Stirling Hot Air Engines Galore

[@glennking8206]

Mr. Pete, you are the shop teacher I never had. Thank you

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@roylucas4414]

As always, your videos are appreciated. Your still in your prime, perhaps a slightly different prime, but a good one.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@kennethstaszak9990]

Prime is a state of mind. People don't cease to play because they grow old they grow old because they cease to play.

[@4SafetyTraining]

Thanks for showing your toys, enjoyed watching

[@mrpete222]

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[@steam212]

Mr. Pete, Thank you for keeping the flame lit on Stirling engines and continuing your teaching to us all. 👍

[@mrpete222]

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[@derschwartzadder]

A craftsman is a craftsman whether the kids value it or not. Thanks for the tour mr Pete.

[@t.d.mich.7064]

I remember a time long ago (1970's) when there was much talk about developing a Sterling engine for Automotive use. Popular Mechanics Magazine ran several stories on them.

[@mrpete222]

I well remember that. It was usually the cover story.

[@modtwentyeight]

Didn't they try to put one in a submarine a while back??

[@smokster0604]

A true artist….. I wish I lived closer

[@mrpete222]

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[@leoncolyer9420]

HI guys from Victoria Australia 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺Stay safe and well guys 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@mrpete222]

😀👍

[@davidmech2956]

I have a Georges Carette, circa 1905. I love it. Nice collection there.

[@mrpete222]

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[@timeflysintheshop]

My 12yr old does baffle me that he watches other people play video games, BUT he does also like to be hands on in his own shop! We converted a storage building into a shop for him (to keep him out of my shop). He has rebuilt the engine on a three wheeler, fixed up several go-carts, a minibike and is very interested in tools and using his wood lathe. He is in Boy Scouts and we are planning several tool demonstrations he is going to do for the troop. Too many kids today have little to no exposure to tools.

[@mrpete222]

Sounds like you have an amazing 12 year old

[@stevenpressley5956]

Do more Show and Tells.. I love them.. Thanks

[@mrpete222]

Thank you, maybe I will. It totally depends on the viewer account. I think you are in the minority

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

Love these model engines... And ... you’re still a prime👍🏻.

[@mrpete222]

lol If I am still on my prime, I sure don’t feel like it

[@MrPossumeyes]

Thanks, Mr Pete.

[@mrpete222]

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[@tomandtinadixon]

These engines never get old for me.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@dannyl2598]

Thank you Mr Pete. You are amazing, as are the little engines that you made.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@jodydoakes8754]

Always enjoy, regardless of topic. Always learn.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@ketchumdan9095]

Hi. My name is Chance. I’m eleven years old. I just watched this with my dad and I like it. Thanks.

[@mrpete222]

Thank you very much for watching Chance.

[@skycarl]

I've loved Stirling engines for many years and I've always enjoyed your videos on them. Thanks for sharing Lyle.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@johncloar1692]

Nice collection, enjoyed seeing them run.

[@mattthescrapwhisperer]

Enjoyed it very much Mr. Pete! Thanks for sharing.

[@toddlfrank]

We made one of these in vocational machine trades class. We used cigar tubes for the displaced tube.

[@fungas4804]

Years ago, I searched for Stirling Engines and was led to this channel. Been subscribed since, I love the odd rant that goes into the videos and the wide variety of topics covered - keep it up Mr Pete!

[@mrpete222]

Thank you very much

[@countryracer69]

Always fascinated with stuff like this. And there are still kids out there that loves this stuff. I am mentoring one as he learns to race and work on his car(always a requirement to receive help from my shop). He is 14. We help another who is making us proud. He raced at Daytona in the ARCA series. High school kids trying to learn how to build his own engines by doing them himself. So I got him in my shop and we had class lol. But they are out there!

[@mrpete222]

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[@ricko5123]

Beauties Lyle and really enjoyed this episode.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@AK-ck7cy]

I love this video. I do like those engines. You did a great job on making the ones you did.

[@WinkysWorkshop]

I totally relate to you comment about different types of golf clubs. Love this video!

[@mrpete222]

lol

[@christurley391]

Thanks for the video.

