Saw this a long time ago, and got back here through an engine mix. Love the visible combustion, and as an engineer that does wood and metal working, and design, I wanna say this is a beautiful piece of workmanship. You do high credit to the amateur, in the old revered sense of "done beautifully for love", not it's current distorted meaning of something sub-par to "professionally done". Brass an aluminum finishes complement well.
Here it is 2019 and I'm just finding this remarkable machine. It proves my theory that glass cylinders can be used for such things. Love the work you have done, excellent and thank you.
So what? They are both the oxidation of a fuel but in an engine an explosion will destroy the engine is a very short period of time, a rapid burn won't.
This is awesome! Interesting to see the actual explosions happening inside a combustion engine in real time. I once saw something recorded through a tiny glass window in a car motor but you could not really see much. here you can see everything.
Hallo Douglas, There was a small leakage indeed. But after cleaning I glued the glascylinder with Loctite 603 for the second time. This problem is solved and the engine runs still better. Greetings from wet Holland, Huib Visser
Absolutely exquisite. Only a few minor comments, about spelling: "Cilinder" is correctly spelled "Cylinder" "Neodyme Magnet" is actually "Neodymium Magnet" I don't want in any way to detract from the amazing engine you've built, I'm just a wacko about spelling.
Fucking nice and I am sure because of the camera limitations one would see more ignitions and more detail in reality .. one question here, what do you use for piston rings ?
It would be great to see a high speed camera view to show the flame front. Reminds me of my old Gunson colourtune glass sparkplug from wayback. Excellent piece of work.. and, another use for WD40 too.
This is an AMAZING model! Excellent work! I can only wish to have the skills to build this; alas I do not, so I'll envy your work instead. beautiful...
Hallo Ken Wes, The glass cylinder is made of a medical full glass seringe 20 ml The ID is extremely round. Search for example Ebay - glass cylinder 20 ml - Greetings from Holland Huib Visser
The glas cylinder is a piece of a full glas medical seringe 20 ml. The inner diameter is extremely round. Such seringes you can find on Ebay but also in medical stores. Dutch greetings Huib Vissser
The shaft is indeed hollow, but the intake and exhaust are separated by a piece of silverstee rod. Stroke 1: 0 degree- intake opened- exhaust closed Stroke 2 : -90 degree - compression- intake and exhaust closed Stroke 3: -180 degree- combustion- intake and exhaust closed Stroke 4:-270 degree - intake closed- exhaust opened Friendly greetings from Holland Stirlingmodels Huib Visser
Thank you for posting this gorgeous model ... ( as all of your models ! ) Are there any simple plans you could share to start in modeling ? ... Thank you,
You often read articles about how combustion engineers design cylinder heads and attempt to optimize the 'flame front' and a bunch of other technical terms. But, how do they possibly get empirical data on what actually happens inside a running engine?
Hallo young Beardman, RPM valve: 1200 RPM crankshaft 2400 Distribution with toothbelt 2:1 as a classic 4-stroke IC engine Greetings from Holland Stirlingmodels Huib Visser
Very nice. I expected the use of a highspeed camera for ultra slowmotion capture of the combustion process. I thought thats what this project was made for, isn't it? Now, make a 200hp version. :P
Fantastic model. How often do you have to remove the piston and clean the glass cylinder because it becomes coated with carbon and no longer transparent?
hintzofcolorconcepts Oh, electric guy, your electric motor pollutes by producing co2 and o3, because of the electricity going through the copper coils. And the battery leaks lithium, it's really toxic. Some days ago a battery from by friend phone leaked, I just smelled it for a bit and I was sleepy all day. Imagine your cars. Hydrogen internal combustion engines are the way.
Could be a fascinating test-bed for various carburetor designs! Some of these wild claims could be tested in a very affordable fashion. Magnets? Fuel vaporization? Pre-heated fuel? Additives? Yeah, IC engines are well studied, but this is a rare look inside that might reveal something quite new!
Very beautiful , machining & film . Can you run a little more footage, any way to find a slo mo footage capture ? So we could see the piston / cylinder in a little more detail . please .
WD 40 as rustpreventer is only for maintenance to avoid rustforming on the valve and the valvehole. The material of the valve an the CYLINDER block is cast iron. Never lubricate the graphite piston with oil! Friendly greetings from Holland. Huib Visser
Superb engineering. I am thinking the 'Coleman fuel', or Zippo lighter fuel could actually be Naptha. Man hours put in? I can only guess - 100's of hours!
This needs to be filmed on super high speed camera.
I'd love to see SloMoGuys do a spot on this motor. It'd be awesome to see the combustion in action!
Exactly.
Saw this a long time ago, and got back here through an engine mix. Love the visible combustion, and as an engineer that does wood and metal working, and design, I wanna say this is a beautiful piece of workmanship. You do high credit to the amateur, in the old revered sense of "done beautifully for love", not it's current distorted meaning
of something sub-par to "professionally done". Brass an aluminum finishes complement well.
