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I am new here, but while these French plans do get a mention on here, they seem to be in the wrong section!
It surprises me there is not more about them on here as it needs no castings and the drawings are nice and clear. Perhaps the fact it is in metric puts some off?
I am thinking about making it double size. Has anyone on here built one? See the original post below. It is a lovely looking engine, with a clever way of constructing the frames.
This link was posted on another board.
The plans are metric and in French, but the drawings are clear so no problem if your French is rusty. 10 sheets in PDF format.
It's a neat twin cylinder engine with fabricated bar stock construction so no castings are required.
Mostly brass with bits and pieces silver soldered up to look like or replace castings. Would be easy to convert to a 1/2 x 1/2 inch engine for using imperial size stock. Lots of parts, but none too complicated.
The plans can be had for free. On the john-tom site, scroll down through the component drawings to the last page to get to see the assembly drawing.
http://www.john-tom.com/MiscrPlans/PlansApr08/FrenchTwin.pdf
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/jean-luc.soumard/bicylindre.htm
It surprises me there is not more about them on here as it needs no castings and the drawings are nice and clear. Perhaps the fact it is in metric puts some off?
I am thinking about making it double size. Has anyone on here built one? See the original post below. It is a lovely looking engine, with a clever way of constructing the frames.
This link was posted on another board.
The plans are metric and in French, but the drawings are clear so no problem if your French is rusty. 10 sheets in PDF format.
It's a neat twin cylinder engine with fabricated bar stock construction so no castings are required.
Mostly brass with bits and pieces silver soldered up to look like or replace castings. Would be easy to convert to a 1/2 x 1/2 inch engine for using imperial size stock. Lots of parts, but none too complicated.
The plans can be had for free. On the john-tom site, scroll down through the component drawings to the last page to get to see the assembly drawing.
http://www.john-tom.com/MiscrPlans/PlansApr08/FrenchTwin.pdf
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/jean-luc.soumard/bicylindre.htm
