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Jun/Jul 2008Subscribe NowEngine videos online! Check out the GEM video index on YouTube, the quickest way to find gas engine videos on the Internet. We’ve done the searching, all you have to do is the watching! Click below for GEM engine video index. |
Building Model EnginesBy Ed IrwinOrillia, Ontario, Canada L3V 1G6 Shown is my model gas engine. I built this engine last winter from castings supplied by one of the advertisers in G.E.M. It has a " bore and 1" stroke. The flywheels are 4" in diameter. It runs best on regular gasoline and the mixer or carburetor uses a sewing needle to control the mixture. I used oak planks to make the base and the gas tank is a piece of brass tubing off an old sink drain. The base contains the coil, condenser, and battery, which makes it all self-contained and easy to run sitting n the shelf. I have displayed this engine at several steam shows and fairs and it always draws a crowd. Some people get quite angry when I insist that it runs on its own. They think there is a trick to it somewhere. I think that it ran about 100 hours this past summer at the shows. One full gas tank (3 ounces) wil... 791 of 2069 characters shown.
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