Just finished, a Rider-Ericsson hot air pumping engine

[M.Barry]

very beautiful engine , nice work , i appreciate it heartily .

 

[kf2qd]

Hot Air Pumping Engine - I thought you had created a mechanical polotician... Oh, its an Hot Air Driven Pump...

 

[Banjo]

your engine is beautiful I hope mine looks like it when finished. I have a set of castings from meyers 1/8th scale Should be a fun project. Going to start on it this winter. By the way your pictures showing setups are great you know what they say one picture worth a million words.

 

[Landon Vidrine]

Hello,

I’m currently restoring an Ericsson engine for my college senior project.
Ours currently runs off of natural gas, and we were thinking of converting it to propane. I see that yours runs off of propane and I was wondering if you could send me a picture of the propane burner, and how you connect the propane to the burner section. Thanks

 

[davidyat]

Absolutely fabulous. It makes me want to get motivated to finish mine. Just a question, what did you use for the displacer piston. The plans call for a metal tube with a stainless steel bottom. I'm trying a suggestion of using something called "grill brick cleaner". It's like fine lava rock but much lighter. I have mine turned on the lathe and will try using this approach.
Thanks,
Grasshopper

 

[davidyat]

This is for Landon Vidrine above. I found this plan sheet, free, on the internet. It's designed by SandyC, Argyll, Scotland. It's called "3.0 dia vertical boiler burner". Drawn by A F Campbell. I've also included a picture of mine for the Ericsson. Hope it helps.

Grasshopper

 

[davidyat]

Landon,
Here's how to connect the 1 lb. propane bottle to the burner. I'm wracking my brain, but I can't remember where I bought the valve. I'll keep searching in my bank of useless knowledge in my brain to find where I bought the valve. Find a valve, 1/4 inch hose with 1/4 inch fittings and a female air hose connector and using yellow gas teflon tape, put it all together.
Grasshopper

 

[davidyat]

Landon,
Found it on eBay.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Gentec-Reg...e:g:JEUAAOSwMmBVurFw:rk:5:pf:1&frcectupt=true

Grasshopper

 

[BWMSBLDR1]

Looks like the full sized one that I ran in college and indicated but much prettier! Bill in Boulder CO USA

 

[marvin hedberg]

Hello,

I’m currently restoring an Ericsson engine for my college senior project.
Ours currently runs off of natural gas, and we were thinking of converting it to propane. I see that yours runs off of propane and I was wondering if you could send me a picture of the propane burner, and how you connect the propane to the burner section. Thanks

Landon,
what size Ericsson are you restoring? on my 5" i used the burner from an outdoor chicken/turkey deep fryer.

 

[davidyat]

This is mine:
http://www.myersengines.com/engines/pumping_engine_1-b.htm
The 1/4 scale. Are you doing the latest model with the 5 inch bore?
Grasshopper

 

[davidyat]

Marvin,
Are you doing the "Big Brother" with a height of almost 48 inches? If so, do you have any photos?
Grasshopper

 

[TonyM]

Superb. Stunning engine.

 

[marvin hedberg]

Marvin,
Are you doing the "Big Brother" with a height of almost 48 inches? If so, do you have any photos?
Grasshopper

it is an original 5" engine

 

[Landon Vidrine]

We are restoring a 5”. Thanks for all the replies! I also have a question about the paint job. Ours has been repainted and we would like to get it back to the original paint. What color were most of these engines painted?

Thanks

 

[Pierkemo]

Waawhooo....very ,very nice. Congratulations!
Nice and shiny!

Pierkemo

 

[Rocket Man]

Is there a video of the engine running?