engine suggetments

[juan]

I need help I am trying to make a engine by scratch can anyone suggest some stuff I can do for cheap

[Tom Booth]

I need help I am trying to make a engine by scratch can anyone suggest some stuff I can do for cheap

There are any number of cheap fairly easy to build Stirling engines that can be made from tin cans and balloons and such.

You can't get much more simple than the "rice" engine:

See this discussion:
https://www.stirlingengineforum.com/vie ... php?t=5483