" The Cathedral 1 " Steampunk Stirling Hot Air Engine

more info http://stirling.devink.net

Engine no 7, 'The Cathedral'

After the challenge of building engines 1 -- 6 I felt that I might be able to build a double hot-air engine and the result is the 'Cathedral'.
The hot-air engines of this machine are aligned with a bronze flywheel weighing about 3 kg.
The cooling and engine plates are made of segments from a large bronze flange, found at the scrap dealer's.
I paid a lot of attention to the design. (This model has been streamlined and the bolts and nuts are invisible)
I called this engine 'The Cathedral' because of its height and its pillars.

It has become a very stable running engine with a variable stroke of 24 -- 38 mm for the displacer and the power piston. That makes the load factor of both engines extremely adjustable.
The cranks and the eccentrics of both engines are aligned about 180° to each other, which produces the best results with this engine.

Both hot air engines have enough power to drive a dynamo which lights a few LED's between 1.5 and 2 Volts.
This description of the model has been more detailed because this project has been my biggest challenge so far: to make two engines run together in good balance.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• hetelucht
• machine
• motor
• engine
• hot
• air
• stirling
• art
• kinetic
• twin
• kathedraal
• brass
• modelbouw
• steampunk

[zonie1960]

More of an artist than just a machinist, wonderful craftsmanship.

[YLJW4]

i could look at this all day long

[YellowBlackVeloMan]

az én gépem sokkal egyszerűbb...

[YellowBlackVeloMan]

abszolút champion ! ! ! gyönyörű ! üdv alexander

[KayFrankThomas]

How can the kinetic energy never disappears!?

[xhado123]

This is so... moving.



[SuperTex1966]

Stiring.



[NumberTwoRox]

0:28 I thought it was a little guy wearing a top hat.

[mechanicsnut]

Such beauty of motion! Craftsmanship beyond words, and movement so fluid! I love it! And I love the music just as much, who is this?

[tauren224]

It's fun how you could take Steampunk technology SO FAR back in time, and it'll be more advanced than anything they ever made :P

[DrDelos]

Beautiful!

[cmd2tuts]

Wrap it up! I want two!