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Has anyone noticed the huge vintage steam or diesel 4 cylinder open crank generator in the current seasonal ServiceNow TV ad? Merry Christmas... Jeff https://www.ispot.tv/ad/tTzO/servicenow-chief-holiday-officer

This is the proverbial Snow tandem double acting gas engine designed by Doug Kelley that I built in 2008. It is my favorite model engine. I never took any video of it at the time. Over the years this little engine and I have had our ups and downs and finally last year we had a bit of an...

The Nash Gas Engine Electric Plant I recently completed a 1/8th scale model of a 25 hp 2 cylinder Nash gas engine electric plant. Nash engines were produced by the National Meter Co. of NYC and were designed by their head engineer Lewis H. Nash. The engine design era was the late 1890’s...

There is a multi-part article in the Model Engineer's Workshop magazine with the above title. The first part is in the current May 2017 issue #254 and covers fuels, torches, harths, etc. MEW is available in most Barnes & Noble bookstores. Jeff

The Snow tandem double acting gas model engine designed by Doug Kelley is a classic among model engines. It is a bit different and as a result attracts attention at model engineering shows. It is a long build requiring attention to squareness and...

When I purchased my X3 mill drill 10 years ago I was unhappy with the lack of a spindle lock. I came up this spindle lock idea and it has worked well through a lot of use. It really speeds up tool changes. It involves a simple spring loaded brass locking pin held in by palm pressure to lock the...

This is my finished 25 hp Bates & Edmonds 17kw model electric plant in 1/8th scale. These unusual looking OHV engines used eccentrics and pull rods rather than cams and push rods. This valve arrangement was known as the “alligator link” valve motion. The full size engines used two built in...

This is my latest gas engine build. It is a 1/10th scale International Harvester Co. Titan 50 hp stationary engine from the 1911-1916 era. This project was another collaboration with model builder and friend Doug Kelley. The original Titan 50 hp stationary engine was a 9” bore x 14” stroke...

Hi, For those hesitant to do much hard silver soldering (brazing) there is a magazine currently in the Barnes & Noble craft magazine section entitled "Everyone's Guide to How to Solder Jewelry" $14.99. I spent an hour reading it and found a lot of good information even though I have done a fair...

I have a horizontal 1" bore x 1.4" stroke open crankshaft engine that will use drip or gravity flow to lubricate the cylinder. The engine is throttle governed and normal speed should be 400-600 RPM. It won't be doing much work. Fuel will probably be propane. My question is how can an adequate...

Looking through my old MEB magazines today I noticed a small "tip" about not storing model engines with detergent oil in them. The tip indicated that this leads to internal rusting. The rusting potential inside model engines is very real, but I would suggest that it isn't due to the type of oil...

This project was posted back in September in the Photo’s section, but wasn’t quite complete. And I know the video wasn’t great either. I am still no better at videography, but results are a little better this time. This is a 1/10th scale 1915 vintage Bruce-MacBeth stationary 100 hp gas engine...

Hi, Has anyone had any experience, good or bad, using 303 SS for wet cylinder liners? I would be using CI rings and AL piston in a medium speed multi-cylinder engine. Bore would be 0.75", and the engine would be working under light light to medium load at about 2000 RPM constant speed. Fuel...

I am in the process of regasketing an engine I made a few years ago. It has recently blown a head gasket. The material used was a neoprene-cork material from NAPA and was all I could find at the time. I was in a hurry. The model requires .015-.016"" material for proper assembly fit. The engine...

I have a new Asian lathe that has a bunch of those little oil holes with spring loaded balls on top. I have a pump type oil can that fits the holes perfectly, but everytime I pick it up it is wet and sitting in a puddle of oil. I need a pumper since some of the holes need a slight amount of...

A good friend and I started this project about 2 years ago. We built two engines. The model is a 1/10th scale model of a 1912 vintage Bruce-MacBeth 100 hp stationary gas engine. These engines commonly drove generators, as well as air and ammonia compressors in continous duty applications. The...

What would be a good cam timing arrangement for a 4 cylinder, 1" x 1.25" b x s, throttle governed, constant speed (500-700 RPM) engine that would yield good smooth operation? The flywheel will be plenty heavy. Although it may not be transferrable to models, I have reviewed early automotive...

Can someone tell me what this type of lathe dog is called, and hopefully, where I can buy one? Jeff

I have never tried using the dividing plates on my 6” rotary table until today. I am trying to divide a disk into 48 segments using a 90:1 gear ratio table. So, 90/48= 1 turn plus 14 holes on the 16 hole plate (A). Seemed simple enough, so I installed the plate, sectors, and handle on the rotary...

I was doing some research on computer radiators for my latest engine project. I am aware of galvanic corrosion of dissimilar metals in automotive cooling systems and being a bit anal, decided to look in to it a little further. The link below is from an overclockers (guys that push computer...