Part 1. DIY Internal Combustion Engine Made from Old Compressor - Taking it Apart and Tools
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- Опубліковано 31 тра 2017
- I have always wondered if one could convert an old refrigeration compressor into an internal combustion engine. Here is the first video of a series where I try to attempt just that. In theory it should work quit well. The piston has no piston rings however it still has great compression because the surfaces appear to be ground and the tolerances are extremely tight.
I like putting constraints on my work. The main ones that I have put on this project are limited power tools. I will only use a battery drill, hacksaw, and other common hand tools and materials. Working with constraints are what real world engineers basically do and I find it challenging and fun working in this way. There are three reason for trying to do this with minimal tools: 1. so anyone, even someone in a third world country can replicate. 2. to show what you might be able to do in an apocalyptic situation. 3. creative thinking. I hope you enjoy. Please leave ideas and suggestions in the comments below! Ideas will help a lot with the project because I am doing this project live! So where I left off in the video is the current state of the project. I have no idea what obstructions I will encounter tomorrow when I turn on the camera and pick up the hacksaw. Thanks!
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This is my favorite type of engineering, "Take it apart and figure out how it works."
IKR!! It's a lot of fun!
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no way. i just said to my friend like three minutes ago: hey do u remember that old compressor standing in the woods? let's turn it into a hit and miss engine
Haha great minds think alike right!? DO IT!! I would love to see a hit miss engine made out of a compressor. Mine is just going to be a 2 smoke.
Thanks man! Can't wait to see it in action :D
you're killing me with these imperial units
I will feature in a video anyone who successfully converts a compressor into an internal combustion engine and posts videos of there build. Reply to this comment with your internal combustion engine progress. Basically I'm trying to get the knowledge out there that internal combustion engines are a lot simpler and easier to make than most people think. also let me know if you have any trouble or questions. I don't know everything but I try my best.
2 years ago i get compressor and open it to convert it combustion engine but i stop "no tools"
sorry for my bad english
Well maybe you can start your project again!
Makerj101 Hmm, I might try it. I'm alot like you, resourceful and just so happen to have random bits at my exposal haha. I might have to do some research, definitely seems like an interesting project to me though!
Energy Man Awesome! go for it!
I like this man , I am going to watch the whole project ! THUMBS UP ..
Cant wait for part 2.
Keep up the good work.
Glad to see a young man doing what we done back in the day!
Oooo, this should be an interesting project! I'm looking forward to part 2
Love it, hope to see forging and casting updates too!
Excited for these videos. I have a scrap compressor that I'm going to follow along with your build. Always wanted to build my own engine
Love the videos. You give hope to your generation!!! Keep it up man!
This is brilliant, man.
looking forward to the progress!
subscribed because you have pretty cool projects. I like the fact that you try to do stuff, with only the tools you have. I build go karts and stuff, but had a dream of building a boat. So I built a boat..... with no clue, or wood working tools. Borrowed a circular saw, and given a broken table saw. Fixed table saw, and building a boat we went.... Building a jet boat now..... again no clue.... just an idea....
I enjoyed the video! Keep it up!
I really love and respect the people with their own knowledge either from working hard and get the experience or study it , And they have no claim what so ever . Unlike some others which they copy from original (the guy on the top) and make exactly same engineering with big claim ,
Is more respect and fare if they mention who they get the idea
I like you because your some videos are budget friendly
I'm watching this with interest. I'm a refrigeration engineer & remember cutting open a compressor as an apprentice 30-odd years ago. I'm also a petrol head (I think you call them gear heads over there in the US).
Best diy ever
THIS IS GONNA BE AWESOME
Love this! Great you're doing a series. I know there have been attempts to make compressors into Stirling engines, but as far as I know that didn't really work. But as you know those take tight tolerances. This looks fun, time to source a compressor I guess?
I've thought of this before, but I've never gotten around to it! thanks for doing it, and I'm looking forward to the rest of the series!
How about a bit of motivation? I'll feature you in a video if you build one and get it to work!
