Model steam engines have intrigued hackers and makers ... Keith goes on to show some of the common failures he’s found while working on these wonderous little machines. First off is the paint.

Everything you’d associate with a steam engine is there, but just barely. The tooling needed to accomplish this feat is pretty impressive too. [Chronova] are no strangers to precision work ...

Heron, the great inventor of Alexandria, described in detail what is thought to be the first working steam engine. He called it an aeolipile, or "wind ball". His design was a sealed caldron of water ...

The Kew Bridge Steam Museum in London has the largest working Cornish Steam Engine in the World. It was actually built for the site to pump water to West London and started work on the 30th May 1846.