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A model of Bernays's twin-cylinder steam engine (circa 1878), built by Bob Jorgensen Pat Jorgensen recently posted a comment and I noticed that he had an interesting web site about steam engines. So I invited Pat to be a guest blogger and to tell us more about himself and his site, Jorgensen Continue reading Jorgensen Steam "David" Steam Engine by Marconett Engineering Marconett Engineering sells plans for a variety of model steam engines that are made from readily available “barstock” instead of castings. They also have a set of free plans and some very helpful construction notes for a nice oscillating steam engine. You can find them near the bottom Continue reading Free Plans: Marconett Engineering’s “David” Steam Engine
You won’t need a mill to make this nice looking steam engine that was designed to be an easy-to-make project to teach basic machining skills to beginners. The free plans come in both US and metric versions and they include 24 pages of helpful instructions. It was designed by members of the Continue reading Plans: HMEM’s EZ Build Engine
This is not just a set of free plans for a working model steam engine. It’s a well-written, well-organized, profusely illustrated 113-page tutorial about machining metal. If you’re an inexperienced machinist who at least knows the basics I would strongly encourage you to download these plans and build this engine. Don’t let Continue reading Bogstandard’s “Paddleduck” Engine Plans |
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