Shepherd School - Home for DIY Prepper Projects Cautionary: Operating a steam pressure vessel has a number of hazards. It's not an activity for the careless, blasé, or those whose confidence is far greater than their competence.
There's a good example of repuposing other things to make what one needs... Sorta Like... An alternative BOV??
Looks like the most dangerous part is dealing with an irate wife after running a steam engine and boiler on the kitchen stove
In tandem...if you could get the power output synchronised....it would be well on the way to making a 21st century rickshaw.
The neat thing about that little steam engine is that it doesn't have to be super-efficient. It just has to work well enough to do its designated job. A lot of people get super-hyper-over-obsessed with efficiency whenever steam power comes up.
A more substantial set up, using a two stroke lawn mower engine could power a small generator, or with appropriate energy transfer mechanisms, power a wood lathe or some other such equipment. Steam was the power source of choice for many, many, decades before the internal combustion engine came along. Kinetic Steam Works in Oakland brings antique machines to life | Oakland North And there is always the steam powered lawn mower, when peak oil bites.... Steam Powered Lawn Mowers.