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Hello Lars :) I might actually just try and build a coke can Stirling, the only thing stopping me right now is time , I work in retail, so it's pre Xmas rush...In the new year most probably :) Right now, I can't keep out of you tube some of these engines I'm looking at, are truly beautiful works of ...

Hello Been working hard :wink: I did manage to get a day off work today (phoned in sick) :devil: Anyway, I re-read this thread again, just to make sure I didn't miss anything.....With a new wick, that I pulled up a lot more, it seemed the flame was localised more on one spot....Guess what? :big smil...

oki, then you need to check resistance in your bearings,oil them and oil you rods, so they will run easy and then you clean you piston&cylinder with alcohol, so the oil is out of there, then it will start..if not,give it some more heat, and some ice cubes on the cold end, then we can work from ...

Hello I tried to do what Lars had suggested, checking for leaks with the engine in water, (had used a length of small piping I found in the shed) there are none, no leaks at all...I tried again to get it running, I pulled the wick out a little more, and left it 1 minuet 10 secs this time it actually...

by heating tube, do you mean the cylinder, the only place where it shall leak is where the rod goes inside to the displacer/piston, and the leak is minimal, i use to put them machines under water, and then i blow in the displacer/piston tube.. Hello Yes, the cylinder :) I also checked for leaks at ...

Hello If you look at my pic 3 in previous post, the only possible leak is around the heating tube(sorry if that's not the correct name) so, what I've just this minuet finished, I ran some solder around the heating tube, so now it's a air tight fit,(tube now does not move around) can't think where an...

Sorry, I needed another posting for my pics

Hello Ian S C Thank you for helping me :) I am now very confused :confused: Because again, I have been reading about these engines, and doing what you tell me,(Flicking the wheel in clock wise, as instructions..Then trying anti-clock wise, had a good flame under the tube for 10 mins before I tried t...

Hello First of all I must apologise for not putting more information/pictures, (I've had some family issues come up) I have been searching the net for more info, and taken this engine apart cleaned it out, put it all together, just to gain some know how, on how it works and why it doesn't...The more...

Hello all, hope you are all well ;) To say I'm a little lost, would be an understatement :confused: So, I'll start at the beginning and see what happens :wink: I bought this wonderful looking old, and tatty gadget at a garage sale for £1, it also had some planes with it, which told me this was a Sti...

Hello everyone, Steve here from Norwich UK (Better known as Swifty)...I do hope to get some knowledge, and help about my first Stirling engine, so you will probably see me around ...Thanks