Well, that's motivation alright.. Time to dig out that old compressor and see what i can do. I think that I would go with mechanical valves like a 4 stroke though. Cutting ports into the cylinder seems more difficult, and given how important port timing is on a 2 stroke it would be easy to mess up. I'll do some experiments with electrically actuated valves so that if i do try to do this i won't have to make a camshaft.
Very nice! Im sure this will be interesting
Awesome!
I'm so anxious for the next video!!?
+Matthew Lucyshyn haha I'll try to have it out tomorrow morning
Makerj101 sweet can't wait
so cool
Interesting project. The internals look well made.
Yes they are! Super high quality cast iron and really well machined
Awsome video! Greetings from the North pole (Norway)
You should use the coils to make an alternator to go with the engine
Hah, I'm glad I inspired you about these engines a few months ago :)
I've seen similar refrigerant compressors turned into shop-air systems, it'll be interesting seeing one made into an engine!
READ BEFORE LEAVING A COMMENT ABOUT HACKSAW BLADE!!! I am gonna be burnt at the stake for this! :P I know I have my blade on backwards! I even looked it up before starting recording! Having the blade cut on the pull is conventional book knowledge and what they teach you in trade schools. However it depends on the situation. For me in this situation it was easier this way. The saw is easier to control and does less walking around before getting a good groove started. Also if you know that the blade is on backwards and don't put pressure on the back stroke the blade should last just as long as if it were on the "right way". Comes down to personal preference. For me it just feels more efficient to cut on the pull. Japaneses poll saws are hailed in the wood working world and they cut on the pull.
No, I actually did look it up. I bought the new saw blade and I Googled it because I couldn't remember. Most things said to put it on in the push configuration but some people said which ever is easier. So I decide it made more sense to do it in the pull with it up on the desk. If I had the compressor low down like on the floor then I could see it being more efficient in the push config. Haha yeah I've checked spark plugs before I checked the tank before! LOL
Makerj101 I always mount mine for the push cut. It's how I like it and it works well for me
George Konrad I think it's just personal preference and the orientation that your cutting. for example if I had put the compressor on the ground then I would have to agree that push would be more efficient.
sorry my friend, it may work ok for you, but you are wrong
3:17 it is still backwards
WOW!! 200 likes and no dislikes that takes a super high quality to get. Although I am not surprised considering the quality of this channel
Just sub'd You remind me of myself when I was young! Enthusiastic and a can do attitude! Keep it up!!
3:26 "Woah, this steel is pretty *T H I C C*"
You are an above average genius with a great eye for invention and revision.
Incidentally early Yamaha motorcycles use reed valves. I wonder if they will stand up to the heat of ignition!
Hahaha thnak you!
Did Yamaha actually have the reed valves exposed to the combustion pressers? Most 2 strokes have an intake reed valve however it is mounted right after the carburetor on the crankcase. I think all the weed eaters that I have taken apart use a reed valve on the crankcase.
Another great video. Glad to see you are back in the shop. I like JB weld too but it's darned expensive and takes a long time to cure. Don't worry about the you tube safety nazies or the critics who seem to complain about every little thing. Just keep doing your thing !
I made my own design of a 2 stroke engine with plastic syringes and a homemade piston of aluminum and a cylinder of brass, I used for the ignition one of these little high voltage steppers on ebay.
By the way good video man, you were my inspiration on making one of these! *_*
Hell yes! A new series?
Yeah boy!!!!
*adjusts hip onion* I know you probably already are, but you should go be thankful to whoever raised you in the sort of knowledge you're obviously already on your way with. When you pulled the con-rod and without thinking about it checked to feel the wear on the bearing I knew you've been around this sort of thing for a hot minute. Take it from someone not much older than you. You'll value those who took the time to show you how to get the hand-feel for how machines work. Best of luck.
Saw you've got this mini fridge running on gas now. I'm impressed, impress me again.
Man, you're lucky to have this compressor, the ones i've found had a sliding tube instead of the con rod, which made the piston wear out way quicker. In the end i couldn't get mine to run due to that compression loss.
hi Joachim, you must be on Summer break now to be able to have so much free time. :) I wish I could be in Pittsburgh for a day to learn and observe from the greatest inventor on youtube. Please do custom design parts for your compressor based engine with the lathe or other equipment. I look forward to watching your videos.