Here it is 2019 and I'm just finding this remarkable machine. It proves my theory that glass cylinders can be used for such things. Love the work you have done, excellent and thank you.
*It uses fuel vapor from the fuel tank. BRILLIANT! All engines should have been built like this 130 years ago, this is so smart but so few do it*
Don't you just love how car guys are genuinely nice to one another in the comments... its a great community.
Really fun to see the actual explosions taking place
Both r exothermal reactions
It's a rapid burn, not an explosion. :-)
So what? They are both the oxidation of a fuel but in an engine an explosion will destroy the engine is a very short period of time, a rapid burn won't.
Andrei Bondoc
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such a beauty! maybe you could use high-speed photography to capture the evolution of the flame.. #slomoguys
Yes someone really needs to film this on high speed!
#slomoguys
I did thus with one of my Bengs models actually ... result is ... surprizing :-)
Yeah.. Those cost a lot, so if you really want to see it fork out soem cash.
I bow to your machining skill. That's absolutely beautiful.
This is awesome! Interesting to see the actual explosions happening inside a combustion engine in real time. I once saw something recorded through a tiny glass window in a car motor but you could not really see much. here you can see everything.
This is an amazing and beautiful piece of art. You have all my respect, sir.
This is one of those videos that make me an addict to youtube. Well done!
One of the coolest homemade machines I have seen In a very very long time!
That may be the cutest exhaust note I have ever heard
Awesome, you should make a deal with the slow mo guys. Would love to see this in ultra slow motion!
Awesome video. It the best DIY model engine project I have ever seen. Cheers Aaron
That's a gorgeous looking motor you've made there, the rotary valves where a clever idea.
Wonderful, good work, I enjoyed seeing this little machine working.
Thank you.
Hallo Douglas,
There was a small leakage indeed. But after cleaning I glued the glascylinder with Loctite 603 for the second time. This problem is solved and the engine runs still better.
Greetings from wet Holland,
Huib Visser
I fell in love with this thing as I saw the nice battery holder at the anode :)
Very good for learning, you should sell it to schools worldwide by the thousands.
A perfect example, so well thought out and machined. Was a pleasure to watch this, thanks.
What a interresting motor and a jewel to look at..You make you engines with a superbe finish! Petje af ,meneer Ridder!
Groetjes uit Zaandijk
This is a very beautiful piece of the art. Very appreciated. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful. Lots of care has gone into that. It was worth it.
I just love the battery compartment. Simple and elegant.
Favorite piece, the AA ignition system. Would love it even more if the combustion was completely visible. Super clean build all the same.
i ever dream see the internal flame of the motor... and now i see this. thank you very much!
Wunderschön, da schlägt das Herz eines Modellbauers höher.
Nice blue flame - air/fuel mixture spot on.
amazing, something to be truly proud of creating! love the little battery compartment!
Super cool! Would be neat to see what happens inside the cylinder as the load is increased.
Its just litterally.......
a piece of ART! beautifull :)
Absolutely exquisite.
Only a few minor comments, about spelling:
"Cilinder" is correctly spelled "Cylinder"
"Neodyme Magnet" is actually "Neodymium Magnet"
I don't want in any way to detract from the amazing engine you've built, I'm just a wacko about spelling.
Stunning, more, please!
Lovely machine. Thank for showing the great job.
STUNNING! I love it when art and engineering merge.
This is ART indeed !!!
Very Educational !!!
Thanks for sharing !!!
Connor was polite, and now Huib knows how to spell 2 words he probably uses a lot. No harm done. One should appreciate being corrected politely.
I love the rotary intake and exhaust valve its ingenious
This is awesome!! I would love to see slow motion high speed video. Excellent work bro.
Amazinly wounderful. Hats off, sir.
Fucking nice and I am sure because of the camera limitations one would see more ignitions and more detail in reality .. one question here, what do you use for piston rings ?
It would be great to see a high speed camera view to show the flame front. Reminds me of my old Gunson colourtune glass sparkplug from wayback. Excellent piece of work.. and, another use for WD40 too.
Wat een geweldig mooi motortje! Ongelofelijk mooi gedaan!
This is an AMAZING model! Excellent work! I can only wish to have the skills to build this; alas I do not, so I'll envy your work instead.
beautiful...
Very elegant. Beautiful engineering.
A beautifully crafted machine.
This is brilliant!! I need one of these
Hallo Ken Wes,
The glass cylinder is made of a medical full glass seringe 20 ml
The ID is extremely round.
Search for example Ebay - glass cylinder 20 ml -
Greetings from Holland
Huib Visser
sweet project engine !
Insanely well controlled piece of craft. Totally steam punk!
This is awesome! Someone could make these for sale to schools and teachers! :)
The glas cylinder is a piece of a full glas medical seringe 20 ml.
The inner diameter is extremely round.
Such seringes you can find on Ebay but also in medical stores.
