Beautiful. I have no idea how you build something so small and so accurately and I'm sure I'm not the only person who thinks this. It would be wonderful if you could post videos during the build process of your next engine.
That slow sound reminds me of a beautiful large diesel engine with a similar horizontal cylinder and 2 large flywheels that generated electricity for the tiny country town of New Norcia, Western Australia in 1969. Thanks for the great memories of Olde Worlde Engineering.
Joshua Lansell-Kenny I know nothing about hot bulb engines, but I build diesels and my guess to answer your questions is this. On a modern diesel the glow plug heats the intake to help start the cold engine, once started the compression creates the heat to keep it running. On this engine the flame acts like a glow plug by heating the incoming air and head, but because the compression is so low it needs the flame to keep creating the heat to combust the fuel
I was thinking of buildings something similar, only larger and opposed piston twin cylinder, and nearly 200 cubic inch displacement, use a indirect injection, using a hydraulic pump to drive a piston / air compressor, at a small volume, high pressure, 50 bar +/-, and a second similar piston for the used oil fuel or diesel, the air gets forced into the injector each firing event the same, both into a 3mm orifice with a basically a small pipe protruding about 3mm, from a solid bar 30-40mm, with about 12mm of it, turned down to about 15mm, this screws into the head/ injection chamber, being about 25mm x 35mm that will also house a glow plug, the 3mm tube having a 1-1.5mm hole merging. With the 3mm at about 60° angle, the fuel connects there, then a 4mm ball with a 1.5-1.75mm rod coming off it, , the ball seating in the tube in the combustion chamber, the rod connects to a spring, keeping the ball seated, the spring has a cap threaded covering it, with a 6-8mm tubing connected to the cap, the fuel use about 4mm tubing, the injection pistons close by, with the check valves making it work, the air use a a 20 mm x 45mm bore and stroke , the fuel using a 8mm x by 20mm stroke, the hydraulic pump should make high pressure low volume, with enough volume to actuate the injector pistons with a fraction of a rotation of the crank, maybe use a spring loaded reservoir to store pressurized oil to actuate the injectors, when required, use a 50mm piston with 60 mm stroke, with about 500 psi springs keeping the piston/chamber closed, when filled it should have about 600-700psi using a safety relief valve to stop filling,. The ignition is controlled by a valve releasing the pressure to fire the injector pistons, the fuel injector piston is controlled by a bypass valve, throttling the engine, using a governor, the air blast should push the ball off the seat, ( it would probably be a good idea to use a guide on the ball shaft, ) but the fuel being injected into the air blast, should be vaporized when leaving the ball and seat, it also works as a check valve for the combustion, it's a Rube Goldberg injection system, go back to 1923 and it's probably about 3steps backwards for compression ignition engines, but I believe the extreme pressure air being injected through the fuel, into a high compression engine, (22:1 +) the injection air should be about 30-40:1 compression ratio, into the combustion chamber, it will probably run at a peak of 400-600 rpm, using heavy flywheels, probably 4, weighing 50lbs each, with a crank made from two similar flywheels, with about 200mm stroke, and a 4" bore, the injector should reduce the amount of fuel required, and burn extremely clean, it should be as clean as gasoline, if not cleaner,, I'm sure there is better ways to achieve the injection method that is mich simpler, this is the only way. I can think to build it at home, with machined components, it should make lots of TQ, I would like to build a 2stroke version also, similar to the Detroit 2stroke diesels, except use a secondary large bore piston, with a shorter stroke, to scavenge the cylinder, possibly enough displacement to slightly supercharge the intake stroke, or maybe incorporate a turbo, to allow the scavenger pistons to only be used on start up, I want it for a stationary engine, for power generation, a 10 HP gas engine running gets old fast! A low rpm engine with extremely long stroke, with a bit of sound management, can be basically silent, being opposed twin, it should be well balanced, so not shaking the house from 300meters away , Sorry to ramble, I would like your opinion if you can follow my rambling! Thanks, and good day! ✌️
abt 150 RPM's? how cute. i want one... what for??? and just let it run... which wud wear it out too soon but just it knocking away has some kind of soothing effect on some ppl????
Is it possible to build an engine like this one right here, but with an air compression of say.. 18:1 and only deliver the fuel to the cylinder only when the piston reached top dead centre like Akroyd Stuart himself did with his engines when he worked with engineers at Hornsby's?
