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I've been working on the Jerry Howell designed 'Vickie' Stirling engine for the last few months, and am now approaching completion of the project. So this won't be a detailed step-by-step build thread, but I thought I would post some photos as I finish up the parts and get to put the working...

I have spent a few months working on my Jerry Howell Super Sterling Engine Fan and I have finally got it running smoothly! Very pleased with how it is turned out in the end. There is so little energy produced by these engines, getting the tolerances and friction reduction right is absolutely...

Hi there I am n the final stages of completing an ETW Kiwi Mk2 and a planning how to mount it on a wooden base. It won’t be run that often but I do want to be able to run the engine as and when without petrol or oil staining or attacking the finish on the wood. Does anyone have good...

Hi, I am in the process of making a Westbury Kiwi Mark ii and anticipate that I may need to make a second piston from barstock aluminium. I have been running in the engine with the piston made from the casting from Hemingway kits and have seen some significant rubbing and pick up. Is there any...

Hi there, I am currently building a kiwi Mark II engine and now need to machine the cams - I want to make them harmonic. Unfortunately I am a Mac user and I'm finding it difficult to access the CamCalc application. Has anyone had success using this or another solution on a Mac computer and if...

Hi there, I recently joined the forum and have been viewing and enjoying some of the content posted by you all. I have been enjoying getting into the hobby of model engineering for the last 2 to 3 years, mostly making workshop tools and a couple of steam engines. I thought I would take the...

Hi there, mi name is Richard and I have just joined the forum. I retired last June and am now spending much more time in the workshop - hoorah! After a few steam engines and some workshop tooling, have recently embarked on my first IC engine - Westbury's Kiwi Mk2 using castings from...