Saw this a long time ago, and got back here through an engine mix. Love the visible combustion, and as an engineer that does wood and metal working, and design, I wanna say this is a beautiful piece of workmanship. You do high credit to the amateur, in the old revered sense of "done beautifully for love", not it's current distorted meaning of something sub-par to "professionally done". Brass an aluminum finishes complement well.
Here it is 2019 and I'm just finding this remarkable machine. It proves my theory that glass cylinders can be used for such things. Love the work you have done, excellent and thank you.
So what? They are both the oxidation of a fuel but in an engine an explosion will destroy the engine is a very short period of time, a rapid burn won't.
This is awesome! Interesting to see the actual explosions happening inside a combustion engine in real time. I once saw something recorded through a tiny glass window in a car motor but you could not really see much. here you can see everything.
Hallo Douglas, There was a small leakage indeed. But after cleaning I glued the glascylinder with Loctite 603 for the second time. This problem is solved and the engine runs still better. Greetings from wet Holland, Huib Visser
The shaft is indeed hollow, but the intake and exhaust are separated by a piece of silverstee rod. Stroke 1: 0 degree- intake opened- exhaust closed Stroke 2 : -90 degree - compression- intake and exhaust closed Stroke 3: -180 degree- combustion- intake and exhaust closed Stroke 4:-270 degree - intake closed- exhaust opened Friendly greetings from Holland Stirlingmodels Huib Visser
hintzofcolorconcepts Oh, electric guy, your electric motor pollutes by producing co2 and o3, because of the electricity going through the copper coils. And the battery leaks lithium, it's really toxic. Some days ago a battery from by friend phone leaked, I just smelled it for a bit and I was sleepy all day. Imagine your cars. Hydrogen internal combustion engines are the way.
Absolutely exquisite. Only a few minor comments, about spelling: "Cilinder" is correctly spelled "Cylinder" "Neodyme Magnet" is actually "Neodymium Magnet" I don't want in any way to detract from the amazing engine you've built, I'm just a wacko about spelling.
Hallo Ken Wes, The glass cylinder is made of a medical full glass seringe 20 ml The ID is extremely round. Search for example Ebay - glass cylinder 20 ml - Greetings from Holland Huib Visser
The glas cylinder is a piece of a full glas medical seringe 20 ml. The inner diameter is extremely round. Such seringes you can find on Ebay but also in medical stores. Dutch greetings Huib Vissser
Hallo young Beardman, RPM valve: 1200 RPM crankshaft 2400 Distribution with toothbelt 2:1 as a classic 4-stroke IC engine Greetings from Holland Stirlingmodels Huib Visser
Could be a fascinating test-bed for various carburetor designs! Some of these wild claims could be tested in a very affordable fashion. Magnets? Fuel vaporization? Pre-heated fuel? Additives? Yeah, IC engines are well studied, but this is a rare look inside that might reveal something quite new!
This is an AMAZING model! Excellent work! I can only wish to have the skills to build this; alas I do not, so I'll envy your work instead. beautiful...
WD 40 as rustpreventer is only for maintenance to avoid rustforming on the valve and the valvehole. The material of the valve an the CYLINDER block is cast iron. Never lubricate the graphite piston with oil! Friendly greetings from Holland. Huib Visser
It would be great to see a high speed camera view to show the flame front. Reminds me of my old Gunson colourtune glass sparkplug from wayback. Excellent piece of work.. and, another use for WD40 too.
This needs to be filmed on super high speed camera.
I'd love to see SloMoGuys do a spot on this motor. It'd be awesome to see the combustion in action!
Exactly.
Saw this a long time ago, and got back here through an engine mix. Love the visible combustion, and as an engineer that does wood and metal working, and design, I wanna say this is a beautiful piece of workmanship. You do high credit to the amateur, in the old revered sense of "done beautifully for love", not it's current distorted meaning
of something sub-par to "professionally done". Brass an aluminum finishes complement well.
Here it is 2019 and I'm just finding this remarkable machine. It proves my theory that glass cylinders can be used for such things. Love the work you have done, excellent and thank you.
