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12 years of work, on and off of course. Some of the time was spent pondering how to make it work. I call that time pondering working on it. There were no rules or instructions. The only thing I had to start with was raw castings and an idea of how it should be. Here is the result of time well...

Yes, that is right. This is the third one of its kind. This one features a different style governor, instead of a wedge it uses a dropping collar, the switch is a direct press instead of leaf spring and uses a 6VDC commercial coil, the same as the first one. The gears are plastic. This motor...

Here is the sequel to the motor that was finished in 2003. It is made out of bar stock. This build started in February of 2013 and was finished this past February. It runs fairly slow and fires once and coasts for several revolutions before firing again. If you have seen my other one at the...

Complete running solenoid motors for sale. I also sell parts to build solenoid motors. I have simple plans to build your own too. PM me if you are interested.

What do you do when you are on a budget but need extra tool holders for your Levin (Tripan) http://www.levinlathe.com/page15.htm quick change tool post? After viewing what they want for individual holders I broke out the dove tail cutter and just made some. I made them using aluminum but plan on...

I realize that this was finished almost 10 years ago. I was asked to post it so I felt there would be no harm in doing so. The initial parts were cut late September 1996. I called it done April of 2004. I did add an oiler two years ago to ease the task of oiling the main bearings and slugs. The...

The prototype and some of the parts of the twin version. The design is based on an Atkinson cycle gas engine. The difference is that these motors produce two power strokes per revolution. More to follow... CMW

Here is a solenoid based motor that I had built a prototype of 20 plus years ago. Unfortunately the original got lost someplace so I had to work from memory. The solenoid uses 0.015" wire. It will idle at about 6VDC and will have an average current draw of about 300ma. The micro switch is a...

Two polarity reversals per stroke? Ok, I am hooked. I will try to build one. I want to try putting an air gap in the middle of the piston (slug). I have always wanted to build a steam locomotive replica using solenoids and this design you have here looks like it is what is needed to work...