Horizontal and Vertical Versions of the Same Engine

[Philjoe5]

Thought I’d share some of my latest engine builds with this group. I finished this engine in March:

It’s such a smooth running engine I thought I’d try building it in a vertical configuration. I just completed the vertical engine shown in these two pics:

view 1:

view 2:

I made a short video also.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ICoXFcW-O8[/ame]

I was curious how the two versions of engines would compare in performance. It’s a little early to know for sure but the vertical version chuffs along merrily at 45 rpm or less. I think it may run slower when it gets a few hours on it. The horizontal version (way past break-in) can’t seem to manage that. When I’ve got a few hours on this new engine I’ll do a slow run trial and post the results in another thread (“How slow can you go”) that was started some time ago.

The vertical version has interchangeable parts with the horizontal version except the base of course. I’m satisfied that I got all the dimensions right so I’ll disassemble, clean it up and paint some of the parts before I call it done. I don’t have any real drawing software so I just took most of the dimensions off the inspiration model and made adjustments when needed.

Cheers,
Phil

 

[cobra428]

So, why have you been holding out on us with the build ??? stickpoke
Tony

 

[Maryak]

Phil,

What a neat idea :bow: and 2 very nice engines by the way. :bow: :bow:

I was curious how the two versions of engines would compare in performance. It’s a little early to know for sure but the vertical version chuffs along merrily at 45 rpm or less. I think it may run slower when it gets a few hours on it. The horizontal version (way past break-in) can’t seem to manage that.

Perhaps gravity has an effect on the vertical engine, not available to the horizontal one ???

Best Regards
Bob

 

[Jeff02]

Hey great looking engines, are these from your plans or are the plans available on the web somewhere?

Thanks!!!!

 

[Tin Falcon]

Hey great looking engines, are these from your plans or are the plans available on the web somewhere?

Thanks!!!!

Phil can correct me if needed but he bought a set of plans off ray Hasbrook . Now he has used the same plans to build engines in different sizes and configurations. I have told folks at engine shows that we need to take a collection so he can buy another set of plans and build something different.
Tin

 

[Jeff02]

http://hasbrouck.8m.com/eng3.htm

 

[Philjoe5]

Tin,
You are correct, this is the ninth engine I’ve built from Ray HasBrouck’s plans for a horizontal mill engine. I’ve made them with bores of 1.0”, 1.25” (the two shown here) and 1.5”. I’ve made them with aluminum and steel cylinders. For those of you who would like plans, the information you need is:

Plans from:
Ray F. HasBrouck
20 Brouck-Ferris Blvd
New Paltz, NY 12561


I actually do have plans for other barstock and castings engines and as soon as I run out of ideas on how to build this mill engine I’ll get right to work on them :big:
Cheers,
Phil

 

[b.lindsey]

Thats what I call getting your money's worth out of a set of plans :big:

Great work on these two most recent versions.

Bill

 

[Philjoe5]

Thanks everyone for the kind words and interest. For me there’s still a bit of a pleasant surprise and excitement when a new engine first runs.

Bob, I’m also thinking gravity might have something to do with the ability of this vertical configuration to run so slowly. As always, thanks for your interest and support.

Cheers,
Phil