LEGO Steam Engine Pt1

This is my LEGO steam engine that I built some weeks ago. It's a double-acting horizontal engine with working slidevalve.
It runs on a wacuum cleaner and speed is varied by increasing or decreasting the speed of the fan.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• lego
• steam
• engine

[legokid900]

Great engine but if you would remove one of the counter weights it may work better.

[JonatanGronoset]

It worked great, I was varying the speed on the vacuum.

[SciGuy16]

How did you get the slidevalve to work? I tried and it kept getting stuck. :(

[JonatanGronoset]

You might have to sacrifice the lego blocks and file them down a bit, adding guides at each end of the steam chest helps, you must lessen friction.

Adjusting bits to get the timing right is also important, I know how a steam engine works so I aplied that knowledge into the model.

[SciGuy16]

OK Thanks. :)

[JonatanGronoset]

No probs.

[rockonman14]

can you pleace send the instructions:D

its awesome:P

[RevanantGod]

How do i make a,link to the HTML instructions? There from LDD.

[Savageowner610]

send it man!!!

[RevanantGod]

i could give you instructions on how to build a 9 1/3 brick tall 6 stud long and 6 stud wide engine

[lionellines1900]

its a reciprocating engine

[petem1989]

Looks great! It's good to see a brick engine with proper conrods and valvegear rather than oscillating cylinders :) Have you ever tried making a two-cylinder version using a mirror image of the first cylinder? You could build a minifig-scale workshop with fake machinery powered by this engine... That would be great to see- all pulleys and drive belts everywhere