My First Engines

[Woodster]

Ok, so as i said in my welcome post, here are a few pics of some amateurish engines i knocked up when i was a CNC turner back in my teens/early 20s. All parts were made ad-hoc on a rather battered boxford lathe and a drill press. No milling, no vertical slide on lathe, just simple lathe with 3 & 4 jaw chucks and a drill press. All made from scrap and bar ends and most with sawn finish!

In line 4 cylinder air powered with simple rotary valve on end of crank. Did i mention they were amateurish??

Simple wobbler.

Slightly more involved wobbler with piston valve on an eccentric.
All engines were made up as i went along while i had a cut going on the YAM CNC lathe.

Thoughts/comments welcome!

Woodster.

 

[aarggh]

These are certainly solid, how well do they run? Are you planning on making some newer models Woodster?

cheers, Ian

 

[stevehuckss396]

They look cool from here. What's next?

 

[Woodster]

They all run well from a hand bicycle pump (briefly) as i don't have a compressor, but when built they all ran superb off of a compressor, especially the in-line 4.
What's next? Well i'm toying with the idea of a 2 stroke 60deg V8, using the pistons in a closed cylinder for induction & compression. Just waiting for the wifes redundancy cheque to turn up so i can get a small lathe and mill. Hopefully at the end of the month.

 

[Mosey]

They all run well from a hand bicycle pump (briefly) as i don't have a compressor, but when built they all ran superb off of a compressor, especially the in-line 4.
What's next? Well i'm toying with the idea of a 2 stroke 60deg V8, using the pistons in a closed cylinder for induction & compression. Just waiting for the wifes redundancy cheque to turn up so i can get a small lathe and mill. Hopefully at the end of the month.

So, let's see, I turn in my redundant wives and get a check? Wow.
Cool engines, please make some more.