Recent content by daChurchPcGuy

Deeferdog, thanks for the added photos. I really appreciate your craftsmanship and attention to detail. Your departures from the original plans paid off in spades.

I think the hobby is in a slow death spiral, like most of the mechanical trades. Young people aren't as eager to get their hands dirty and most don't appear to have a basic background in machinery. When I was a teenager I had to fix my own car, I learned as I did it. Modern cars appear to be...

Howdy, I have been out of the small engine hobby for about 20 years... I'm back! I was on vacation and a friend showed me his Stirling engine, one of those $35 Amazon engines. That was enough to wake me up I guess. I purchased one of those Chinesium hit and miss engines that same night. I...

Documentation of the hobby is important, especially for unique engines. I've only been a member of this forum for a few days, researching. Really nice build.