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Title: Miniature engines Post by: Desperate on June 29, 2006, 08:21:02 AM After seeing the miniature V8 (Tyre tread)? I went on Google and typed "Miniature Engines". Amazing. Have a go. You'll have to wade through a few steam engines, but they're there. The coin is a Nickel. He's built a running 4 the size of a fag packet. This pic is from a site called "Ken's Miniature Engines".
Title: Re: Miniature engines Post by: Manky Monkey on June 29, 2006, 12:13:22 PM Some people are just too damn clever aren't they! I struggle to get full size engines working.
Title: Re: Miniature engines Post by: Ziggy on June 29, 2006, 02:32:59 PM That minature V8 we spoke about on CB would look the absolute nuts in a tot rod, would be quite a show piece too... 8)
Title: Re: Miniature engines Post by: Manky Monkey on June 29, 2006, 07:42:22 PM Wonder what sort of power it puts out. Any idea of CC?
Title: Re: Miniature engines Post by: Manky Monkey on June 29, 2006, 08:46:36 PM Here's a link to the Miniature Engines site:
http://www.minimodelengines.com/index2.htm Title: Re: Miniature engines Post by: Manky Monkey on June 30, 2006, 12:08:14 PM Another good model engineering site, sent in by Triker Pete.
http://fly.to/orkenrud Title: Re: Miniature engines Post by: Desperate on June 30, 2006, 11:55:42 PM His workshop is nearly as clean as mine. Is it 1/10th scale?
Title: Re: Miniature engines Post by: TwistedPatience on July 01, 2006, 12:54:25 AM Nice,
How about a Pulse Jet ? Have had these plans on my computer for a while now, was going to build a miniture one of these, one day. Also have many other plans and other useful tech data on the subject. There used to be a Glow plug V8 on sale in the "States" bit pricey tho' but nice, the last engine I built was a "Jenny Wren" Steam engine, it was the smallest steam engine I have ever seen at about 4" tall and used a thimble for the meths, boiler took about 6 thimbles of water. Title: Re: Miniature engines Post by: Manky Monkey on July 03, 2006, 01:02:15 AM You lot are way too clever for this site! ;D
Title: Re: Miniature engines Post by: Desperate on July 03, 2006, 12:04:42 PM Mad Richard got some plans off the Internet on how to convert a turbocharger into a rocket motor. He built one. I'll see if I can get him to come on and tell you what happened. It worked!!!!!
Title: Re: Miniature engines Post by: TwistedPatience on July 03, 2006, 01:44:41 PM Kool!!!!!
Title: Re: Miniature engines Post by: ByzMax on July 04, 2006, 09:52:14 PM There is a shop about a mile from me that I discovered last year. It's Called Sert Precision Tools and is run buy a bloke in his late 80's called Bert! He started and ran mountfield mowers for years but sold it for a vast amount many years ago. He runs this shop for fun and has done for 23yrs!!!!!!!. He does it for a hobby and makes no money from it.
He buys up surplus machine tools and related equipment and sells it to the likes of me!!!!! He has a good supply of Alli bronze copper and steel for the small engineering jobs and aslo has every kind of milling and drilling head you can imagine. ;D It's an Aladins cave!! He also is a top notch engineer and made the engines you see below. (best pics I could get. He is also building a replica of a Riley. Full size and has hand made evry single part except the tyres!!! That includes the engine and gearbox :o If there are any tools that you need let me know I will see if he has what you need. Title: Re: Miniature engines Post by: Manky Monkey on July 05, 2006, 11:30:37 AM Impressive -but who's that weird looking bloke?
Title: Re: Miniature engines Post by: Desperate on July 05, 2006, 09:54:42 PM Looks like the sort of picture taken during bank robberies by security cameras!
Title: Re: Miniature engines Post by: ByzMax on July 05, 2006, 10:10:16 PM Funny that cos Bert said if he didn't know better he would think I was casing the joint!! ;D
Title: Re: Miniature engines Post by: Manky Monkey on July 06, 2006, 08:58:39 AM As seen on "CrimeWatch". ;D
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