recording made by a visitor of the meet-up in Kürnbach 2015. You can see me shortly in the beginning." ],
    [ "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGC6uH_kcoM", "img/dampf_thumb_druckluft.jpg", "Air Test" ],
    [ "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhMWQIR62rU", "img/dampf_thumb_pumpe.jpg", "Steam pump Test" ],
])
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## Photos

Here's a small collection of photos of and with the steam engine that have been taken since its creation.

### 2013 and 2014

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lightgallery([
    [ "img/dampf_2013_08_13_1.jpg", "In front of the depot in our garden" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2014_09_08_1.jpg", "Test drive in autumn" ],
])
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### 2012

The year 2012 was the third and last time we held our steam fair at Ines.

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lightgallery([
    [ "img/dampf_2012_06_19_1.jpg", "POV Photo while driving" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2012_06_22_2.jpg", "Transparent main valve housing for debugging" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2012_06_22_3.jpg", "Steam pump" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2012_06_22_5.jpg", "Controls" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2012_06_22_6.jpg", "Steam pump in the shop" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2012_06_30_1.jpg", "Steam fair at Ines" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2012_06_30_2.jpg", "Exhibition drive to Schloss Helmsdorf with the steam fair attendants" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2012_06_30_3.jpg", "The steam engines in front of Ines" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2012_06_30_4.jpg", "The steam engines at Schloss Helmsdorf" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2012_07_01_1.jpg", "The steam engines at the lake" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2012_07_01_2.jpg", "The steam engines at the lake" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2012_07_07_1.jpg", "Flags on our engine" ],
])
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### 2011

In the year 2011 we held our second steam fair.

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lightgallery([
    [ "img/dampf_2011_06_25_1.jpg", "Exhibition drive with the steam fair attendants" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2011_06_25_2.jpg", "At Schloss Helmsdorf" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2011_07_17_1.jpg", "On the campground, Schloss Helmsdorf" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2011_helmsdorf_1.jpg", "On the campground, Schloss Helmsdorf" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2011_helmsdorf_2.jpg", "On the campground, Schloss Helmsdorf" ],
])
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### 2009

In the year 2009 we held the first steam fair at the Bierstüberl Ines in Fischbach.

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lightgallery([
    [ "img/dampf_2009_06_13_1.jpg", "Steam fair in Kürnbach" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2009_06_18_1.jpg", "Garden at home" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2009_06_18_2.jpg", "Drive in Kürnbach" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2009_06_18_3.jpg", "In Kürnbach?" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2009_07_03_1.jpg", "Drive to Schussenrieder brewery at the steam fair Kürnbach" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2009_07_11_1.jpg", "Steam fair at Ines" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2009_07_11_2.jpg", "Preparations for the steam fair" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2009_07_11_3.jpg", "Spontaneous repairs" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2009_07_12_1.jpg", "Drive at Ines" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2009_07_12_2.jpg", "At the steam fair, with brass band" ],
])
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### 2007 and earlier

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lightgallery([
    [ "img/dampf_2007_06_10_1.jpg", "After a days work done" ],
    [ "img/dampf_1997_werkstatt.jpg", "Starting early" ],
])
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### Press

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lightgallery([
    [ "img/dampf_1997_baden.jpg", "Source unknown, 1997" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2010_jdh_p1.jpg", "2010, Journal Dampf und Heissluft, Issue 1" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2010_jdh_p2.jpg", "2010, Journal Dampf und Heissluft, Issue 1" ],
])
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## Links

Here are all other pages related to the operation of the steam engine.

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lang: de

Mein Großvater begann 1992 mit dem Bau einer eigenen Modell-Dampfmaschine im Maßstab 1 zu 2,7.
Sie wiegt ca. 700kg und kann mit zwei dafür angefertigten Anhängern problemlos 8 Personen in Schrittgeschwindigkeit transportieren.

Selbstverständlich wurde mir bereits in Kindheitstagen das Anheizen und Fahren der Maschine beigebracht.
Regelmäßig fuhren wir im Sommer in der Siedlung um das Haus meines Großvaters, als große Attraktion für alle Nachbarskinder der Gegend.
Außerdem besuchten wir einige [Dampffeste in Kürnbach](https://www.volksfeste-in-deutschland.de/kuernbacher-dampffest-in-bad-schussenried.html) und veranstalteten eigene an der kleinen Wirtschaft meiner Großmutter.

## Videos

Einige Videos, sowohl von der Technik der Dampfmaschine als auch dem Fahrbetrieb.

