After more than a year away from hobbies, I am back! In meantime we moved into a fabulous house, with 2 workshops! One for wood, in the garage, the other in the basement for electronics, models and machining. Pretty close … Continue reading
Category Archives: GlassEngine
Now that I have 2 cylinders, it is time to make the pistons. These are supposed be graphite, which is easily obtained. But that only works if the cylinders are perfectly round inside. And regular borosilicate glass isn’t perfectly round. … Continue reading
After a month or so of building more add-ons for the Taig lathe and going over the drawings that Jan provided, the build has begun. Jan Ridders designs and builds fascinating engines. Stirling, gas, steam, doesn’t matter. His designs are … Continue reading