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  1. kadora

    Steam Engine Tractor

    Shopgeezer sending pictures of steam distributor discs accommodated in steam chest. Have a nice day
  2. kadora

    Steam Engine Tractor

    Thank you friends again Cymro 77 I have added short video clip to my first post - see top of this thread. Apprentice 707 I am not related to Heath Robinson I do not know him. Why you think so?
  3. kadora

    Steam Engine Tractor

    Thank you all Imagine a situation that you live in steam era and you need a tractor and only what you have is small marine steam engine - so you would come to this tractor design. I am from Slovakia /EU/ and to make tractor including engine took me 12 month. Here in my country is snow and...
  4. kadora

    Steam Engine Tractor

    Hello Friends I would like to show you my finished steam tractor. Gas burner boiler heating , workable steering , tilting front axle , double acting two cylinder engine , water feeder , length 500 mm , wideness 200 mm , height 250 mm , weight 7 kg . I have built this tractor according my...
  5. kadora

    My Way two cylinder steam engine

    thank you I have built this engine only from my imagination so I had only few hand rough drawings No plan for engine. Firstly I build this engine with Scottish yokes but I was disapointed from huge friction so I rebuilt it for normal con rods. Vederstein your advice comes too late because I have...
  6. kadora

    My Way two cylinder steam engine

    Forgot to attach clip of engine powered by air pressure. Now big task for me to build BOILER I am so scared!!!!
  7. kadora

    My Way two cylinder steam engine

    Good day friends . Please allow me to introduce my new engine which is first part for my long time project -steam tractor crane. I have designed this engine in a bit different way //my fantasy// and used my own castings . Two cylinders double action steam engine bore - 20mm stroke - 28mm ...
  8. kadora

    Cast an inline 4 engine block with plaster mold

    excellent explanation thank you
  9. kadora

    Cast an inline 4 engine block with plaster mold

    really excellent casting. Two questions 1 did you pour liquid metal into hot mold ? 2 did you used common plaster or some kind of casting plaster. Thank you
  10. kadora

    Feasibility of small 4-cycles in practical usage?

    Bluejets your engine is evidence that small engines are not utterly useless.
  11. kadora

    Feasibility of small 4-cycles in practical usage?

    bluejets is your engine 4 stroke
  12. kadora

    Felgiebel 16,6

    Such things happens.
  13. kadora

    Felgiebel 16,6

    ahoj z akeho materialu si robil kruzky? what material did you use for piston rings production?
  14. kadora

    Feasibility of small 4-cycles in practical usage?

    I have machined small four stroke engine 1.2 ccm but I am not able to start it on glow plug probably low compression . I will try spark plug and petrol.
  15. kadora

    Simplified aluminium casting

    Mark brick is not damaged I use one brick many times.
  16. kadora

    Simplified aluminium casting

    hello Minh-thanh I use propane butane gas to feed burner and my kiln melts 1.5 kg of aluminium in 25 minutes. Now I am experimenting with new back heat radiating kiln and it seems to save 5 minutes to melt 1.5 kg batch. I will send you more information on your personal email because I do not...
  17. kadora

    Simplified aluminium casting

    Hello Friends I was always looking for fast and easy way to cast some parts for my engines , generally just to pour liquid aluminium to the sand cavity and job is done. This way of casting is not working because castings corners are not sharp and not properly filed with aluminium. Then I got...
  18. kadora

    Project of the month

    I agree with MinH -Thanh for people whose mother language is not English to write perfect build log is quite complicated .
  19. kadora

    Project of the month

    I was 56 years old when I got my POM - I was happy like little child having new rocking horse. POM is only valuation for our patience and effort . Please keep it live.
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