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lightgallery([
    [ "img/dampf_makerfaire_fn_toolbox_instagram.mp4", "video/mp4", "", "", "Fahrt auf der Makerfaire Friedrichshafen 2018" ],
    [ "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikWtY_376n0", "img/dampf_2016_timelapse_thumb.jpg", "Zeitraffer vom Dampftreffen Kürnbach 2016" ],
    [ "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv08NrImbJE", "img/dampf_2015_thumb.jpg", "Aufnahmen eines Besuchers beim Dampftreffen Kürnbach 2015. Ich bin ganz am Anfang kurz zu sehen." ],
    [ "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGC6uH_kcoM", "img/dampf_thumb_druckluft.jpg", "Druckluft Test" ],
    [ "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhMWQIR62rU", "img/dampf_thumb_pumpe.jpg", "Dampfpumpen Test" ],
])
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## Fotos

Hier eine kleine Auswahl der über die Zeit entstandenen Fotos der Maschine.

### 2013 und 2014

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lightgallery([
    [ "img/dampf_2013_08_13_1.jpg", "Vor dem Dampfschuppen im Garten" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2014_09_08_1.jpg", "Probefahrt im Herbst" ],
])
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### 2012

Im Jahr 2012 fand das dritte und letzte unserer Dampffeste am Ines statt.

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lightgallery([
    [ "img/dampf_2012_06_19_1.jpg", "POV Foto beim fahren" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2012_06_22_2.jpg", "Durchsichtiger Schieberdeckel zum debugging" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2012_06_22_3.jpg", "Dampfpumpe" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2012_06_22_5.jpg", "Steuerung" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2012_06_22_6.jpg", "Dampfpumpe in der Werkstatt" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2012_06_30_1.jpg", "Dampffest am Ines" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2012_06_30_2.jpg", "Ausfahrt zum Schloss Helmsdorf beim Dampffest" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2012_06_30_3.jpg", "Die Dampfmaschinen vor dem Ines" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2012_06_30_4.jpg", "Die Dampfmaschinen im Schloss Helmsdorf" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2012_07_01_1.jpg", "Die Dampfmaschinen am See" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2012_07_01_2.jpg", "Die Dampfmaschinen am See" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2012_07_07_1.jpg", "Fahnen an unserer Maschine" ],
])
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### 2011

Im Jahr 2011 fand unser zweites Dampffest statt.

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lightgallery([
    [ "img/dampf_2011_06_25_1.jpg", "Ausfahrt beim Dampffest" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2011_06_25_2.jpg", "Am Schloss Helmsdorf" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2011_07_17_1.jpg", "Auf dem Campingplatz, Schloss Helmsdorf" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2011_helmsdorf_1.jpg", "Auf dem Campingplatz, Schloss Helmsdorf" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2011_helmsdorf_2.jpg", "Auf dem Campingplatz, Schloss Helmsdorf" ],
])
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### 2009

Im Jahr 2009 fand das erste Dampffest meines Großvaters am Bierstüberl Ines in Fischbach statt.

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lightgallery([
    [ "img/dampf_2009_06_13_1.jpg", "Beim Dampffest in Kürnbach" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2009_06_18_1.jpg", "Im heimischen Garten" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2009_06_18_2.jpg", "Ausfahrt in Kürnbach" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2009_06_18_3.jpg", "In Kürnbach?" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2009_07_03_1.jpg", "Ausfahrt zur Schussenrieder Brauerei beim Dampffest Kürnbach" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2009_07_11_1.jpg", "Dampffest am Ines" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2009_07_11_2.jpg", "Vorbereitung zum Dampffest" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2009_07_11_3.jpg", "Spontane Reparaturen" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2009_07_12_1.jpg", "Ausfahrt am Ines" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2009_07_12_2.jpg", "Beim Dampffest, vor Blaskapelle" ],
])
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### 2007 und früher

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lightgallery([
    [ "img/dampf_2007_06_10_1.jpg", "Nach getaner Arbeit" ],
    [ "img/dampf_1997_werkstatt.jpg", "Früh übt sich" ],
])
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### Presse

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lightgallery([
    [ "img/dampf_1997_baden.jpg", "Quelle unbekannt, 1997" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2010_jdh_p1.jpg", "2010, Journal Dampf und Heissluft, Heft 1" ],
    [ "img/dampf_2010_jdh_p2.jpg", "2010, Journal Dampf und Heissluft, Heft 1" ],
])
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## Links

Hier sind alle anderen Seiten im Zusammenhang mit dem Betrieb der Dampfmaschine.

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