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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: wakeyomega on 10 December 2011, 16:41:32
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Building a minature V12 Engine (on the kitchen table no less! - understanding wife)
This, to me, is a thing of beauty, as much as any piece of art. Absolutely fantastic skills. If only we nurtured similar skills in the UK, but unfortunately, the UK does not recognise or reward real engineers / engineering.
http://www.wimp.com/tiniestengine/ (http://www.wimp.com/tiniestengine/)
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Wow! :o
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That was a real treat. :-* :-* :y
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Brilliant.
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That is simply stunning to watch, loved it -thanks fella :y
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an absolute joy to watch, thank you. 8)
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Absolutely fantastic :y
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Just watched this with The Gnome and his comment "How small must the valve collets be?" ;D
Amazing piece of engineering.
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Saw it the other week, amazing, a thing of beauty!
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Excellent!! :y I bet there's one or two on here who could do it though..... :y
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Absolutely fantastic, such skill and dedication, a credit to the chap who made it :y :y
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A friend of mine designed and built a 240cc V8. He made everything but the pistons, sparkplugs and timing set. Jon reckoned the worst part was making nine of everything(after the first few, you're not satisfied with the first one!), and that boring the camshaft hole was pretty worrying. The valve and crank timing was figured out from scrap Rover parts in the shed. His boss was so impressed with how it was going that he paid for the aluminium for the block and heads.
When it's running it sounds like someone's revving a DFV a few roads over.
By the way, most model IC engines don't use valve collets, but an E clip.
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Now that is brilliant, well worth watching............... :y :y
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Wonderful. 8) :y
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absolute amature. didnt see him use a torque wrench or feeler gauge once.
truely impressive :o
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It's just a shame it's compressed air powered and not fuel (as far as I can tell) ;)
Although I did see someone say elsewhere that surely the cam timing is out, as the sprockets are the same size between cam & crank, and shouldn't the cams turn at half the speed of the crank?
Still a marvel of model making - oh to have the patience, skills and hand-eye coordination! I lack at least three of those things.. ;D
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Although I did see someone say elsewhere that surely the cam timing is out, as the sprockets are the same size between cam & crank, and shouldn't the cams turn at half the speed of the crank?
It's effectively a 2 stroke, though. It doesn't need to be 4 stroke to run on air. ;)
I can't help thinking that it would have been no more, perhaps less, of a challenge to make a full size one. Then you could at least drive it instead of watching it.
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bloody amazing
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Fantastic to watch. That is what you call craftsmanship :y
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let willie carson know someones got an engine for his car :D ;D
amazing work i remember seeing a scaled down ferrari that actually worked on a tv programme some years ago some guy made in his small work shop that was amazing :y
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here it is http://www.theclutchgarage.com/2011/03/11/the-worlds-smallest-working-ferrari-video/
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or this one for you tube direct http://youtu.be/SeUMDY01uUA
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Yeah, it's really fantastic. And what a music! Thx for posting, Matey! :y
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Love it. Thanks for posting. :y
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Pah! Pathetic, lol! All that effort and it doesnt run under its own power, pah! He should've spoke with this man first lol! Here's a real engine! Turn volume UP!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VI5x2hZNJs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VI5x2hZNJs)