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    Plans for a condensing engine

    I don't have many EIM for that period but on a quick search I came across a construction series for a James Watt Lap Engine . My one copy is for Dec1986 and it's part ix so must be articles before and after that date .
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    Plans for a condensing engine

    (1) A construction series with excellent drawings for a working model Newcomen engine was published about 30 years ago in one of the model engineering magazines . Probably Engineering in Miniature . (2) Boulton & Watt (3) More (4) Crofton Engines
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    Triple expansion to I6?

    http://www.steamcar.net/uniflow-doble.html
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    Small Oscillating engine with gear box.

    Waverley One of my treasured memories is of an unplanned journey on her from Bournemouth Pier to Poole Harbour one evening many years ago .
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    Triple expansion to I6?

    There is no advantage in using steam with a pressure higher than a few hundred psi and with moderate superheat temperature in a piston engine intended for a practical car .
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    Triple expansion to I6?

    The ideal reciprocating engine for a high performance steam car would be a variable configuration engine with several identical cylinders . Take a simple example of an engine with three identical cylinders . This can be run as all cylinders high pressure or one cylinder high pressure exhausting...
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    Small Turbine Engine Model

    Can we see what's inside please ?
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    Champion No. 2 High speed drill...

    I posted some information about Champion drilling machines on the Model Engineer website a few years ago . http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=67785
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    Gear indexing problem

    Gear drive the input shaft so that the actual 72 tooth indexing wheel is made to work like a 60 tooth wheel . You can then use 29 hole plate and simple indexing . Required ratio is 72/60 so 36/30 may be easiest practical combination .
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    Cnc building ?s

    Look in your inbox .
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    Another try to build an engine running with diesel fuel

    Hi , Just a few thoughts : (1) A true diesel is unlikely to function at all with a compression ratio less than about 9:1 . (2) A true diesel engine which is hot requires a lower compression ratio to keep going than a cold engine does to start up . For this reason various methods have been...
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