Search results

Did Winny not have something to do with sending the army to sort the Welsh miner out even shot a couple. Dam strikers Maggy the milk snatcher must have taken lessons from him No gentleman he gave his parole and broke it I believe or is that yet another myth . Another good little book High Speed...

Martins equation maybe what you are looking for cheers

Congratulations on a fine engine We all make mistakes its what makes the hobby fun or so I tell myself. If youve never mucked anything up then youve never done anything my old man used to say Keep well

The next project is small not like the rotating one :) Just to add another lever of fun

Just be careful as they are addictive. My home is full of the bloody things. cheers

Should have also said. An increased crankcase pressure will increase engine power as would using a better heat conducting gas. Then it would have to be sealed and again frictional forces would increase. On a small coffee table toy like this it would all become pie in the sky its just a toy too...

Hi K2, hmm how to answer Agreed a lip seal may be a better alternative but does the friction not increase as the pressure increases. Also Im a tight wads and like to make everything I can The air passage way is lined to reduce heat loss . I had some machinable ceramic in my swag stash from the...

Hi Jim, its all magic n mirrors :} The engine uses the Ringbom principal but due to the rotating cylinder becomes a marginal thing at best. The passage way for the hot air is a bit long and convoluted and the pivot is an air leak point. It was nearly a runner for ages just no cigar until I...

Hi, after nigh on two years of mucking about with this wee engine finally a runner Just shows what lockdown boredom can bring about I guess Cheers and thanks for looking in

You could try and contact this gentleman he is a member of this forum http://www.onthewire.co.uk/wwind.htm

A bit of bedtime reading ? https://steamautomobile.com:8443/ForuM/read.php?1,28375 https://steamautomobile.com:8443/ForuM/read.php?1,91 http://www.stanleymotorcarriage.com/Parts/Boiler.htm https://www.steamboating.de/steamboat/steamboat-scanoe.php

Noggin end sell graphite in the UK P.O.M is also hydroscopic and if you should happen to get it too hot it gives of formaldehyde gas. Delrin is a brand name as is Hostaform and a few others I forget. One of the benefits using graphite for hot air engines is its low rate of expansion and self...

Not one to post builds anymore but will do a wee thread when I make the next batch. Very easy and no faffing snapping those drills and 0.3 is an easily obtained size

When making small gas jets. I drill 0.3mm then swage down to the size needed. It saves snapping those drill bits It is just a simple jig , punch and guide to keep the hole middle for diddle. The wire is easily found I also tend to make batches of 10 and need to make some more shortly cheers

Jon, youre right and were would be the fun in buying one Screw cut a couple of adaptors today so just need the figure out the rest of it I tend to use iso metric now as this side of the pond they are much cheaper than imperial. Although I often use an imperial size just to nark the crap out of a...

A cleaned up version .Kindly done by Ian alias Circlip

The pitch is different to UNC or UNF at 27tpi ? or am I looking at this wrong 26tpi will go on for three complete turns ,this is what I had thought it was as its nigh on impossible to get thread gauges in and be able to see Found it so the S is for special ? and I thought the UK had some odd...

Depending on the size of the bore ? . Use a centre in the tailstock to push the Keats against the faceplate with the casting already fixed into the Keats .This should get you to within a couple of thou If the bore is larger than the centre turn up a button or top hat bit of scrap the smaller...

Kindly cleaned up by Ian alias Circlip.

Thanks Dave