Very nice! I like it! A bit different from how you build them today but it is just as fascinating! You should produce videos for your other engines you have not yet placed on UA-cam!
What an absolutely marvelous creation! I love it! I was introduced to your channel by the video on cutting helical gears. A quick look showed me your beautiful engines. I’ll have to watch more. Thank you. Let’s be careful out there.
Hello Find Hansen, Superb! love it as it is. Your engines are some of You Tube's true Gems of all time! I bet you have tried already, will this engine run without blow lamp when running under some load ? Once a man with a Ruston hot-bulb engine told me his engine needed to be run under load to prevent it stopping, but I guess his are different circumstances. I'm imagining it running a fan or an old sewing machine :) Something without too much stress on it.
A 1st War Vet told me of operating a 'semi-diesel' engine...started on gasoline then when it got warmed up a bit was switched to diesel. It was the 'light-plant' for a small town, ran 4 to 6 hrs a day depending on the time of year.
Yes, the hot bulb is heated by a blow lamp before starting. Before the power-stroke when the piston is at bottom-dead-center i.e.: at the end of it's stroke length before it starts rising, an injector squirts some fuel into the hot bulb. The heat of the bulb causes the fuel to evaporate and while some of the fuel does burn, there isn't enough air for a big fire, when the piston begins rising, air is forced into the bulb, causing even more fuel to burn, forcing the piston down to begin the exhaust stroke.
loving the slow thumper thumper sound. reminds me of the bollinder my step grandad had in his canal boat. given these designs will burn almost anything in surprised they aren't more common. even the stratified combustion two stroke diesel is a variant of this. Brunel and his kin I'm sure are smiling upon you from the great bar in the skies.
Find that is a fabulously well made model. your spoken english is very good too, may i just point out that builded is not an english word, built is the word you should use as the past tense of build. i'm not a grammar nazi, i just want to help. thank you for a great video.
This engine uses heat for ignition. A gas engine uses a spark plug for ignition and a Diesel engine uses compression to ignite fuel. This engine has no spark plug and low compression so it can't run by itself.
Johndeere 100 hot bulb engine can normally run with out the heat (heat is normally any to get it started) about this one can not sustain it own heat there for it need it all of the time.
Johndeere 100 Thanks for your comments. There are two reasons why the blow-lamp must be burning all the time. 1. much heat is conductedto the cylinder-head and the water-cooled injector because of the short distance, 2. low compression heat because of the short 20 mm stroke.
+Find Hansen Thank you for the explanation, I'm not an expert on diesel engines but I was wondering why the compression alone wouldn't cause combustion to occur. I was not aware that this type of engine had a lower compression. This engine is an amazing piece of work, hopefully it will be taken care of and passed on for generations to come and be enjoyed!
Find Hansen I have a question for you, why is this engine considered only semi-diesel ? Isn't the air fuel mixture ignited solely by compression ? Also, do you believe it would be possible to make an engine of similar size as this one but not diesel, with a spark plug ? And a third and final question, have you ever considered building a forced induction (like Americans say, "Supercharged") engine ? Also, since I am asking you a lot of questions, here is an engine you might not know about, which is amazing. It has powered boats and trains, it is called the napier deltic, and it is a British opposed-piston valveless, supercharged uniflow scavenged, two-stroke Diesel engine. A very interesting engine.
That is way cool...a nice model engine that works as well as it looks. How does the hit and miss work? I see some flyweights but what is the action of the mechanism?
Beautiful. Could we see video of your engines under load? Perhaps pumping water, lighting a lamp?
Beautiful. I have no idea how you build something so small and so accurately and I'm sure I'm not the only person who thinks this. It would be wonderful if you could post videos during the build process of your next engine.
Matthew F Holland Thanks for your kind Words. I have thought about making a video of an engine to be build, so perhaps I will.
+Find Hansen I would dearly love to see this!
+Find Hansen Have you made this video? Please tell me you have!
Matthew F Holland
Superb. But the engine is very naughty, it keeps saying "fuckit, fuckit, fuckit....
When you expect someone to walk into the frame and instead you see a finger...
this guy is huge, ive hear he eat 250 lbs of potato a day
Fooled me as well! Credit to how well made it is imho
That is absolutly gorgeous! I love your videos and wonderful engines.
