Recent content by BenPeake

Thanks bro! The mould is made from mild steel. It's not the ideal material for making this sort of mould, but it's the easiest to get. Ideally you'd use casting iron (which is different from cast iron). They use it in commercial die casting, but I have no idea how to get it as a home operator...

That is a fine engine!

I have considered this though I'm not quite there yet and I also am mindful not to break the forum rules about commercial use by saying too much. The time will come! I'm thinking it might be best to make a separate thread for the casting process. I am yet to cast the flywheel, so when I get to...

After finishing the 3D model of the engine shown in the video in the first post, the cast components minus the flywheel are rearranged into a 3D model for a mould. This is processed into gcode and the two halves of the mould are cut from steel on the CNC mill. The moulds are prepared and then...

There is an advantage - you can decide how many times you want the flywheel to rotate for each full cycle of the engine. If both the sun and planet gears have the same number of teeth the flywheel will spin twice for each cycle of the engine. I've utilised a sun and planet ratio of 27:23 which...

Hi Peter Thanks for pointing out the YouTube problem. I’ve fixed it up now, so you can see the model. I’ve drawn the plans up in Fusion 360 and I generally work in metric, although it ends up being a bit of both because materials are sometimes only available in imperial sizes where I live...

Welcome to the build of Jasper, a double-acting oscillating steam engine incorporating a sun & planet gear. I'm aiming to share the highlights of this build rather than a comprehensive build thread, as I simply forget to take enough photos for the latter. To begin, here is a brief clip of the 3D...

Hi everyone. I'm Ben from Australia and I'm in the middle of a steam engine build. It's a vertical engine with the flywheel at the top and an oscillating cylinder at the bottom. It has a sun and planet gear. I've been a member here before, many moons ago and the time has come to rejoin. I'm...

Well it's here! Have a look at the pics http://www.youtube.com/v/t3mrYLsF6xA?version=3&hl=en_GB&rel=0 For more information visit http://peake-engines.com/

An amazing engine! I'm going to google it to try and understand how it works!

Hi everyone, Just put some engines up on eBay starting at AU$0.01!! There are very few of some of these left in stock, so this may be one of your last chances to get one...

Hi Everyone! I just finished a new batch of engines :) Here are some pics and a video of it running. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7ePIgFtyx4 To find out more, visit www.peake-engines.com. Thanks for looking!!

61 Have been made, 1 for me, the rest for collectors. It was a solo effort. The engine is actually driving the lathe in that clip. If you look closely you can see that the belt to the spindle is disengaged. You were right mklotz, several people have asked to see the Sun & Planet gear in slow...

Hi everyone. I've just finished a new engine which features a sun & planet gear. Hope you like it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay7859S0AxE Thanks for watching, Ben

I wish I had one of these! How long do you find the blades last?