Brians Radial Engine

[Brian Rupnow]

First of all, lets build a base to mount things to--

View attachment BASE FOR RADIAL ENGINE.PDF

 

[Brian Rupnow]

Then a vertical stand to hold up the main body---

View attachment VERTICAL STAND FOR RADIAL ENGINE.PDF

 

[zeeprogrammer]

Nice Brian.
I went back a few posts and found some nice gems for my learning.
In particular the part about rake for a brass cutter. I understand more now.

 

[Brian Rupnow]

Then an updated edition of the big starfish main support body--

View attachment MAIN SUPPORT FRAME-RADIAL-NEW TRY.PDF

 

[Brian Rupnow]

And Oh yeah--You're going to need a gasket between the vertical support and the main body--

View attachment GASKET.PDF

 

[Brian Rupnow]

Every engine needs a main bearing--

View attachment BEARING FOR RADIAL ENGINE.PDF

 

[Brian Rupnow]

And a crankshaft (even if I did call it a "crank Throw")--

View attachment CRANK THROW BRIAN RADIAL NEW TRY.PDF

 

[Brian Rupnow]

And a hub for all those crazy connecting rods to attach to (the master rod, which is the same as all the other rods actually gets soldered to this hub)

View attachment CONROD HUB-BRIAN RADIAL NEW TRY.PDF

 

[Brian Rupnow]

And speaking of connecting rods---

View attachment CON ROD FOR RADIAL ENGINE-NEW TRY.PDF

 

[Brian Rupnow]

And we'll need some pistons to go on the end of those con rods

View attachment PISTON FOR BRIANS RADIAL ENGINE.PDF

 

[Brian Rupnow]

A cylinder (or five)

View attachment CYLINDER.PDF

 

[Brian Rupnow]

Those silly pivot pins that get soldered to the cyinders---

View attachment CYLINDER PIN-RADIAL STEAM ENGINE.PDF

 

[Brian Rupnow]

And if any of you are wondering why many of the drawings say "New Try" on them---Its because my first try at this design was a version with the connecting rods stacked and the cylinders offset. I didn't want to delete the first part designs I had made, so I "saved as copy" and renamed the parts as "New Try" to avoid "software confusion" issues.

 

[Cliff]

Hey Brian your engine is looking fantastic and the prints are top notch as usual but the drawing on post #82 doesn't have a way down load it. Cliff

 

[ozzie46]

Also some are .jpg and some are .pdf


Thanks for for posting them. I have a folder just for your stuff. :big: :big:

Ron

 

[black85vette]

Dang! The first post for this was just on the 4th. You have got more done this week than I ever hope to learn how to do. Just one question: do you ever sleep??

 

[Brian Rupnow]

Hey Brian your engine is looking fantastic and the prints are top notch as usual but the drawing on post #82 doesn't have a way down load it. Cliff

Cliff---I fixed that.

 

[lathe nut]

Brain, you make it seem so simple to draw and build, some day, I say a well spring of wisdom, thanks, I will have to get a lot better to try that one but copy, paste and save to file for now, thanks again, Lathe Nut

 

[Brian Rupnow]

These small engines alwys work a bit better when you have something to connect the airline to--

View attachment AIR INLET-RADIAL ENGINE.PDF

 

[Brian Rupnow]

Here are some sub-assemblies that will help a great deal

View attachment SUB ASSY OF CYLINDER AND CYLINDER PIN.PDF