First Motor

[Gemhund]

I hope this is the right place to post this.
Well, this is my unfinished Liney motor.
I just had to see if it would run, so I did the basic stuff and connected it to my compressor and to my total amazement, it actually ran on 150 kps ( about 21 pounds).
I had to remake a lot of stuff because I am metric and the plans are Imperial. So that gave me some problems, like I drilled the aluminium fly wheel hole to big so I cast some bronze and machined a new one. I'll make a spoked one next. And the exhaust and all the other bling stuff.
I'm new to machining and I learnt a lot making this little thing. And a LOT on this site.
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Cheers, Hans

 

[Noitoen]

Motor or engine? ;D

 

[deere_x475guy]

Congrats on the nice running engine!

 

[SAM in LA]

Good runner, Hans.

We like to see progress pictures th_wwp and how you set things up to machine them.

Congratulations,

SAM

 

[Deanofid]

Runs very nice, Hans. Smooth, and pretty quite, too.
Nice job, and thanks much for the video! Feel free to show us more.

Dean

Motor or engine? ;D

Picking nits? Better make sure you never make a mistake!

 

[rake60]

Nice runner Hans. Thm:

Rick

 

[dreeves]

The first is always the best. To get your first engine running what a feeling. Great job. :big: :big:

 

[Maryak]

Hans,

Congratulations on your 1st, it's very nice and a smooth runner. :bow: :bow:

Best Regards
Bob

 

[Gemhund]

Thanks all,
Now I am going to finish the motor off and make a stand for it. That is after I finish my boiler I am making.
When I got the kit I had no idea how to read the plan, nor the principle on which it works, so for me, when I put all the components together, I still did not believe it would actually run. I mean, I had to make the pistons five times over! :-[
( Jewellery manufacturing is much more intuitive than machining)
I assume that this motor can run on steam?
BTW, Noitoen, I am Dutch so to me it's a motor. An engine runs with petrol.
Anyway, now I have a thing to connect to my boiler when it's finished, and I am having some serious fun in the meantime.....
Cheers, Hans