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by xtal_01
Fri Oct 16, 2020 4:23 pm
Forum: I.C. Engines
Topic: Diesel and CO2 engine plans ?
Replies: 2
Views: 10598

Re: Diesel and CO2 engine plans ?

WOW ... Mauro put me onto Adrian's website ... lots and lot of plans for small diesel engines ... and a lot of technical info on building them.

Sill nothing on CO2 engines ....

Mike
by xtal_01
Fri Oct 16, 2020 3:12 pm
Forum: I.C. Engines
Topic: How to make very tight cylider / piston clearances ?
Replies: 3
Views: 10372

Re: How to make very tight cylider / piston clearances ?

Mauro ..... Awesome! Just checked out Adrian's site. Found an article by Ken Croft with exactly the information I was looking for. I had assumed the taper just because I had read Cox 049 glow engines had this taper. Thanks so much! Steve .... my dad always told me a man is limited by his pocket book...
by xtal_01
Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:42 pm
Forum: I.C. Engines
Topic: Diesel and CO2 engine plans ?
Replies: 2
Views: 10598

Diesel and CO2 engine plans ?

Post #2 ... I have been looking for plans for a small diesel engine ... say like a Mills .75 or 1.3 (and any copy of) piston ported engines (the Mills 2.4 was a rear rotary port). Does anyone know where I can find plans? Lots of partial ones out there and even how to articles but no complete set of ...
by xtal_01
Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:24 pm
Forum: I.C. Engines
Topic: How to make very tight cylider / piston clearances ?
Replies: 3
Views: 10372

How to make very tight cylider / piston clearances ?

OK ... I am a semi retired machinist (first post) In the "real world" almost everything I worked on was large ... sometimes very large. You could park 4 cars on the bed of the vertical lathe we had (this was at Westinghouse Generator and Turbine in Hamilton Ontario). When required to do ac...