Plans, projects and How-to's for Home Machinists and Other Makers
Pat Jorgensen recently posted a comment and I noticed that he had an interesting web site about steam engines. So I invited Pat to be a guest blogger and to tell us more about himself and his site, Jorgensen Steam – Bob Jorgensen’s Steam Engines and Steam Engine Designs. — Rob
My story is that I am a professional engineer and run my own consulting firm in the Southeast USA. … Read the rest
This is a follow-up to my last post about small Stirling engines. This video shows one that might be the world’s smallest. It was made by Günter Bettinger, who has a web site which shows some of the very beautiful and interesting engines he’s made. … Read the rest
This is Jan Ridders’ newest Stirling engine. It’s so small it uses a 1 Euro coin for the flywheel and a couple of 5 Euro cent pieces for the top and bottom plates of the displacer cylinder. Jan will tell you that he got the idea for building a micro- engine from a Swiss artist who goes by the name “jovallmen” on YouTube. … Read the rest
Jan Ridders has updated plans on his web site for two of his favorite engines: a 2-cylinder flame eater and a Scuderi Split Cylinder internal combustion engine.
The flame eater was one of the first engines that Jan drew up detailed plans for and one that has received a lot of interest since he first made it eight years ago. … Read the rest