*It uses fuel vapor from the fuel tank. BRILLIANT! All engines should have been built like this 130 years ago, this is so smart but so few do it*
Really fun to see the actual explosions taking place
Both r exothermal reactions
It's a rapid burn, not an explosion. :-)
So what? They are both the oxidation of a fuel but in an engine an explosion will destroy the engine is a very short period of time, a rapid burn won't.
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Don't you just love how car guys are genuinely nice to one another in the comments... its a great community.
such a beauty! maybe you could use high-speed photography to capture the evolution of the flame.. #slomoguys
Yes someone really needs to film this on high speed!
#slomoguys
I did thus with one of my Bengs models actually ... result is ... surprizing :-)
Yeah.. Those cost a lot, so if you really want to see it fork out soem cash.
This is awesome! Interesting to see the actual explosions happening inside a combustion engine in real time. I once saw something recorded through a tiny glass window in a car motor but you could not really see much. here you can see everything.
Awesome, you should make a deal with the slow mo guys. Would love to see this in ultra slow motion!
Hallo Douglas,
There was a small leakage indeed. But after cleaning I glued the glascylinder with Loctite 603 for the second time. This problem is solved and the engine runs still better.
Greetings from wet Holland,
Huib Visser
I bow to your machining skill. That's absolutely beautiful.
That may be the cutest exhaust note I have ever heard
This is an amazing and beautiful piece of art. You have all my respect, sir.
Very good for learning, you should sell it to schools worldwide by the thousands.
That's a gorgeous looking motor you've made there, the rotary valves where a clever idea.
I just love the battery compartment. Simple and elegant.
Favorite piece, the AA ignition system. Would love it even more if the combustion was completely visible. Super clean build all the same.
One of the coolest homemade machines I have seen In a very very long time!
The shaft is indeed hollow, but the intake and exhaust are separated by a piece of silverstee rod.
Stroke 1: 0 degree- intake opened- exhaust closed
Stroke 2 : -90 degree - compression- intake and exhaust closed
Stroke 3: -180 degree- combustion- intake and exhaust closed
Stroke 4:-270 degree - intake closed- exhaust opened
Friendly greetings from Holland
Stirlingmodels
Huib Visser
This is one of those videos that make me an addict to youtube. Well done!
This is a very beautiful piece of the art. Very appreciated. Thanks for sharing.
A perfect example, so well thought out and machined. Was a pleasure to watch this, thanks.
Awesome video. It the best DIY model engine project I have ever seen. Cheers Aaron
Nice blue flame - air/fuel mixture spot on.
Connor was polite, and now Huib knows how to spell 2 words he probably uses a lot. No harm done. One should appreciate being corrected politely.
Beautiful. Lots of care has gone into that. It was worth it.
Who freaking dislikes something like this, seriously?
+deven bo they dislike it coz they can't buy it...
People who still live in the steam age.
people that are tired of internal combustion nonsense?
C'mon now...we've beaten this dead horse for over 100 years now !
hintzofcolorconcepts Oh, electric guy, your electric motor pollutes by producing co2 and o3, because of the electricity going through the copper coils. And the battery leaks lithium, it's really toxic. Some days ago a battery from by friend phone leaked, I just smelled it for a bit and I was sleepy all day. Imagine your cars. Hydrogen internal combustion engines are the way.
hintzofcolorconcepts: Not dead, but very much alive, with the vast majority of vehicles today powered by IC engines.
What a interresting motor and a jewel to look at..You make you engines with a superbe finish! Petje af ,meneer Ridder!
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I fell in love with this thing as I saw the nice battery holder at the anode :)
Absolutely exquisite.
Only a few minor comments, about spelling:
"Cilinder" is correctly spelled "Cylinder"
"Neodyme Magnet" is actually "Neodymium Magnet"
I don't want in any way to detract from the amazing engine you've built, I'm just a wacko about spelling.
Stunning, more, please!
Wonderful, good work, I enjoyed seeing this little machine working.
Thank you.
I love the rotary intake and exhaust valve its ingenious
Hallo Ken Wes,
The glass cylinder is made of a medical full glass seringe 20 ml
The ID is extremely round.
Search for example Ebay - glass cylinder 20 ml -
Greetings from Holland
Huib Visser
The glas cylinder is a piece of a full glas medical seringe 20 ml.
