Free Plans: Jingle Bell Steam Engine

This is a short 3-minute video by “rbandes1″ that shows and explains the operation of the “Jingle Bell Steam Engine” he made.  It was built from free plans provided by Professor Nial McCabe, who teaches Engineering Technology at the County College of Morris in Randolph, NJ.  Professor McCabe has

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Free Plans: Model of a Watt type Steam Governor

On his blog featuring model engineering projects, Adam Richard Cooper has intricately detailed plans for making a Model Watt governor–the part that regulates the speed of steam engines by acting as a negative feedback system–that he designed himself. His post includes construction notes and CAD drawings along with a large photograph of

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Jan Ridders’ Updated Flame Eater and “Scuderi” 4-stroke Engine Plans

Jan Ridders has updated plans on his web site for two of his favorite engines: a 2-cylinder flame eater and a Scuderi Split Cylinder internal combustion engine.The flame eater was one of the first engines that Jan drew up detailed plans for and one that has received a lot of interest since he first made

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Free plans: Tapping/drilling block

Pete Stanaitis has designed a really nice drilling and tapping block and you can find the plans for it on his web site.  A tapping block is a simple but very useful tool used to make sure a tap is started straight in its hole.  The tap is much more likely to break if it’s

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