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    jowitt poppet steam engine, Inlet valve does not make sense to me... what am i missing? Can someone explain?

    Of course, now that I see it it's obvious that it must be mounted like that. Thanks!
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    jowitt poppet steam engine, Inlet valve does not make sense to me... what am i missing? Can someone explain?

    https://modelengineeringwebsite.com/Jowitt_build_3.html I plan to build this one, but I prefers to make my own drawing and make some adjustments, re-drawing the models I can understand one thing. My problem: On the inlet side, the valve does not make sense to me... From what I see the valve...
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    Running stirling engine

    Hello! I'll put alcohol burner on the to build list, thats a good benchmark to know that it should run on that, it might already do. I was very eager to see it run so I gave it all the heat i could :) About plans, I might lack googling skills but I could not find a decent set of plans that...
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    Running stirling engine

    First Stirling engine running! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erV7f0AxxmU Takes quite some heat to get it running but i can see some improvements like just a tiny bit tighter fit om the cold side piston and maybe try and separate the hot and cold side better. I have already turned a "waist"...
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    First run with IC engine!

    Ohhh, that looks nasty, but if it can't hurt you it's not worth doing :-) I'll try to keep my fingers out of the steel propp.. I think i shall change to a plastic any how, I guess that the motor will run better and with less wear if the propeller was not so heavy. I have no experience with...
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    First run with IC engine!

    Hello! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tce_YSrKxFA I just got my first IC engine running for more then 2 sec! I almost put my fingers in the spinning propeller before i realized that it was actually running on more fuel then the little prime portion i put i the cylinder to start it! It is...
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    First run with first elbow engine!

    Haha, yeaa i'll see if i can find a good moment to question the need for jewelry and that kind of stuff...:D On this image you can see it without the cylinders, the shapes below the cylinders(that are not visible) to left is high pressure air from the compressor. The shapes to the right is...
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    First run with first elbow engine!

    It does not run very smooth or very fast but it runs, it's a great feeling when something you been working on for a while finally works! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO4cB3LMnBg I bought a new lathe for a while ago when i got frustrated enough with my old smaller one and wanted to...
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