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WWII German torpedo engine. Steam driven through a combustor/steam generator. I have one of these in the shop now trying to get it to run for the owner. More posts to come later as I learn about it, disassemble it, measure it and photograph it. I think this would make a great scale model steam...

I am doing some shop work for a friend on an engine that he wants to get running. I got my hands on the engine two days ago. It is a German WWII torpedo engine model G7a. Very interesting design. It is called a "wet heater" design. It uses an external combustion chamber that burns Decalin...

I am going to start working on my version of the Huck Demon V8. I won't CAD draw the whole thing but certain parts will be drawn before I start cutting. I will only be able to work on it one evening a week or so so it will be a slow build. So here I go. Working on CAD for the blower right now...

I had on safety gear from head to ankle. Goggles and face shield, alumanized nomex hood, jacket and pants, welding gloves and leather sleeves etc. But I was wearing only tennis shoes since it was just going to be a "quick pour". Of course not a single drop of aluminum got on any of my safety...

I am starting off on my first model engine build. It's going to be a Snow tandem horizontally opposed double acting design. I bought the plans but for most of the parts I am also going to draft them up in CAD (Alibre). I am doing that because I want the CAD practice and also some of the machine...