Yessss!!!
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG ANOTHER ENGINE :DDD
very interesting idea guy yur full of qi !!
awesome ! I wanted to make a steam piston engine from it .
Thanks! I have a duel piston air compressor that I am planing to make into a steam engine. Maybe steam powered bike?
yes!! ~
very nice job, also new videos up.
+Josh Kilen thanks! I'll have to check it out
Awesome idea! I was just wondering when your next video would be. I was missing the engine building vids
+Paul's Garage :) I hope you enjoy it!
All these UA-camrs now days calling themselves hackers or saying they are hacking who have no meaning of the word. Then I find this guy, you are doing it justice don't stop tinkering my man love the content. Will be subscribing. - pentester from hackerone's hack the Pentagon program
+nak QsDSasd thank you! Is Hackerone a hackerspace? I'm a member of Hack Pittsburgh
Makerj101 it's a bug bounty website for pentesters bug crowd is better but hackone did the hack the Pentagon program and it was fantastic. That's awesome you are in a group keep it up!
Be careful what you do with that oil. It can have some very toxic additives depending on the type and how old. Make sure that it's disposed of properly. Other then that, this looks to be a very interesting project and I'l keep watching it.
All your tools are exactly like mine
I like how he already calls it engine after 8 minutes :D
I always wondered what the heck was in those little black containers!
this is really really cool! I'll wait for the next videos and then attempt to build it myself. I have a ignition coil that would work.
I'm just wondering if there is a closed crankcase that can pump anything..?
Awesome! Keep me posted on your build! I would love to see other people build more IC engines without a machine shop. So I'm planning to make it a closed crankcase. Lots of JB Weld will be necessary. :D :D
If I truely build this, I'll definitly make some videos about it;) I'm not just talking like some people do, I've actually build some stuff.. Even tho this project is pretty ambitious for me. We'll see...
Closing up the crankcase will be fun:D but should be possible, as it does not need to be strong, mostly has to be tight.
Pretty ambitious for you??? LOL this is easy $h!t compared to a full fledged RC submarine with nitro engine able to dive and surface! Surfacing... now that's the real accomplishment! You need more subscribers! I'll tell you what, I love your projects so much, if you build this engine and get it to work I'll feature you in a video!
Hey thanks so much man!;) oh that's a good motivation to actually do it!
:D
Hahaha Good! Motivation! If you get yours working before I get mine working and get all my videos posted I will feature you in two videos! I really want to see someone else's approach.
👍👍
omg i was waiting for this!!! i have a question , how are you gonna compress the air-fuel mixture before it gets into combustion chamber?
Just like a normal 2 stroke. So I am planning to close off the crank and make a pressurize-able crankcase. I will have a reed valve(probably the one from the compressor) on the intake.
i think it would be very difficult. even drilling ports are difficult with this tools. A 4 stroke with rotary valves would be easier in this situation.
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Yeah, it's gonna be real fun drilling the holes through the cast iron with a battery drill. Oh well, I already cut the thing open with a hacksaw. How much harder could it be? I would love to build a rotary valve. However I think that would be even harder without a machine shop.
Every body knows that old refrigeration systems are the best for the planet.
That and burning charcoal in the wood : the perfect energetic mix, as said yesterday trumpeters from US.
Pittsburgh : the nest of the ecologist pests.
+laffreux tonton hehehe yep 'Merica. Land o the free, guns, n coal. 😂😂😂
Hmmm. I didn't know that I had been knolling all this time. I've done that for years!
What power drill did you use in this project?
Hello Makerj101, i'm trying to do the same, but i'm trying to remove the rotor from the crank but i cant and the engine is similar but not the same as yours...can you help?
By the way, a fun thing to do before you change it too much is to run it on compressed air. Just put your air compressor to the intake port, and it'll take off.
That's a cool idea, however it would not work. The reed valves would not allow it to run as a steam engine. You would need to replace the reed valves with actual valves.
