How Engines Work - Cool Site

[Winston001]

Moving diagrams of various types of engines including something called the Newcomen Atmospheric. Good for boys of all ages. :D

http://www.animatedengines.com/

[Brian d marge]

Cool , love to see the t/s diagrams , but could watch that site forever

interesting to watch the heat flows ,,,,

Stephen

[Madmax]

heres a better site

http://www.aqpl43.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/museum.htm

[The Lone Rider]

I'm building a Coomber at the moment.

Or at least I think it's a Coomber. Can't quite tell from the drawings but it look like one. Just finished off most of the flywheel today

[Akzle]

http://htwins.net/scale2/
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[Ocean1]

There's some very unusual minds out there...


http://youtu.be/U7j5jtVFmXI

[The Lone Rider]

There's some very unusual minds out there...



Now to find a practical use for it.


Ready? Set.... GO!

[Akzle]

Now to find a practical use for it.


Ready? Set.... GO!

grape juicer/ fountain bro

((i think they used one of them in the wonkavator))

[The Lone Rider]

Here's a photo of a flywheel, cam, pulley, cone port, con rod, con rod pins, and piston head for the coomber I'm working on. For those interested.

Compressed air driven apparently.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/178452_10151270115840141_1199214404_o.jpg

Hopefully finished next week or week after if I can plonk myself on a mill.

[Winston001]

Cool. So thats what's in a Commer van eh.

[MisterD]

including something called the Newcomen Atmospheric.

Pretty much the first successful steam engine, but very inefficient because the cylinder is heated and cooled every cycle, so it was really limited to pumping out coal mines where fuel was cheap. James Watt's invention of the separate condenser, which did away with this inefficiency was a key moment in the industrial revolution.