Recent content by ennech

Hi Ruben, The pictures shown by https://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/members/nowramfg.3423/ are my version of the engine, an adaptation of the design published in the magazine. I produced the foundry patterns and the working drawings. I am no longer able to produce the castings having sold...

I have experience using ABS printed patterns for sand casting. It is true that foundries do tend to mistreat pattens, I find mostly in trying to extract them from the sand, many times by digging in a spike to do it. That's ok with a wooden pattern but ruins a 3D printed one. I use a brass...

The full size engine made such a wonderful noise!

Hi Kadora, yes the dimensions are in metric. If you give me your email address I will send you a sample drawing. Eric

Hi Gus, The largest part is the crankcase which is 133x131x95mm finished size. The flywheels are 156mmin diameter x 22mm wide finished size.

This engine was originally designed by George Punter of Australia. I have made a few alterations to make it look a little more like the full size engine and also to make it a bit easier to make. I have produced full detailed drawings and castings. Patrick O'.Donnell of BC Canada is doing a...

In the UK there was a formula used to determine the HP of an internal combustion engine for taxation purposes based solely on bore size and ignoring the stroke. This resulted in the introduction of small bore long stroke engines. It was only after this method of taxation was scrapped that...

Is this of any use: http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/f23/lister-cs-stationary-engine-20973/ I have the drawings nearly complete

Machining cylinder block pattern

Piston Core Box with 3D printed insert

There is a video of this model working: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXzqGHn0CDY

Yes it really is a Diesel engine. It is based on a model currently being published in Model Engineer magazine, designed by a guy in Australia. I have designed and made the patterns on my CNC router and had them cast by a local foundry. Eric

These are my first castings for this quarter scale model of a Lister diesel engine