Makerj101 I think it could work, because as the intake valve is normally opened by the vacuum pressure created by the piston it could also be opened by positive pressure on the other side of the valve, and then the piston would be pushed down, and the exhaust stroke would be completed by the energy in the flywheel. I may be missing something obvious, but it seems to me that it should work!
A. Zak yes, but there are two check valves. one on the intake and one on the exhaust. they are both pointing towards the exhaust. if you put compressed air or steam in the intake it will go straight through both check valves. It might push the piston down just from the resistance of the check valves. But that's about it. I could try it. but I doubt it'll do much.
Makerj101 That's a good point. I didn't think of the fact that it would just blow right through the exhaust valve. I'm going to have to try this again. It did work when i did it years ago, but it's possible that it was a different type of compressor.
Hi! I have now got myself a compressor to use and I have opned it, but I can't get the Oil pump part off the crankshaft. How did you do it?
+Magnus Aronsen I used a hammer! :D
I tried with a hammer first, but it was stuck so i drilled a hole in it and tied a wire to it and pulled it out with a traktor
+Magnus Aronsen cut it off maybe?
How old are you? You're so good. Keep up!
How will you convert the top of piston to a elivated portion so that intake gas move up and pull exhaust gas out.The ring is too close to top
+ABHIRAM A S what I have done so far(coming in next video) is drill the intake port at an angle. I'm hoping this should be enough to direct the new charge towards the cylinder head and displace most of the exhaust. The other thing I may do if it doesn't work well is grid a portion of the piston away to form a sort of deflector. There are no piston rings in the compressor.
Hey mate, Check out the video from jan ridders, Hybrid 2stroke 4stroke engine .. Its construction is 2stroke with open crank but it cycle is 4stroke .. It is perfect for this project and easy to make !! =)
I usually try not to call people out but you have your hacksaw blade in backwards. The teeth should cut when you push forward. Having it in backwards, it wears out the teeth prematurely. great project though!
+Matt Paff I know! O even looked it up before starting recording! what you're telling me is conventional book knowledge and what they teach you in school. However it depends on the situation. For me in this situation it was easier this way. The saw is easier to control and does less walking around before getting a good groove started. Also if you know that the blade is on backwards and don't put pressure on the back stroke the blade should last just as long as if it were on the "right way". Comes down to personal preference.
Makerj101 that is true 😁 just didn't know if you did it intentionally or on accident so I thought I would point it out.
Thanks! :D
i have a conpressor sitting and im going to turn it to 4 stroke engine because it actualy have valves so i think its pretty easy.
+Severi Mauno really? What's the model of air compressor? I thought they all had reed valves. I need to find myself one of those compressors to convert. Thanks!
Makerj101 im not sure what model it's pretty old sorry.
Makerj101 i think only thing i have to modify is valve timing
Makerj101 it's made in finland so i think that finland engineers just think that use 4stroke engine style to make compressor🖒
I never knew how complicated my fridge was.
I can say from what refrigerator the compressor or label of the compressor
I had same idea last year but I never had fridge compressor, I will get one tomorrow and I will do same thing you do sry for bad english I hope you understand me
Jesus your clever
Sir,what brand is that compressor?
i want that,,,tq
Put some Nitro in there ))
Compressor hp?
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
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Makerj101 you funny
I'm sure you would have cut that casing easier if you had the hacksaw blade in the right way.
You used just one hack saw blade?? I think a change of blades would have made that hour a lot shorter.
what type of compressor is that? I know is from the refrigerator...but...i mean there are a lot of types haha
Can you try making your own refrigerator compressor using a cheep air compressor from one of those jump starters and butane as the refrigerant?
Oh and RIP Radio Shack.
I think you would need a much more powerful motor. Plus those compressors are not designed to last very long. I want to convert one of those compressors into an internal combustion engine!
The wagan electric tire inflator is small, but uses metal parts and might work fairly well as a very small engine. If interested, I can show you it taken apart but not until the weekend; I have a busy couple of days ahead. What about a larger pump, like that found on a shop air compressor?