[@mrpete222]

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[@ceptimus]

I've got a super-low temperature one that I bought. Looks similar to your coffee-cup model, but better engineered with ball races everywhere, and the power piston is graphite running in a glass cylinder. It runs from just the heat of my hand, or from the sun when I place it so that either the 'top' or 'bottom' plate gets warmed by the sunshine a few degrees hotter than the other plate. I also made one with just hand tools and scrap parts; it used a flexible membrane (cut from a balloon) as the power 'piston' and a CD as a flywheel; it ran, but needed a cup of boiling water to provide sufficient temperature difference.

[@mrpete222]

That sounds like a neat Engine that you made

[@littleshopofelectrons4014]

I also have one of those. I improved it by adding a heat sink that I re-cycled from a computer CPU to the top of the displacer. It runs much longer with the heat sink.

[@neatmachine]

Interesting display of your engines. Well done and thanks for sharing!

[@mrpete222]

Many thanks!

[@modelengineering]

I enjoyed very much Thanks

[@danbreyfogle8486]

What a great video Mr. Pete. I would have been all over these as a kid. We had a lot of electric motors, one an old A Frame style erecter set motor that was from my Dad's childhood. I used to pour over the Christmas catalog looking at those tin power house looking engines but Santa Claus never was in the mood to leave one under our tree. Thank you for sharing this...

[@mrpete222]

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[@elsdp-4560]

Thank you for sharing. Always enjoy your videos👍👀

[@mrpete222]

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[@dannywilsher4165]

I'm always so inclined!👍

[@3RDOOR]

Fantastic action✊🏻❤️

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@glennschemitsch8341]

Every time I see you with the small engines, I miss going to the Taylor Marshall farm for the fall threshing bee near sycamore. Great pork chops there and the wonderful smell of coal fired tractors. Good luck with Petebay sales.

[@mrpete222]

Thank you, I was there last summer. I always eat pork chops at fays Barbecue

[@glennschemitsch8341]

@@mrpete222 I could not remember the name. I hope that you also get some of that great bi-color corn too and maybe a lemon shake-up.

[@jamesberlo4298]

Mr. Pete glad I found you, I now have an obsession With Craftsman Lathes. I have your videos on all the time (watch some over & over) I went to Boston Public Schools and up until the mid 70's they had a few good Shop / Trade High Schools, (Electrical, Sheet-Metal & Woodworking), but the decline & ghettoization of the City with forced Bussing ended that. Nowadays they spend over$30,000 per student and only have 12 Students per Teacher and they still complain and graduate (Honor Students) that are functionally illiterate.. Even the "Good" public School Systems treat Boys like defective Girls so you wont see Serious or any Technical & Skilled Trade Trade Education I was a poor Kid , hated School and didn't make it out of elementary school, Had I had a Teacher like you I'm sure it would have made School interesting & exciting and likely changed my life , and I don't doubt you have changed some for the better,.

[@mrpete222]

I am glad you like those craftsman machines. I’m very sad sad tale that you have told me about Boston schools. But that goes on I think in every big city. I am not sure what will happen to this country In a few years

[@Toolsaddo]

A lovely collection, I've made a few myself and know the skills involved, yours run really well.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@tttco]

I have always loved steam engines. I have a few little stationary steam engines and a few steam tractors. a 1/8 scale steam locomotive. However I have one hot air engine engine and it is always fun to run and look at.

[@mrpete222]

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[@douglasbollinger8678]

2:35 PM Research still has that completed engine for sale (with the same book included) as their Solar Engine #1. They bought out the Solar Engine Company, who sold these stirling engine models, awhile ago.

[@mrpete222]

Thank you, I did not know that

[@foxhannah]

thanks for sharing! I've been really wanting to make one but I have no idea where to get the castings from.

[@inventivemachinist8747]

I don't care about different types of golf clubs either lol, only model engines and metalworking. I like the water cooled version of your engine! Thanks for all you do!

[@mrpete222]

I bet many of my viewers do not care about golf

[@inventivemachinist8747]

@@mrpete222 I built a model gas tractor from scratch and I let kids drive it at threshing shows and a lot of them jump at the chance to run it

[@stevebosun7410]

Hi Mr. Pete, fantastic collection. Many thanks for sharing. I agree, great shame kids get more out of a computer game than something that helped build the world we live in. Although not necessarily Stirling Engines.