PJ Thanks for your kind words
PJ ,I agree absolutely fantastic and it sounds like it has hicups
a masterpiece my friend :) such cute little engines
That slow sound reminds me of a beautiful large diesel engine with a similar horizontal cylinder and 2 large flywheels that generated electricity for the tiny country town of New Norcia, Western Australia in 1969. Thanks for the great memories of Olde Worlde Engineering.
20 people need a little oil
Beautifully therapeutic to watch.
Great sound, really cute. And the smokerings are pretty neat :D
Find Hansen
You should make some sort of load for your engines. Like a miniature sawmill (hmm, cardboard cutting machine?)!
ÓTIMA MÁQUINA, BRASIL OK.
Do you sell these? I want one. pm me.
Is it the future?
That's amazing, such intricate work. My hat is off to you sir, you're a remarkable engineer. Thank you for showing us.
Modelo fantástico. Parabéns!
So basically a hot bulb functions like a primitive glow plug? Or am I completely wrong and this also has glow plugs?
Joshua Lansell-Kenny I know nothing about hot bulb engines, but I build diesels and my guess to answer your questions is this. On a modern diesel the glow plug heats the intake to help start the cold engine, once started the compression creates the heat to keep it running. On this engine the flame acts like a glow plug by heating the incoming air and head, but because the compression is so low it needs the flame to keep creating the heat to combust the fuel
Joshua Lansell-Kenny
It works more like the glow plugs on nitro engines, where the heat of combustion keeps them glowing all the time.
Truly a beautiful job, well done and thank you for sharing
I'd like to buy one of your hotbulb model engines
34 years ago, 1991?
Did he mention he also own a very special DeLorean DMC-12?
InternalCombustionGenie hotbulb time machine
Off by a decade. 1981.
I was thinking of buildings something similar, only larger and opposed piston twin cylinder, and nearly 200 cubic inch displacement, use a indirect injection, using a hydraulic pump to drive a piston / air compressor, at a small volume, high pressure, 50 bar +/-, and a second similar piston for the used oil fuel or diesel, the air gets forced into the injector each firing event the same, both into a 3mm orifice with a basically a small pipe protruding about 3mm, from a solid bar 30-40mm, with about 12mm of it, turned down to about 15mm, this screws into the head/ injection chamber, being about 25mm x 35mm that will also house a glow plug, the 3mm tube having a 1-1.5mm hole merging. With the 3mm at about 60° angle, the fuel connects there, then a 4mm ball with a 1.5-1.75mm rod coming off it, , the ball seating in the tube in the combustion chamber, the rod connects to a spring, keeping the ball seated, the spring has a cap threaded covering it, with a 6-8mm tubing connected to the cap, the fuel use about 4mm tubing, the injection pistons close by, with the check valves making it work, the air use a a 20 mm x 45mm bore and stroke , the fuel using a 8mm x by 20mm stroke, the hydraulic pump should make high pressure low volume, with enough volume to actuate the injector pistons with a fraction of a rotation of the crank, maybe use a spring loaded reservoir to store pressurized oil to actuate the injectors, when required, use a 50mm piston with 60 mm stroke, with about 500 psi springs keeping the piston/chamber closed, when filled it should have about 600-700psi using a safety relief valve to stop filling,. The ignition is controlled by a valve releasing the pressure to fire the injector pistons, the fuel injector piston is controlled by a bypass valve, throttling the engine, using a governor, the air blast should push the ball off the seat, ( it would probably be a good idea to use a guide on the ball shaft, ) but the fuel being injected into the air blast, should be vaporized when leaving the ball and seat, it also works as a check valve for the combustion, it's a Rube Goldberg injection system, go back to 1923 and it's probably about 3steps backwards for compression ignition engines, but I believe the extreme pressure air being injected through the fuel, into a high compression engine, (22:1 +) the injection air should be about 30-40:1 compression ratio, into the combustion chamber, it will probably run at a peak of 400-600 rpm, using heavy flywheels, probably 4, weighing 50lbs each, with a crank made from two similar flywheels, with about 200mm stroke, and a 4" bore, the injector should reduce the amount of fuel required, and burn extremely clean, it should be as clean as gasoline, if not cleaner,, I'm sure there is better ways to achieve the injection method that is mich simpler, this is the only way. I can think to build it at home, with machined components, it should make lots of TQ, I would like to build a 2stroke version also, similar to the Detroit 2stroke diesels, except use a secondary large bore piston, with a shorter stroke, to scavenge the cylinder, possibly enough displacement to slightly supercharge the intake stroke, or maybe incorporate a turbo, to allow the scavenger pistons to only be used on start up, I want it for a stationary engine, for power generation, a 10 HP gas engine running gets old fast! A low rpm engine with extremely long stroke, with a bit of sound management, can be basically silent, being opposed twin, it should be well balanced, so not shaking the house from 300meters away ,
Sorry to ramble, I would like your opinion if you can follow my rambling! Thanks, and good day! ✌️
abt 150 RPM's? how cute. i want one... what for??? and just let it run... which wud wear it out too soon but just it knocking away has some kind of soothing effect on some ppl????
