Solenoid engine Build

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CallMeAl:
As mentioned above I was out of town last week and didn't get much done on the solenoid engine. Started working on the cross head:

Squared up a block and drilled and reamed holes

Trimmed the piston rod for length and fitted to cross head and milled connecting rod clevis ears:

Cross head on engine. Slides very smoothly and keeps piston from rubbing the walls on the solenoid tube

I still need to radius the corners and make it look all fancy and such!

Moving along slowly.

CallMeAl:
Finally getting back to working on this project. I have been busy with other stuff - Spring, ya know. Plowed out the cavity for the crank weights.

Leveled area for bearing caps.

Made bearing caps, line drilled and bored the bushings and reamed them in place.

Test fitted the fly wheel, as you can see, a barbell weight I found at he scrap yard and have been determined to use it some where!

I know: :loco:

Pressed the crank together with a little Loctite - twice. I'm not totally happy with the result, but I'm going to carry on so I can make some progress on this motor.

Test mounted the previously made ball governor just see how it looked.. The scale doesn't look quite right, but this is a learning/ experimental project so many lessons are being gained. It's somewhat intimidating the skill level on the members on this site and though I have learned much by looking over the shoulders of the master builders here, my techniques need much practice and improvement. I need to improve on my measurement precision to approach the quality of projects presented here. I have built 3 previous engines, each very different from the others, and learned something from each - this one is no exception!

This may be why I never build anything off of published plans, this way I can go my own way and fudge thing as I need too! ::)

Thanks for viewing.

saw:
Very nice build. :clap: :thumbup:

Stilldrillin:
That engine is developing so nicely...... :bugeye:

Love it! Well done/ doing, Al! :clap: :thumbup:

David D

cfellows:
You've got some nice features on this engine, Al. I like the crosshead arrangement, it's integrated into the frame very nicely. Do you know what the voltage and amp rating of the solenoid are?

Chuck

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