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I forgot to mention, these will be Glowplug ignition instead of diesel. getting some things across Bass Strait to Tassie is close to impossible sometimes.

I can't resist adapting. I started Gails Lobo2 and thought - how about 3 cylinders as well. So - here are the cases and cylinders for a twin and triple. The trip will have either 3 carburettors ala "Sukuki trip" or car/marine type inlet maniflod. Maybe 3 expansiontype chambers for the exhaust as...

Whenever I build something, I usually try to see how far I can go. Take the Liney Thimble. How hard would it be to make a 6 cylinder radial out of it. (Those who remember, I made a 3, 5 and 9 cylinder radials out of K&S brass tubing.)( Posted somwhere here) This is original This is the 6...

As last post, here is the video. First 3 bits, Tubing engines, or as they have been named down here (Stick Insects. we have a bug in Australia that looks like a group of sticks), second bit Elmers steam turbine and pump, Spare set of Idris cylinders converted into a twin Marine engine...

Last year a young person asked me if he could make a simple engine with only hand tools. Answer, course you can. I had a copy of a design years ago but lost it. Drew another one based on K&S brass tubing. Made one up, it worked and he is now making one. I was thinking later, "How far can you...

Finally posted finished pictures of the glass engine. It has bee run on Air, not going to run it on steam for obvious reasons. I have been taking it , along with more of our glass art to quite a few exhibitions down here. Hope you like There is another thread on the progress of this...

Setting up for our Model engineering display (4 5 Sept) 2 Elmer's Tiny, Half size tiny, Bolton No 5, Elmers Beam, Liney wobbler (runs on a balloon), Bengs Modelbau steam plant, 2 Hornby OO live steamers, Hornby 3 1/2 gauge live steamer, Mamod O Gauge, Lead Crystal Glass Oscillator (Now...

I'm still working on this. The first trial assembly. Brass bearings in baseplate. Brass bushings in the flywheel and crank disc, 1/4 inch stainless main shaft. Bearings and bushings will be epoxied into the baseplate, flywheel and crank disc. There will be a grub screw to lock the flywheel to...

Whops, should be www.bealltool.com

Thinking of getting one of these for spiral milling on con-rods and pillars. Anyone used one. www.bealltool.com (Web site corrected by tin falcon)

Forgot to ask, where did you get the tiles from. I have found something similar in the Peppertown catalog.

If it was me I would use my glass/tile saw. Warrior have them for between 100 and 150 $. Another one to try would be Stone disc in an angle grinder. I used this method to cut ceramic tiles for my wifes mosaics. The glass/tile saw makes it SO much easier. The one I have is a GMC LSTSAW. cost me...

Pictures of castings roughly ground. I use a Flatbed grinder that I built to grind and polish glass.All the grinding and polishing is done wet. I usually end up drenched after a days grinding. Diamond discs 80mesh down to 1200mesh, then 600 mesh resin bond diamond smoothing disc for a PRE...

It took roughly 12 hours to get to 840c. The main problem is to dry the moulds out. Heat to fast and they WILL crack. For the larger moulds I re-inforce them with fibreglass tape. Water boils off at 100c, But chemically combined water doesn't come out until roughly 600. Annealing took roughly...

How do you post Multiple pictures? Just about tried all I know

Moulds in the Kiln at 840 degrees C

Steaming the wax out of the mould using the trusty Steam Duck. I use this for small moulds, for larger ones I have converted a Pressure cooker for steam delivery. Somtimes I use a Heat gun, but this can cause cracking of the mould. To get the last vestiges of wax out I will rinse the mould with...

Wax models in a mould box ready for Plaster/Silca mix. 700g Plaster, 700g Silica (300 mesh), 700g water.

Here are the WAX masters for the engine. Flywheel, Crank Disc, Cylinder and Base/Standard. Method of production - Cylinder, Standard and Flywheel are all fabricated from Sculpture wax. "Welded" with a soldering iron and a Model aircraft covering iron (now dedicated to wax work). Roughly cut with...

Ok, you have me interested. As the philosopher "Clarksonius" was fond of saying, "How hard can it be". It will be a simple wobbler, roughly 16mm bore, 20 mm stroke. Lead Crystal except for the piston and rod and the mains shaft. Piston will most likely be Teflon (It will be running in a glass...