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Uploaded by on Jul 22, 2009

Showing off my Oscillating Steam Engine built from Part #3485 from www.littlemachineshop.com. This kit is a lot of fun to make and a great lesson in precision turning on the lathe.
Check out www.nyccnc.com for more!

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  • one thin i dnt understand once the piston comes down hw will it come up... because oscillating steamengine has a inlet and outlet on top and bottom too. could you please specify

  • @denni4job It comes back up due to centripetal force created by the flywheel

  • noone uses steam?! that's an obsurd comment....how do you think navy ships get where they need to go...anywho...pretty cool little engine

  • @luxibabi I was referring to creating steam (e.g. a boiler) for such a small project.

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  • @sciman001 Good luck  :D

  • Hahaa, it all looks like its floppin about,like a cock in a sock.Guess thats why they call it a beginers kit.Reamed eh? Maybe you should of reamed the hole in the upright for the crank shaft too,maybe waited till the morning to turn your piston o_O?, ...Blah blah blah. Anyhow,nice vid,hope it snares some young steam engineers into the hobby,its informative and thanks for posting it.

  • Great video and an excellent explanation of how it works. I'm building a similar engine called Dodi, which I started about 12 years ago. :) I finally decided to finish it.

  • @sjogge123 Agreed!

  • @sciman001 what about other tools? offcourse you can drill a hole in a squareformed piece and buy a round piece of metall and so on but lathe is veeeeeeery helpfull:) mill is also a good thing:D

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