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2 Cylinder Steam Engine of the “Monitor” Type

This steam engine originally powered the MONITOR. The USS Monitor was an “ironclad” steam ship which famously…

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Two Cylinder Wheeled Engine

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Large Two Cylinder Engine with A Scotch Yoke

This engine has two cylinders with a scotch yoke coupling between the cylinders. It is constructed on…

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Hit-and-Miss Engine

This is a vertical one-cylinder engine rated at one horsepower. It is a gasoline engine. This is…

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Horizontal Engine with Moving Cylinder

This is the engine I am currently working on. I started it July 9, 2022. The yellow…

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Kimble Steam Engine

Part II will mount the cylinder to the base plate along with the crank shaft and bearings….

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Drake Square Piston Engine

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Four Square Engine

Four Square is a simple four-cylinder engine with no outside tubing to the steam ports; a simple…

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STANDBY ENGINE

This engine has a piston-wrist-pin connecting rod type of construction like an auto engine. Simple valving is…

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Scotty

This is a simple Scotch Yoke Drive engine. It is another way of rotating a shaft without…

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Engine with Square Cylinder and Round Piston

This engine is quit a novelty. The cylinder is one inch square aluminum tubing. The piston is…

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Four Cylinders with Rocking Crossheads