Plans, projects and How-to's for Home Machinists and Other Makers
David Kerzel has free plans for this beautiful hit & miss engine he designed. It may look like it’s made from castings but it’s actually made from bar stock. The cylinder has a .75-inch bore and the flywheels are 3.5-inch in diameter. The plans also come with some well-written and very helpful construction notes. … Read the rest
This is a brief demonstration of the “Jingle Bell Steam Engine” that Nathan Woodruff made. It’s based on free plans provided by Professor Nial McCabe, who teaches Engineering Technology at the County College of Morris in Randolph, NJ. … Read the rest
On his blog featuring model engineering projects, Adam Richard Cooper has intricately detailed plans for making a Model Watt governor–the part that regulates the speed of steam engines by acting as a negative feedback system–that he designed himself. His post includes construction notes and CAD drawings along with a large photograph of the completed governor.… 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