It's my absolute dream to proudly own one of your masterpiece engines👌
hold da op jeg vidste ikke vi havde en fantastisk motorbygger her på bornholm,,
hilsner fra Dyndegårdsvej Klemensker
Is it possible to build an engine like this one right here, but with an air compression of say.. 18:1 and only deliver the fuel to the cylinder only when the piston reached top dead centre like Akroyd Stuart himself did with his engines when he worked with engineers at Hornsby's?
Derpy Redneck
Yes. This guy has true diesel engines elsewhere on his channel.
Zajebisty silniczek ;]
Geweldig wat deze man al niet gemaakt heeft .Hier geniet ik van.
Reminds me of a blackstone oil engine for some reason
Very nice! I like it! A bit different from how you build them today but it is just as fascinating!
You should produce videos for your other engines you have not yet placed on UA-cam!
mytmousemalibu Thanks for your kind Words. Yes I still have some engines that I will make videos of.
Very Nice, I really like the smoke rings. Thanks for showing what it does when the flame is turned off. Good job my freind
whats the longest time you had one running for?
Outstanding piece of engineering.:)
I like how it was blowing little smoke rings.
What an absolutely marvelous creation!
I love it!
I was introduced to your channel by the video on cutting helical gears.
A quick look showed me your beautiful engines.
I’ll have to watch more.
Thank you.
Let’s be careful out there.
Good... I m using same engine but with 8 " piston and app 10 " stork..... But this cute engine is such a great effort by my friend thanks
Hello Find Hansen,
Superb! love it as it is. Your engines are some of You Tube's true Gems of all time!
I bet you have tried already, will this engine run without blow lamp when running under some load ? Once a man with a Ruston hot-bulb engine told me his engine needed to be run under load to prevent it stopping, but I guess his are different circumstances.
I'm imagining it running a fan or an old sewing machine :) Something without too much stress on it.
A 1st War Vet told me of operating a 'semi-diesel' engine...started on gasoline then when it got warmed up a bit was switched to diesel. It was the 'light-plant' for a small town, ran 4 to 6 hrs a day depending on the time of year.
Beautiful ! Bare helt fantastisk at du har klart å bygge en så flot makin !!
Very good! Sounds like the engine is trying to say something while it's running.
BUCKET BUCKET BUCKET!
You are a role model for me, a mere 20 year old with no machining skills (yet)!
how does a hot-bulb engine work? does the hot bulb cause combustion?
Yes, the hot bulb is heated by a blow lamp before starting. Before the power-stroke when the piston is at bottom-dead-center i.e.: at the end of it's stroke length before it starts rising, an injector squirts some fuel into the hot bulb. The heat of the bulb causes the fuel to evaporate and while some of the fuel does burn, there isn't enough air for a big fire, when the piston begins rising, air is forced into the bulb, causing even more fuel to burn, forcing the piston down to begin the exhaust stroke.
You, sir, are a master of your craft. These machines blow my mind.
Lovely engine, Find. I love how slow it runs. What is the compression ratio?
Chuck Fellows Hello Chuck. Thanks for your kind Words. I think that the compression ratio is about 6-1. Regard Find
loving the slow thumper thumper sound. reminds me of the bollinder my step grandad had in his canal boat. given these designs will burn almost anything in surprised they aren't more common. even the stratified combustion two stroke diesel is a variant of this.
