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Well, here in the US small compact cars have been called "shoe boxes" ;D

KSor, Ford and GM have also built engines for cars back in the 70's, as have other companies. And there are companies now producing power plants using solar powered Stirlings. So depending on the design they can be fairly powerful. But those designs are big engines and use some fairly exotic...

Steve, No apologies necessary. Take care of yourself, first and foremost. The project will still be there when you are ready. And we'll still be here waiting for the next installment ;D

Les, Welcome to HMEM. Sit a spell, tell us about yourself, what kind of engines are you building, your shop. Oh, we like pictures :)

Thanks Marv. I took it as such. My choices were blue or white towels. I'll have to see if my wife has any fabric squirreled away somewhere, or find some colored construction paper. Bytes are cheap :) Thanks Dean. Actually the corner I use for pictures is very poorly lit from the overhead...

Zee, I just re-read my post and realized I gave an incomplete answer. Sorry, I'm blaming it on being late and tired. I guess some definitions are in order. Wet steam: Steam with significant amount of condensation in it. Usually ignored because it's not a factor except in very low...

Zee, There are three kinds of steam: superheated, saturated and wet. Wet steam has some condensation in it like what comes out of a boiling pot, that's what they are trying to avoid. The purpose of the dome is to collect saturated steam. Some condensate will form on the sides of the dome and...

Thanks Marv. Yep, I've tried all those things except the blue background. White balance is set with a stack of several pieces of printer paper to avoid any shadow bleed through. I've tried moving lights around; diffuse, reflected and bare light; ASA from 200 through 1600. I've had the best...

Thanks Zee. Yep, I got tired of those itty bitty 2-56 threads and wanted something a little more hefty. Thanks Dean, but today I hit the wall. Spent a goodly amount of time but little to show for it. Not much to show today for a fairly lengthy session in the shop. I lost a lot of time making...

I got nearly a full day in the shop today. I didn’t think I’d gotten much done until I started putting together the items for pictures. Most of the time was spent drilling and tapping holes. 27 holes drilled in 4 parts, 12 holes tapped in two parts. All the holes are either tapped or clearance...

AeroE, welcome to HMEM. I'm just across town from you in Harvester.

Congratulations, Arnold! :bow: Another excellent running engine for your collection. Well done. It's amazing how slow it does run for such an awkward seeming arrangement of mechanisms.

Dennis, Let me add my congratulations as well. Your tractor is a very beautiful work of art! Also, congratulations to Hobby and Dean for their very fine work.

You're welcome.

Great job, Steve. Simple and effective, the best kind!

Wow, Doc. The rods look really great. Yep, I like symmetric parts, too. Makes it really easy on the set ups. The bearing standards came out great. Ignore the Noid, he don't know anything ;D

Yep, another tough choice ::) Congratulations to all the builders. Each project is worth the title.

Welcome to HMEM, Patron! Hope you enjoy it here, we sure do!

Very uber cool, Trout! I like the black and brass color mix, too!

I've got a Leeson 3 phase motor on my knee mill, circa late 60's or early 70's. I can only assume because of all the layers of paint on it that it's original to the machine. Still works great, nice and smooth and quiet. Much quieter than the rest of the Chinese junk in the shop.