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Table of Content Do you want to contact the Model Engineer and Model Engineers' Workshop team? Popular Projects Step 1: Materials, Tools, and Plans PM Research Model 5BIM DIY Steam Engine” Add more Q-Tip washers on the piston side to provide proper spacing so the face of the wooden crankshaft part will be under the center of this piston. This also helps prevent the wooden crankshaft part from accidentally getting glued to the body. Cut the wire for the "Cylinder Pivot" part and make a 90° bend 5mm from one end. The most valuable characteristic of steam is that it occupies 1,700 times more volume in its boiled gaseous state than in its liquid water form . Machines dating back to the time of the Greeks have used the qualities of steam to create motion. As Dave says you should be fine with ali/brass, I have quite a few ali pistons running in bronze cylinders so similar situation and no problems with them. The plans go on about soldering a tube etc, I'd rather ju...

Table of Content Popular Projects Step 7: Crankshaft .By using this service, some information may be shared with YouTube. Be very careful not to get any on the outside of the piston, also try to keep the tube pressed to the table so no epoxy will get out under the edges of the plastic wrap. Next take a small piece of plastic wrap and cover one end of the piston tube, secure it with an elastic. Our cover story this issue is about a central South Island marine engineer sheddie who really is living the dream. The fuel used is methylated spirit and a suitable burner needs to be constructed. Methylated spirit does not necessarily need a wick but the fuel efficiency can be greatly enhanced by using wicks. Wick mate-rial is easily available from camping shops and most hardware stores. I should note that this animation is of a "double acting" engine, in that is has ports on both the bottom and the top of the cylinder where mine is a "single acting" engine with ports...