raveney

I saw a lot of really nice hit and miss engines last year at a local event. One that I had never heard of is the subject of this build...

Pulse Dampers I chose aluminum for the pulse damper globes partially because of cost, but also weight. I used 1" diameter and radiused...

Hi Shawn, You can buy castings from Meyers Engines. https://myersengineworks.com/ I believe the owner is a member of this forum. It...

Water Barrel I made a large compass to sweep the curvature that I thought looked good for a quarter scale barrel. Used a bandsaw to cut...

Lovely work. I cheated on my 1/8 scale and 3D printed the barrel and painted it.

Pump Assembly The pump housing is made of several pieces of brass stock soldered together. Used acid paste and low temperature silver...

Painting The engine was disassembled so that the firebox support rods could be tapped into the bottom of the baseplate. For my homemade...

This is the second water pump I've built. The first was a vane type, so I made this one a gear pump. While I was cutting the gears for...

The piston for this engine is made of cast iron, as are the rings. I don't recall making a cast iron piston before, but I really liked...

Its for a scale model of the rider Ericsson hot air engine the original part was a casting lined with firebrick and had a stovepipe...

firebox continued... made a oak buck to bend the firebox chimney support in a more controlled manner. This worked really nicely holding...