[@mrpete222]

😂😂😂😂

[@geckoproductions4128]

Really cool, thanks for sharing.

[@jerrywilson9730]

I wonder if the engines would run using a magnifying glass, so it could be called solar power! I always enjoy, thanks.

[@littleshopofelectrons4014]

Some of the commercial large-scale thermal solar power plants do just that. Each of the hundreds of mirrors has its own small Stirling engine.

[@RosenthalProducts]

Mr. Pete, Carl and I sat to watch this video. You and I agree to the fact kids now days would rather play video games.....or watch other play video games....It stinks that things like this will be lost as the next generations have less and less interest. I hope all is well.-Timm

[@mrpete222]

Yes, it saddens me Timm

[@richardbrobeck2384]

Mr Pete I know my Nephew would love to see one of these I may have to pick one up I sure the bay has lots of them .

[@mrpete222]

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[@G1951-w1y]

There is a stamping press at my place of employment that utilizes a scotch yoke instead of a conventional crank/connecting rod. Shelled out to the tune of $70K for repairs.

[@davidmclean5067]

Spectacular!

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@bcbloc02]

The casting with the embedded tubing would have been interesting to see made.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks Brian. I made those engines long before KZbin

[@jimstoops5792]

great job on building these little engines. I have wanted one for quite some time. I would like to build one, but I have seen any planes as yet. A lttle bigger would be better. I will watch for them on ebay. Thanks

[@ralphpremici7632]

Mr Pete. Which configuration is the quietest and has the most torque.?

[@timeflysintheshop]

Those are really neat engines! You did such a professional job on them! I hope I can win one on Petebay!

[@mrpete222]

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[@tropifiori]

If you make one big enough could you run equipment with it?

[@mrpete222]

I doubt it

[@jeffsellars2655]

Hi Mr. Pete, thank you for sharing. I also have interest for anything mechanical, and don't care much for gaming. I found a video showing a vintage Octura miniature engine castings and blueprints catalog. I thought you might find it interesting, here's where to find it. It's by Tatro Machine episode "#2 feb 2022 start of a new year getting up to speed at tatro machine harley dads custom made toys".

[@mrpete222]

Thank you, I will look at that

[@richardblakely1296]

A better cycle than the Stirling might be a Brayton type cycle. High compression , then isobaric heating, then expansion. Finally, isobaric exhaust. High pressure would improve efficiency. External combustion heating is possible in the cycle. Two cylinders would be needed. Using opposed pistons would reduce vibrations.

[@timeflysintheshop]

Golf clubs! 😁👍😁👍. That's a nich within a nich as far as I am concerned!

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@junkmannoparts9696]

Hi Mr Pete so I'm guessing these engines were developed in the 1800s before the internal combustion engine at what scale and what did they use them for thanks for making the videos enjoy watching them JM

[@ElectronPower]

I love those model engines so much! It's hard for me to imagine why don't they spark more interest interest in new generations. I mean, not everyone's got a machine shop, but neither do I (I do currently own a small lathe and a few basic tools) but I was interested in many things like this (models and technology in general) ever, since I was a little kid. I guess it just depends on how you were raised... If parents have no interest in things like these, it's much less likely that their children will. Technological advancements are part of the reason, too. Everything is easily available and if anything breaks down, you don't need any skills to fix it, you just buy a replacement. And it's the way that an ordinary person functions; they strive to make their lives easier and avoid anything that would make them have to think a little. Videogames are easy and fun for a small kid. They don't require much thinking and you can basically decide what you want to do in that "virtual reality"... Wanna drive fast cars? No problem. Wanna build something? No problem. Wanna kill all your imaginary enemies? No problem. Model engines? Well, you have to have something special for something like that, to be interesting to you... Yes, growing up with things like these, does help, but I think there's more. Is it a higher IQ? You've probably noticed that less intelligent people (even children) are attracted to just the things that immediately give them some form of satisfaction or happiness, while others also feel good when learning about something or figuring out how something works or I don't know, how to make something work better... I think all that an average person sees when they see a model engine run, is; a running engine. People, like we, that are interested in model engines, see a nicely tuned machine, a mechanism, with many parts, all working together, to produce a smooth, spinning motion, and we see all the thinking and hard work, that went into creating such a nice models. Ordinary people are just used to getting everything cheaply in stores and that's probably why they don't appreciate any of this. I sure do, however and I'm glad to see I'm not alone. I hope to see many more videos like this and I sure appreciate all the work you've put in, for all the long "how to make" videos. They are so pleasant to watch :)

