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Hi, I`m looking at starting a new engine in the new year and so I`ve been trawling the internet for the last couple of weeks. As with steam engines, I had no real understanding of how they worked until I`d built one, the the others were then much easier. I`ve done my best at reading plans for...

Hi Every year I teach about biodiesel and carry out a practical with a group of students to turn some waste vegatable oil into biodiesel. The hole process with the titration and the example of a esterification is a nice practical. I`ll be starting a new engine after Christmas, my idea was either...

Hi Guys Has anyone built or attempted Bill Riechart`s Gyro Engine? Plans are sold on his site which I got a while ago but I`ve never got around to building it and if I`m being honest, I`ve not been in this hobby terribly long and I don`t fully understand how it is working! Wanted to find...

Hi Guys I`m just trying to build my first LTD and most plans call for graphite power piston. Well I have a made a nice true, reamed and lapped bronze cylinder but I`m trying to find a suitable graphite substitute for the piston. I have a lump of PTFE, brass or bronze. I can also get hold of...

Has anyone got any suggestions as to plans for a very simple sliding valved engine? Something as simple as this would be ideal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOLdvg6UJGk

This is my first LTD build and I`m pretty much sorted now for a design. My only issue is how to secure the clear plastic sides of the displacer to the top and bottom with an air tight fit. I know quite a few use a perminant fixture, JB welds or expoxy but I would prefer to have a fixture that...

Hello all I have started my first build - Dave Goodfellows, Brassy Babe. http://www.davegoodfellow.com/plans.pdf I would like a little information regarding how the cylinder actually moves side to side. The plans say to drill and tap so that the hole just breaks into the cylinder but then it...