Arnold building the "Little Blazer"

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Stilldrillin:
Arnold.
That's beautifully finished, and a superb runner. Well done! :clap: :clap: :thumbup:

David D

Dean W:
Really runs great, Arnold. I sure like the sound, too. Very much like the sound of a small IC engine.
Well done, again!

scrapman:
Lovely runner and a nice build :thumbup: :clap: :clap:,

Ray.

NickG:
John is right,

Not an easy engine to get running because of their low specific power output, therefore there must be many under the bench or on the shelf having never run. People sharing ideas and problem solving on forums like this have undoubtedly helped a lot of people, I don't think I'd have got mine running without it. At Harrogate show somebody had built the same Jan Ridders (to a higher standard than mine I must add) but couldn't get a peep out of it. He was asking all sorts of questions so I took him through all of the findings that have been shared and we almost had it running at the show. With a couple of minor tweaks he would definitely have had a runner.

I haven't seen the 2nd (finished) video yet so something to look forward to tonight. I think the reason this, poppin and the like run much faster is because with a cam controlled valve you can play a lot more tunes with it.

Am looking forward to finish my poppin off, would be over the moon if it runs at all, let alone like yours arnold.

Nick

madjackghengis:

--- Quote from: bogstandard on December 12, 2010, 03:32:18 PM ---Arnold,

Only a couple or three years ago, people were having all sorts of trouble getting these flame lickers running, and because of that, at that time, not many were ever built, and a lot of those that were, got thrown under the bench in frustration at getting them to run.

By everyone sharing their info about such things, it seems that anyone who builds one now can get the knowall to make a running engine.

Only by sharing, mistakes and all, does everyone become a winner.

John

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I think John is dead on target here, I built my "little blazer" almost twenty years ago, spent probably six months trying to figure out why it didn't run, and left it lying on different shelves as I moved. It was only seeing someone else build one, look intensly through the build log, and seeing it running that made me pull mine out, find the errors I'd made, fix them, and finally have a good runner, good enough to be banned from running in the house. It is particularly satifying to see someone like Arnold, start the project, follow a very nice build log and see success right off the bat, and recognise the amount we share with each other, particularly when we show our problem children, and get them running. I can't speak for anyone else, but this forum makes me feel almost like I am in a club, and I really wish I could get together with the many fine artists I've watched build things of great interest to me. :beer: cheers to all, mad jack

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