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http://s1245.photobucket.com/albums/gg593/DaleMauney/Model%20Engines/?action=view&current=Stirling.jpg I completed this engine in 2007 and never could get it to run like it is supposed to. It would run about 5 or 6 revolutions and stop and even that required a lot of heat from a propane...

I completed the Liney RV-1 earlier this week and shot a short video with my phone. The quality of the video is not very good due to my holding the phone in my left hand. It is a bit shaky but it does show the run. Thanks for viewing. Dale Mauney Shelby, NC

My hat is off to the late Rudy Kouhoupt for designing some "Easy To Build" engines. I had the plans for this engine a few years before starting on it and the results were pleasing. To see and hear it run was a joy. The sound reminds me of my growing up years when the Southern and Seaboard...

Now that I think I can post some pictures, I wanted the forum members to see my shop that I call, "Piddler's Lab". I borrowed the name from my late friend and fellow amateur radio operator, Robert Hamrick, WA4QDU. Below is the outside of the "Barn" that houses the Piddler's Lab along with my...

I am building a Liney RV-1 that I have had the plans for since about 2007. I have most of the machining complete with one exception, the crank discs. I have machined both discs to the dimensions called out in the drawings. The holes for the crankshaft and crank pins have been drilled and...

Hello. My name is Dale Mauney and I live in Shelby, NC. I retired from NCDOT Jan. 1, 1998. I have been interested in machining for many years along with my other hobbies. My long term hobby has been amateur radio but I am no longer active on the air. In 2007 I bought a 7 x 12 mini lathe and an...