Recent content by tailwheeldriver

Well work and an imminent winter have kept me out of the shop quite a bit lately, but I made some time to build a fixture and turn the fins on the cold end. I didn't get any in progress pictures, but here it is after turning at 1500 rpm. I have made my peace with HSS part off blades, and can...

Well the cold end top-cap is complete, along with an extra. The cold end itself is milled to size and bored 1-1/16, but needs the fins turned on it next. There's so little to hold onto I think I'll make a quick fixture for turning on the lathe rather than try to make the 4-jaw work for this. I...

Next I thought the crankshaft looked like fun. I want this engine to be sort of polished up, but I have little experience in that area and will endeavor not to fuss over it to much. Should be some good practice for me though. Having said that I cheated on polishing the crankshaft and surface...

Hello all, I think I've finally got enough parts going to share my progress on James Senft's Moriya Stirling fan. This project rather stalled for a while so I"m thinking posting progress updates will keep me accountable to get parts done. Some parts I"m making two of, either because they're...

Hello all, long time lurker, first time poster. I was very early in my machining career when I built my first engine, an air cooled stirling from Rudy Kouhoupt's 'plan sets from the past' book. It ran (barely). Couple years later I discovered this forum. I've wanted to get back into making more...