No 83, a Hot Air Engine

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Ronkh:
I would love to see more of this please!

Any chance that you could show an up-date?

Kind regards,

Ron.

Stilldrillin:
Sorry..... Only just found this post! :palm:

I love hot air engines, and that one is a beauty. Bet Dad was pleased! :clap: :clap:

Thanks for showing! :thumbup:

David D

vtsteam:
Thanks guys, sorry I missed both of your replies earlier.

I don't have any more info about the hot air engine I built -- my father was very happy with it when I gave it to him. I was raised by my stepfather, but my father and I had a connection for a few years late in life. He was an engineer, and I'm glad I built it for him. He was surprised that I had built a lathe, myself and taught myself to work in metal.

Since then he had medical reverses after a bad fall, and his cognitive abilities have been reduced. I spent a month with him to get him through the hospital stay and physical rehabilitation. I welded up and installed railings throughout his house, and got him live-in nursing care so that he didn't have to enter a home. But several months later my brother forcibly took charge of his life and resources, and I'm not welcome there any more.

I don't think the engine will be run by my father again, but I am really glad that I was able to make it for him. And I hope he remembers me some time when he sees it.

If you have any technical questions about the construction, I'll do the best I can to answer. But I don't have it any more and I didn't make drawings of it when I built it. I do have the wooden patterns I made for the side arms, and the other parts can be guessed at -- I still have the graphite piston stock, and the bearings were standard roller skate bearings.

Brass_Machine:
I am sorry to hear of the family strife. That is never fun (been living it for years)

It is nice to see what you made for your father. Gifts like that are amazing... Can become lifelong and heirloom.

Nice job

Eric

vtsteam:
Thanks Eric.

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