Brunel and his kin I'm sure are smiling upon you from the great bar in the skies.
stuckintraffic?getabike! @
They can't pass even the most rudimentary emissions testing, and they're not especially efficient. That is why you don't see them much.
look at the clearance between the flywheel and the wooden base plinth... this is a statement in itself. art. my hat is off
Laver du dem selv? 😆😀😆😇😇
Really very beautiful.
modelleg thank you for your fine comment
This guy make some of the most amazing engines, Just love the workmanship, the cams and levers.
The castings are superb.
Man you should hook that up with a belt to a desk fan. Cool yourself off.
Beautiful craftsmanship, Mr. Find.
Where is its fuel pump ???
Just awesome build quality..! Rigtigt kvalitetshåndværk...
What a perfection 👍
03:54 "Balls to the wall".
Very attractive machine
Truly a beautiful job, well done and thank you for sharing
How can I get one???😁
you are a very gifted machinist. stunning model. thanks
Beautiful work
Very nice 👍 sweet.
This is Amazing!!!
Nice smoke rings
Find that is a fabulously well made model. your spoken english is very good too, may i just point out that builded is not an english word, built is the word you should use as the past tense of build. i'm not a grammar nazi, i just want to help. thank you for a great video.
This would be a
nice noise to sleep to lol
who does it stop when there is no heat to the glow lamp
normal engines wont stop running after the heat is removed
This engine uses heat for ignition. A gas engine uses a spark plug for ignition and a Diesel engine uses compression to ignite fuel. This engine has no spark plug and low compression so it can't run by itself.
Johndeere 100 hot bulb engine can normally run with out the heat (heat is normally any to get it started) about this one can not sustain it own heat there for it need it all of the time.
Johndeere 100 Thanks for your comments. There are two reasons why the blow-lamp must be burning all the time. 1. much heat is conductedto the cylinder-head and the water-cooled injector because of the short distance, 2. low compression heat because of the short 20 mm stroke.
+Find Hansen Thank you for the explanation, I'm not an expert on diesel engines but I was wondering why the compression alone wouldn't cause combustion to occur. I was not aware that this type of engine had a lower compression. This engine is an amazing piece of work, hopefully it will be taken care of and passed on for generations to come and be enjoyed!
pena que no Brasil não existe isso. onde posso comprar um desses?
What is the compression ratio and pressure of this engine compared to your other engines that don't require the lamp to burn continuously?
Chad Yelland on a hot bulb engine the C.R. is usually 3:1
please tell me how you did injector
I wonder how mutch time it cost to built one of those
I want to buy 1 of these hot bulb enines
Smoke rings, very cool 😊👍
Very 👍.
Isso é fantástico, gosto muito de motor a diesel.
Beautiful engine. Sounds great.
how much would you sell it for?
great job anything like for sale ?
hi , can I buy this form you
This engine is very tender.
wow what a great engine
your engine is a work of art.
You do very nice work sir
wonderful peace of engineering!
Your models are amazing.
Beautiful model Sir.
nice job
That is totally cool!
3:38
Sound is Just Wonderful
Is this for sale?
Magnificent!
2t or 4t design ?
Lovely model well made
Nice work.
Beautiful
Your best video yet, please keep making them in this style.
Adrien Perié Thanks for your kind words
Find Hansen I have a question for you, why is this engine considered only semi-diesel ? Isn't the air fuel mixture ignited solely by compression ? Also, do you believe it would be possible to make an engine of similar size as this one but not diesel, with a spark plug ? And a third and final question, have you ever considered building a forced induction (like Americans say, "Supercharged") engine ?
Also, since I am asking you a lot of questions, here is an engine you might not know about, which is amazing. It has powered boats and trains, it is called the napier deltic, and it is a British opposed-piston valveless, supercharged uniflow scavenged, two-stroke Diesel engine. A very interesting engine.
That is way cool...a nice model engine that works as well as it looks. How does the hit and miss work? I see some flyweights but what is the action of the mechanism?
It’s not a hit and miss engine you moron
@@tonywright8294 Really name calling? Go back to your basement you are not ready for civilized people.
@@anarac4445 I just report that sort of thing as harassment and move on. No need to try to talk to people like that.
@@Kineth1 ???
@@anarac4445 Talking about the person who called someone a moron for being mistaken about the governor mechanism.
Beautiful.
amazing
how purchase this engine
can you send check or money order to Florida USA? $1500USD will buy it today!!!
Amazing
j adore ! :)