Dutch greetings
Huib Vissser
Thank you for the upload and this brilliant machine!
The shaft is indeed hollow, but the intake and exhaust are separated by a piece of silverstee rod.
Stroke 1: 0 degree- intake opened- exhaust closed
Stroke 2 : -90 degree - compression- intake and exhaust closed
Stroke 3: -180 degree- combustion- intake and exhaust closed
Stroke 4:-270 degree - intake closed- exhaust opened
Friendly greetings from Holland
Stirlingmodels
Huib Visser
Thank you for posting this gorgeous model ... ( as all of your models ! )
Are there any simple plans you could share to start in modeling ? ...
Thank you,
You often read articles about how combustion engineers design cylinder heads and attempt to optimize the 'flame front' and a bunch of other technical terms. But, how do they possibly get empirical data on what actually happens inside a running engine?
We need more great thinkers like this!!!
I love this thing, beautiful presentation.
A beautiful piece of art! Cheers!!!
awesome this is the first time i see what happens in a cillinder
but what brings the cilinder back up for the compression?
A beautiful model. I wish I had that talent
I would like if one of those superspeed cam films this awesome engine :D
Such an amazing device! I'd like to see it at 10,000 rpm though!!!!
very cool, I would love to see it with a high speed camera.
Cool, I like it. Most spend their day working, be nice if people had time to do projects like this.
This is beautiful! I would love to meet you in person... Ive dreamed of visiting Holland maybe this would finally five me an excuse lol
Had one of these in the lab at college in the early 80's, cool.
I think i finally understood how combustion engines work
A functional piece of art!
Very nice build, I would like to know where you sourced the timing belt and pulley or did you make the pulley?
Thanks.
Regards,
Pete.
Hallo young Beardman,
RPM valve: 1200
RPM crankshaft 2400
Distribution with toothbelt 2:1 as a classic 4-stroke IC engine
Greetings from Holland
Stirlingmodels
Huib Visser
Very nice.
I expected the use of a highspeed camera for ultra slowmotion capture of the combustion process.
I thought thats what this project was made for, isn't it?
Now, make a 200hp version. :P
Fantastic model.
How often do you have to remove the piston and clean the glass cylinder because it becomes coated with carbon and no longer transparent?
very cool, will it run off the coleman vapors?
Very cool. I may try to make one with a glass head also.
Who freaking dislikes something like this, seriously?
+deven bo they dislike it coz they can't buy it...
People who still live in the steam age.
people that are tired of internal combustion nonsense?
C'mon now...we've beaten this dead horse for over 100 years now !
hintzofcolorconcepts Oh, electric guy, your electric motor pollutes by producing co2 and o3, because of the electricity going through the copper coils. And the battery leaks lithium, it's really toxic. Some days ago a battery from by friend phone leaked, I just smelled it for a bit and I was sleepy all day. Imagine your cars. Hydrogen internal combustion engines are the way.
hintzofcolorconcepts: Not dead, but very much alive, with the vast majority of vehicles today powered by IC engines.
Beautiful machining work!
I wanna see it with a slowmo camera I wonder if you can see flame travel
Nice close up macro shots.
Impressive craftsmanship!
Could be a fascinating test-bed for various carburetor designs!
Some of these wild claims could be tested in a very affordable fashion.
Magnets? Fuel vaporization? Pre-heated fuel? Additives?
Yeah, IC engines are well studied, but this is a rare look inside that might reveal something quite new!
Fantastic piece of work!
What a beautiful little engine!
Very beautiful , machining & film . Can you run a little more footage, any way to find a slo mo footage capture ? So we could see the piston / cylinder in a little more detail . please .
WD 40 as rustpreventer is only for maintenance to avoid rustforming on the valve and the valvehole. The material of the valve an the CYLINDER block is cast iron. Never lubricate the graphite piston with oil!
Friendly greetings from Holland.
Huib Visser
Very fine craftsmanship!
Wow, What a craftsmanship
Do a search for 'Inside an engine'
Nice work Stirling models!
It would be nice to see it running at a slow r.p.m. maybe with the help of a large flywheel. excellent work by the way
This answers the question, How do we really know if there is fire in the cylinder if we can't see it?
Superb engineering. I am thinking the 'Coleman fuel', or Zippo lighter fuel could actually be Naptha. Man hours put in? I can only guess - 100's of hours!
it would be cool to see the 4 stroke with a super slow motion camera
Interesting valve system. Does it run at a quarter of the speed of the crankshaft then?
Glass cylinder's are very round , almost perfect , you get them and then make your engine parts to fit.
aap ne isme konsa likvid ka Ishmael kiya app ne bhot achhi machine bnai
That is Amazing craftsmanship. Very nice video very interesting.
Nice work.
Try to record a movie with a high speed camera.
PS .There is a leakage between the head and the glass cylinder, isn't?
You should make a bigger on of these with a lower rpm so people can see more clearly how a four stroke works