Arnold's take on Elmer's Grasshopper

[Deanofid]

Top Rate, Arnold!
It runs along very nicely, and makes a smart little chuffing sound.

Well done, mate!

Dean

 

[Maryak]

Arnold,

That's just great. :bow: :bow: :bow:

It took you less time to make than it took me to make a conrod, (and I'm still not 100% finished).

Best Regards
Bob

 

[ariz]

what had I said? you will finish this engine soon...

and the result is excellent: a very nice engine that runs as driven by the wind!
congrats :bow:

you and your shop have earned some time to recharge the battery (for me working on tools building or reorganizing the shop is really relaxing time)

 

[zeeprogrammer]

Congratulations Arnold.
Wonderful work.
Wonderful engine.
Wonderful thread.
Great fun.
Thanks!
Looking forward to your next project. woohoo1

 

[slick95]

Great work Arnold :bow: :bow: :bow:

Very nice build and great watching it run

Congrats...

Jeff

 

[rake60]

Nice one Arnold! :bow: :bow:

Rick

 

[4156df]

Arnold,
It was a pleasure watching this one come together. Great job.
Dennis

 

[arnoldb]

Thank you Gail; I'll have to let it run in a bit more to get to breath power, or I'll have to get a small compressor to run it; it's going to my office soon to hold down some papers and amuse visitors.

Marv, you actually used a "smiley" ! Shrek doesn't like my engines... He stays away from them. But the moment you pick one up he starts bobbing his head and making pf pf pf pf - he likes to hear them running.

Trout, go for it; it's a fun engine to build, but does require a fair bit of accuracy. And if you want to go for an Elmer build and don't have Elmer's "Appendix" , I would strongly suggest getting it here from john-tom. It is easily overlooked.

Kvom, thank you

Thank you Ed - I had a look at the PDF - good work on the editing; thank you!

Dean, thanks; I'm glad you enjoyed the sound track!

Thank you Bob. At least my workshop's a bit more conveniently located than yours, so I can nip off to it quickly, so you have good reason for having slower progress ;D Nice additional work on the con rod by the way Thm: - It's starting to look like an engine.

Ariz, thank you. I find making tooling and engines equally enjoyable. Tidying the shop is a chore though...

Carl, thank you. Unfortunately I can't afford that bridge you have for sale though (or I'm just plain stingy careful how I invest my money) ;D

Thanks Jeff

Thank you Rick - also for that tip on the cross drilling on the pins!

Dennis, thanks!

A side-note: some gut feel told me to have a quick look at my profile here on HMEM; I've been on here for precisely one year today. How time flies when you're having fun!

Regards, Arnold

 

[kustomkb]

Nice job Arnold!!

 

[tel]

Happy Birthday Arnold!

 

[Deanofid]

Well, it's a great way to mark your anniversary, Arnold!

Dean

 

[ksouers]

Arnold,
My apologies for being late to the party. What a great little runner that is!
Lots of eye candy, lots of motions to capture the attention.

Congratulations on a great build! Thm:

 

[arnoldb]

Both Kevins and Tel thank you!

Thanks Dean - even better; I let the engine run on the compressor for about 20 minutes last night, and it now runs on breath power ;D

Kevin, absolutely no need to apologize

Kind regards, Arnold

 

[user 1493]

Thanks, Arnold. You have set a high standard that I hope to achieve sometime.

Thanks again,

Jack

 

[Bill Mc]

Hi Arnold - I just started looking at your project here and I can prove it. I was looking at your first photo and comments. I also removed the saftey guard and switch assembly from my Craftex (Busy Bee) CT129 mill/drill. The reason being the plastic guard prevented me from getting the quill down close to my work. It kept hitting the top of my fairly large milling vice before I got anywhere close to my work. I just make sure that I am wearing my goggles while performing ALL operations. Just one of the guys-Billmc

 

[arnoldb]

Thanks Jack ;D I didn't try to set a standard for anybody except myself to compare to though. I set myself some targets to strive for before every build, and I just try to reach or exceed those. I'm my own worst critic!

Bill, thanks. I don't profess blindly removing all safety features though; it's a question of just using good sense when machining. In fact, I'll be doing an enhancement to my mill soon, where I'll use the same circuitry that I disconnected to add some safety for both protecting myself and the mill. That I'll be posting in the "Machine Modifications" section.

And in case anybody wonders why I used the term "good sense" instead of "common sense" - that's a personal pet peeve of mine nowadays. Somehow, I feel that "common sense" is not necessarily "good sense" any more... I must be getting old :big:

Kind regards, Arnold

 

[Maryak]

Somehow, I feel that "common sense" is not necessarily "good sense" any more... I must be getting old :big:

I don't think your getting old, common sense is only common to the person defining it, good sense is always good. Well that's my take on it.

Best Regards
Bob

 

[bearcar1]

Oh my! Outstanding Arnold Thm: I've never actually seen one of these engines run. It seems to chug along quite happily, I like them that way, not going 110 with it's hair on fire. BRAVO!

BC1
Jim

 

[milotrain]

Really pretty engine, great rhythm while running. Quite sublime.

 

[arnoldb]

:-[ A belated thank you Bob and Jim - much appreaciated - somehow missed answering your replies last year!

Thank you milotrain ; it was fun to build, and always get a lot of attention from visitors. Now, nearly a year later, it is the engine in my collection that runs the best on breath power of all of them.

Kind regards, Arnold