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anybody have plans for a small model engine that doesn't require a milling/cnc machine or castings? I was hoping for a ic engine but a steam engine will do. the tools I have access to are a drill press, a lathe, and many hand tools. the engine should be palm sized and made of aluminum and a...

so far this is what I've got (the flywheel is not attached): the original cylinder head is not going to cut it, so I'll make a new one: now to find some aluminum as of now I have spent $0 on this engine :cool: note to self: the head needs to be 1/4 in. thick\

I think I will be using a bike tire valve as the engines valve, the engine will operate on air not steam sorry for the confusion

I have made a thread in the welcome area. the compressor uses a half sphere of rubber and a spring as each valve and I probably will change the valves to work like this: http://www.animatedengines.com/co2.html p.s. would that even work for a steam engine?

hi my name is tyler and I don't really own a shop. but my great-grandfather does and he lets me use it. it has a big old lathe a drill press several types of grinder like machines plus one of those gravity driven bandsaw machines. he also has a good many tools and nuts and bolts but not much in...

i recently found a broken auto air compressor in the dumpster today: the compressor mechanism just seemed to look like an engine to me: so on further inspection I found that it has most of the parts that a steam engine has. I found that it has: a piston a cylinder a crank shaft and so on...