The Home Machinist!

Right. Wateror condensate is not a good lubricant for metal on metal sliding surfaces. Oil, even in small amounts, of almost any kind is better than water. Water on the highway is an entirely different matter. A very light rain plus the residual oil on the highway reduce stopping distance. A thick f...

At expense of being repetitious see prior post regarding "Scientific American", Amatuer Scientist" CD and C. L. Strong's "Procedures in Experimental Physics" Both of these items provide parctial information on an extensive list of projects. Physicists as a group are inclined...

Right On. How much do you want to spend? See what live steam will cost at <http://www.mikebrownsolutions.com/aeindex.htm> Check out the two viable Stirling engine Generators: Whisper Tech : <http://www.whispertech.co.nz/> and Microgen in Great Britain: <http://microgen.com/> Then go to your friendly...

For practical matters in the realm of physics try to get a look at or buy a copy of C. L. Strong's "Procedures in Experimental Physics." It has all kinds of methods and procedures. For interesting projects get the CD of the old "Scientific American Magazine" column "The Amat...

There are all kinds of Stirling engines to be found on the web. Just run a search for them and find everyting from the sublime to the riciculus.Some are works of art and others are essentialy tin cans, scrap materials, and ingenuity combined.
This would have been a good post to the machine forum.

FYI - A Wankel two stage steam engine is described with animations at:

http://ghlin2.greenhills.net/~apatter/wankel.html

s/Stan

The ultimate CNC home machinist project in outline form can be found at:
Detail the design, machine and assemble the finished parts and get it running should be enough to keep someone busy for a few months!

http://ghlin2.greenhills.net/~apatter/wankel.html

s/Stan

How about that. A Wankel two stage engine. Delivers continuous torque.
<http://ghlin2.greenhills.net/~apatter/wankel.html>
Just the thing to take the fascination out of the locomotive with no more linkages, cranks and side rods. Not a breeze to machine and get to operate though.

s/Stan

Patrik:

I'm sure you had a memorable trip.

In 1958 I had the privelidge of riding one the last steam powered cog rail road in Switzerland (and Europe) on it's next to the last round trip of the season. It was also the end of steam operation as it was to be replaced in 1959.

s/Stan

A Wankel interal combustion engine about the size of a quarter?

Visit the site to see the enigne and setup for test running.

Smallest Wankels

What's next??

s/Stan

I recently saw a demonstration of a power tool operated by a single stroke single cylinder linear 'engine' operating on refined hydrocarbon fuel and a battery. This engine does not incorporate a flywheel as would normally be expected. This was the reslt of the designer/inventor ' thinking outside th...

The latest Lindsay book listing shows "Shaper Operationss", 56 large pages about $8.
s/Stan