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Offline jonesie

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jan ridders internal valve sterling finished
« on: May 15, 2011, 08:57:37 PM »
here is a pic of my finished jan ridder. good runner. jonesie
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Re: jan ridders internal valve sterling finished
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2011, 09:30:58 PM »
Jonesie,

Very nice job!!

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Re: jan ridders internal valve sterling finished
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2011, 01:41:24 AM »
Jonesie

Looks like a fine little engine.  :ddb: :ddb:

Cheers  :beer:

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Re: jan ridders internal valve sterling finished
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2011, 05:26:55 AM »
Jonesie

That looks very nice :thumbup:

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Re: jan ridders internal valve sterling finished
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2011, 06:07:18 AM »
Jonesie,

Very nice work, they are notoriously difficult to get to run so well done!  :thumbup: Small note though - it's not a stirling, it's a flame licker / gulper / fire eater / atmospheric / vacuum engine!

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Re: jan ridders internal valve sterling finished
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2011, 10:08:58 AM »
sorry nick you are right it is a flame licker.it is a little touchy to get started it needs to warm up good before it will run but then it runs good. had to remake the piston and valve as  they were about .0005 to small on the dia.thanks for the comments. jonesie
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Re: jan ridders internal valve sterling finished
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2011, 01:09:28 PM »
Mine too, it will run once warmed for about 10 mins, however, the slightest disturbance of the flame can make it stop on mine! I made 3 pistons / valves before it worked!  :thumbup: Going to try graphite ones when I get around to it as my other flame licker runs great with those.
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Re: jan ridders internal valve sterling finished
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2011, 01:44:54 PM »
Jan has redesigned this engine, making it not only easier to make, but also an easier runner.

Steel cylinder with graphite pistons.

Go to the bottom of the article for the other two parts including the plans.

http://modelengineeringwebsite.com/vacuum_engine.html


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Re: jan ridders internal valve sterling finished
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2011, 04:06:55 AM »
Thanks John, I had seen Jan's re-design but completely forgot he'd done it too  :doh: - even more reason to go graphite!
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Re: jan ridders internal valve sterling finished
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2011, 06:06:00 AM »
Nice work Jonesie!
looks great... when do we see a video of it running  :poke:

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Re: jan ridders internal valve sterling finished
« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2011, 10:15:24 AM »
been a moldmaker for almost 40yrs so the building is the easy part.got a new video camera, but have not tried posting videos, have all i can do to post pics, as i do not do it much but getting better.right at home running lathe , mills and grinders but not with the computer, self taught, so i struggle some on it. i want to get my farmboy running then i hope to get videos of the flame licker the powerhouse , and the farmboy to post. thanks jonesie
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