More toys for the boys (girls welcome)

[mac (Matt)]

Those little steam engines look good. Can you use them for anything or are they just gadgets?

[bert (Brett)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

OK, you got me...my photo's still show the stock exhaust. New Hyper-flow cats and a Larini Sports muffler makes it sound a bit more like Pavarotti ....

What? Dead? Looks nice tho

Your panel door is bent, too. That brand is famous for it. Put a new brace on the back.

Brett

[TrevorW]

They can be used but not for much at this scale

more too show the working principle

[marki]

Originally Posted by mac

Those little steam engines look good. Can you use them for anything or are they just gadgets?

They are stirling engines not steam engines. They are a whole lot safer and cleaner to run as there are no boilers to blow or steam to burn you or oil and water spewing everywhere. The larger ones (I have the twin) are quite powerful and come with a pulley to drive accessories. I used mine at school today to turn an electric motor as a generator. I hooked up a light bulb and it worked . The kids love it and it screams along at 2500RPM.

Mark