That's alright. Thank you for the offer! I have taken apart a few tire air compressors before. I found one that I think would work especially well. It may be a future project. I also have an old shop air compressor. It is dual cylinder and I want to convert it into a steam engine.
sounds cool- those work as a two stage thing IIRC for more compression in normal use / more expansion with steam, right?
I want to know how to put lubricating oil
Putting the saw blade in the correct way, teeth facing forward will make the job so much easier
abk!
can we use that oil in engine
i think he can't die
You could. The compressor oil has a pretty strong smell to it that makes me congested so I was in a hurry to get it all cleaned off.
so i'm guessing its gonna be 2 stroke??? haven't seen full vid yet.
+TetraJeopardize yep! Gonna be a 2 stroke as valves would be too hard to manufacture with only these tools
yeah i figured that
2:24 the blade is backwards
*can you instead make an external combustion engine with this ??*
+CR2504life like a stirling or steam engine?
a very cool thing you can do is make this thing run a dc generator and convert water to hydrogen using electrolysis and run the engine that way from the hydrogen.... I've been wanting to do this for a while... I made a hydrogen generator and it blew up on me so I put it aside for a while...lol
That would not work. If that worked then we would already be using that in cars. It defies the laws of physics. Nothing is 100% efficient. It would take a lot more power to produce the hydrogen then the generator would put out.
Hi!
Hay have you herd of a TEA laser?
there's three wires because its a brush less motor.
Ha😃
you should mention that refrigerator compressors have Freon in them which is harmful and illegal to purge in the atmosphere!
+Ray M yeah I probably should had mentioned that. You know it wasn't the first time that a system just up and "sprung a random leak" while in my possession. ;)
You should make it a diesel. That way you dont need any electricity
I really want to! However I don't know what I would do for a high pressure pump and injector. that would be pretty hard. Any ideas?
Makerj101 hmm...
I could do a hot bulb diesel which doesn't need as high of compression or as high pressure of fuel pump. I don't think they really even have injectors. I think the fuel just drips into the hot bulb. I could be wrong tho. If my guess is correct then the fuel pressure would only need to be higher than the combustion chamber pressure at top dead center.
Makerj101 maybe some sort of seperate reservoir with the air-fuel mixture and a compressor going to the reservoir itself, and having a tube leading to the injector?
So pressurized fuel tank... Hmmm that's a good idea. I would need some kind of valve. Hmm I'm gonna have to give this one some thought.
Your videos would get watched a lot more if your thumbnails had the titles on them. "Engine from Compressor Pt 1" or whatever.
You put the saw backwards
sergiovw1500 OH MY GOSH!!! Like 50 people have already told me that. I did it on purpose because it was easier for me.
ok, I´m waiting part 4 to see what happends
Always be knolling
YESSSSS!!!!!!
are you Scandinavian? because your name sounds nordic
Nope, I am American. Joachim is a biblical name. Joachim and Ann were the grandparents of Jesus.
Makerj101 oh that's cool my name is from a biblical name (Ben), Ben was son of Jacob and brother of Joseph
Nice!
youre saw blade is wrong installed
+Leroy De Vries personal preference.
(the saw blade is installed in the wrong orientation)
I love your videos buddy, but you have your hacksaw blade the wrong way around. You want to cut when pushing.
Hahaha shoot! I am gonna be burnt at the stake for this! :P I know! I even looked it up before starting recording! What you're telling me is conventional book knowledge and what they teach you in school. However it depends on the situation. For me in this situation it was easier this way. The saw is easier to control and does less walking around before getting a good groove started. Also if you know that the blade is on backwards and don't put pressure on the back stroke the blade should last just as long as if it were on the "right way". Comes down to personal preference. Japaneses poll saws are hailed in the wood working world and they cut on the pull.
I didn't know there was a "how they teach you in school way" :)). I agree that in some situations its easier to pull, but i feel like you have more control in hard materials pushing because you can fell your weigh and that makes me at least go faster. No sweat sweat though buddy. Keep up the great videos! I cant wait to see the next part!
My one manufacturing professor taught use that you use hacksaws in the push configuration. I should have cut half with the push config and half with the pull config. See which is faster. Now I'm really curious!!! Thank you!