The inner diameter is extremely round.
Such seringes you can find on Ebay but also in medical stores.
Dutch greetings
Huib Vissser
i ever dream see the internal flame of the motor... and now i see this. thank you very much!
Hallo young Beardman,
RPM valve: 1200
RPM crankshaft 2400
Distribution with toothbelt 2:1 as a classic 4-stroke IC engine
Greetings from Holland
Stirlingmodels
Huib Visser
A beautifully crafted machine.
Wat een geweldig mooi motortje! Ongelofelijk mooi gedaan!
Super cool! Would be neat to see what happens inside the cylinder as the load is increased.
This is ART indeed !!!
Very Educational !!!
Thanks for sharing !!!
Lovely machine. Thank for showing the great job.
STUNNING! I love it when art and engineering merge.
Very elegant. Beautiful engineering.
Wunderschön, da schlägt das Herz eines Modellbauers höher.
amazing, something to be truly proud of creating! love the little battery compartment!
I think i finally understood how combustion engines work
This is awesome!! I would love to see slow motion high speed video. Excellent work bro.
sweet project engine !
A beautiful model. I wish I had that talent
We need more great thinkers like this!!!
Could be a fascinating test-bed for various carburetor designs!
Some of these wild claims could be tested in a very affordable fashion.
Magnets? Fuel vaporization? Pre-heated fuel? Additives?
Yeah, IC engines are well studied, but this is a rare look inside that might reveal something quite new!
Amazinly wounderful. Hats off, sir.
A beautiful piece of art! Cheers!!!
This is brilliant!! I need one of these
Glass cylinder's are very round , almost perfect , you get them and then make your engine parts to fit.
Had one of these in the lab at college in the early 80's, cool.
This is an AMAZING model! Excellent work! I can only wish to have the skills to build this; alas I do not, so I'll envy your work instead.
beautiful...
Such an amazing device! I'd like to see it at 10,000 rpm though!!!!
Insanely well controlled piece of craft. Totally steam punk!
Nice close up macro shots.
WD 40 as rustpreventer is only for maintenance to avoid rustforming on the valve and the valvehole. The material of the valve an the CYLINDER block is cast iron. Never lubricate the graphite piston with oil!
Friendly greetings from Holland.
Huib Visser
I would like if one of those superspeed cam films this awesome engine :D
I would love to watch a series on the building of something like this. I'm curious how you get the tolerances right, and those nice rounded edges.
Impressive craftsmanship!
Very cool. I may try to make one with a glass head also.
Fantastic piece of work!
This is awesome! Someone could make these for sale to schools and teachers! :)
Its just litterally.......
a piece of ART! beautifull :)
Very fine craftsmanship!
work of art
nice ignition set up you got
You should make a bigger on of these with a lower rpm so people can see more clearly how a four stroke works
What a beautiful little engine!
Wow, What a craftsmanship
A functional piece of art!
I love this thing, beautiful presentation.
Cool, I like it. Most spend their day working, be nice if people had time to do projects like this.
These are great for studying fuel and engine dynamics. Low compression though.
very cool, I would love to see it with a high speed camera.
It would be great to see a high speed camera view to show the flame front. Reminds me of my old Gunson colourtune glass sparkplug from wayback. Excellent piece of work.. and, another use for WD40 too.
Beautiful machining work!
That is Amazing craftsmanship. Very nice video very interesting.
it would be cool to see the 4 stroke with a super slow motion camera
Amazing. Want one....!
A true work of art.
Well done man! Beautiful!
Thank you! I've always wondered if it was possible to make one!
Something about this video makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. I don't know what it is, but I like it.
that is pretty amazing
That is beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
This is beautiful! I would love to meet you in person... Ive dreamed of visiting Holland maybe this would finally five me an excuse lol
It would be nice to see it running at a slow r.p.m. maybe with the help of a large flywheel. excellent work by the way
This answers the question, How do we really know if there is fire in the cylinder if we can't see it?
Very nice work.
Thank you for the upload and this brilliant machine!
A very fine job.
Soo Cool. Amazing craftsmanship!
Do a search for 'Inside an engine'
Nice work Stirling models!