If you enter Keith Appleton into youtube you will find amongst many fairly advanced projects simply explained there is a series on a beginners first steam engine. He is a keyboard musician by trade and a self taught model engineer.
His video clips are short educational easy to understand and I...
I am a long time modeller. Many of us use superglue. To control the quantity and exact placement we often use a very thin tube [ capillary ] poked into the nozzle.
So you would get close to the component and apply the tube to the desired location and squeeze. But sometimes the tube would stick...
A 1/2 inch bore piston for an IC engine would not normally have a ring. Off hand I can not think of any production engine with that size of bore with a ring Bump the piston dia up to 3/4 inch plus then rings are common, usually on aluminium pistons.
I am planning to build a V twin wobbler either a copy of the Stuart or slightly larger at 1/2 inch bore.
I am thinking of using it in a slipper launch style model boat 40 to 45 inches long.
I am going to run a camp stove pressurized heat source capable of boiling a litre of water in 5 minutes...
As long as you only need a few minutes run time on a small engine you can use a car tire as the source. Badger [ airbrush ] still sell the bits you need.
More time spent with Mr Google has resulted in my finding the Classic Camp Stoves forum. These guys know EVERYTHING about little heating devices and which ones use pressurised systems to burn alcohol.
An Optimus 111 T comes with the larger jet required to burn alcohol. It is a neat little unit...
I am retired and live on a sailboat and often can be found in Clarks Court Bay Grenada. The bay houses the Clarks Court rum distillery. they produce a strong rum which is 87% alcohol.
I am looking at a project which involves building something similar to a Stuart V twin Oscillator 7/ 16th bore...
You probably know of this site already http://www.saving-old-seagulls.co.uk/
He is the goto guy on all things Seagull.
There would be some interest in a roller bearing 2 st Seagull that could run on 59 to 1.