dnalot
Project of the Month Winner !!!
Last spring I made some patterns and cast a few parts for a Bottle engine and posted information about it here
http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/f36/bottle-engine-21080/
Its now time to spend some rainy days (months) in the shop. I have completed the first phase of the Bottle engine project and thought I would show you all where I'm going with this design.
The engine is of my own design and I have made all the patterns and castings here in my own shop. The castings have been anodised silver and all the steel parts have been nickel plated except for the crankshaft, that part I "Parkerized". The crankshaft was cut one piece from A36 steel and the flyweights are attached with a screw.
The engine is a double acting steam type with a 1.75" bore and a 2" stroke.
This engine is a gift to my wife so she can show here friends what her "dead" husband could do. She paid no attention to what I have been doing in the shop until this motor came along. I knew if I wanted to get one of my motors displayed in the big house It would need to NOT look like a motor. Bingo, she loves it.
Mark T
http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/f36/bottle-engine-21080/
Its now time to spend some rainy days (months) in the shop. I have completed the first phase of the Bottle engine project and thought I would show you all where I'm going with this design.
The engine is of my own design and I have made all the patterns and castings here in my own shop. The castings have been anodised silver and all the steel parts have been nickel plated except for the crankshaft, that part I "Parkerized". The crankshaft was cut one piece from A36 steel and the flyweights are attached with a screw.
The engine is a double acting steam type with a 1.75" bore and a 2" stroke.
This engine is a gift to my wife so she can show here friends what her "dead" husband could do. She paid no attention to what I have been doing in the shop until this motor came along. I knew if I wanted to get one of my motors displayed in the big house It would need to NOT look like a motor. Bingo, she loves it.
Mark T
