Elden, Your trials and tribulations with this engine have been a pleasure to watch. Great project ! Thanks for posting the videos of your experimentation
@enginecoot Elden, I am a tinkerer at heart and have not a minute of formal machining training behind me, but I followed your Homebrew HVID project behind the scenes since you announced your plans to build it. I always had a fascination with these engines. I really thought you would be unsuccessful, Too much heat loss to the cylinder with a small bore - I though..... Boy I was very wrong. A most impressive project! Maybe some day your plans will become available. Congratulations
@wgrenning Wayne: We are both tinkerers. Both of us has no formal training in machining. I have no formal engineering training except for one quarter at University of Louisville. We geargheads gotta stick together! :-)
@grant31781 Hvid (pronounced "Veed") engine is a compression ignition oil engine that does not use pressure injection. Designed to get around Diesel's patents at the turn of the 20th century, they had some popularity until about the end of the 1920's. Some brands were still produced into the 1950's.
Any new projects coming soon?
amfan12 1 month ago
@amfan12
One's in the works now, The Hart-Parr 30-60 Semi Replica. This is a two cylinder horizontal engine with 180 degree crankshaft hit and miss enigne.
You can see it on my web page.
enginecoot 1 month ago
Elden, Your trials and tribulations with this engine have been a pleasure to watch. Great project ! Thanks for posting the videos of your experimentation
wgrenning 1 month ago
@wgrenning
Wayne:
From you, I consider that I've had a supreme compliment! Thanks.
Take care - Elden
enginecoot 1 month ago
@enginecoot Elden, I am a tinkerer at heart and have not a minute of formal machining training behind me, but I followed your Homebrew HVID project behind the scenes since you announced your plans to build it. I always had a fascination with these engines. I really thought you would be unsuccessful, Too much heat loss to the cylinder with a small bore - I though..... Boy I was very wrong. A most impressive project! Maybe some day your plans will become available. Congratulations
wgrenning 1 month ago
@wgrenning Wayne: We are both tinkerers. Both of us has no formal training in machining. I have no formal engineering training except for one quarter at University of Louisville. We geargheads gotta stick together! :-)
Take care - Elden
enginecoot 1 month ago
Is this a diesel engine? If so how are you injecting the fuel?
grant31781 4 months ago
@grant31781 Hvid (pronounced "Veed") engine is a compression ignition oil engine that does not use pressure injection. Designed to get around Diesel's patents at the turn of the 20th century, they had some popularity until about the end of the 1920's. Some brands were still produced into the 1950's.
Thank you for your comment!
enginecoot 4 months ago
Thanks!
enginecoot 4 months ago
Awesome engine !
robinhooodvsyou 4 months ago
You have come a long way with that engine, Elden.
I love to watch it run.
Rustaholic777 4 months ago
@Rustaholic777 Yeah - this one's sorta like fallin' into a pile of manure and comin' out smellin' like a rose! :-)
enginecoot 4 months ago