[@mrpete222]

Thank you for watching. That was an excellent analysis of what is going on in this country, and in every family, and in society in general. Rather sad. Notice how few viewers there are for this type of content That’s why I have kind of given up.

[@ElectronPower]

@@mrpete222 Yeah, I know what you're talking about. The things that interest us the most, are the least viewed. Meanwhile, videos of people doing stupid things, like pouring liquid nitrogen into a pool or pouring molten aluminum over a brand new cell phone, get the most views. The kind of world we live in, huh...

[@viol999]

I know that some modern submarines have used air independent engines based on Sterling tech but I have never seen any kind of industrial application of them.

[@EVILDR235]

Could some of them run off of hot sunlight ?

[@mrpete222]

No

[@kiloton1920]

Please explain your fascination with the word tubalcain.

[@mrpete222]

Read Genesis. That is in the title block of everyone of my videos

[@petek210]

A good closing comment would have been "That's all, yolks!"

[@edwinmuzzey7161]

i am really dumb. how do I bid on your auction. I cant figure out how to do it.

[@mrpete222]

Just send me an email at that yahoo address in the video. Then tell me the item number and name, and how much you are bidding. If you are a winner, I will notify you tomorrow

[@edwinmuzzey7161]

Thank you. I wasnt paying attention.

[@natesteiner5460]

So if you connect a generator to a "hot air" powered engine, connect the generator to a TV set playing cable news, and then place the engine in front of the TV, you should end up with a perpetual motion machine. If it doesn't work, the usefulness of the engine is not at fault.

[@louiestark]

Mr Pete, I would buy several of those engines , how can I contact you?

[@mrpete222]

Just watch my petebay videos as they are posted.

[@laaity]

12:15 Yep its true The hobbies are been taken over computers Nowa days kids in cluding me aint man enough

[@brucetuckey7909]

Good morning Mr. Pete, Nice collection of engines. You keep saying kid have no interest in anything like these engines, I think that problem started at a early age when the tv was the babysitter. When I was young I had erector sets and use my imagination with nuts bolts and steel pieces. I don't recall eating the nuts and bolts either. Of course that was a different time in history when parents took more interest in what there kid were doing. Just my ramblings so don't make to much of it. I think kid should be exposed to different kinds of stimulations to get their interest up and by all means if they want to get dirty just let them. As a teacher you have shown a lot of kid how to use the tools which is a good thing. Not all kids are what I call collage material and should not in anyway pushed that way.

[@mrpete222]

Everything you said is absolutely true

[@jamesogorman3287]

Be sure to autograph these before you sell. Everybody will want a genuine Mr. Pete engine.

[@mrpete222]

lol

[@RealDeanWinchester]

Very interesting, but until i have my own volcano to power one i have plenty of other bad habits to occupy my time, 😂.

[@3RDOOR]

👍🏻☕️✨

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@ralphpremici7632]

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[@richardblakely1296]

Opposed twin engines have less vibration. Use of external combustion and a Brayton type cycle instead of a Stirling, and using an opposed twin type configuration, is an idea that would gather lots of views on KZbin. For example, here is a video with a lot of views: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnjEeoZ8nMSNf9k

[@terry42481]

I'd like to buy a engine that you made. My son watches your video's and likes your steam engines. Therefore, if possible I like to buy one. Let me know.

[@mrpete222]

Most of these engines Will be offered on my future Pete bay videos

[@terry42481]

@@mrpete222 well what would be a fair price?

[@ericdoe2318]

12:12 adults however would rather watch someone else play with the Stirling engines.

[@mrpete222]

Yea

[@simpleman283]

Kids watching other kids play truly is the height of laziness.

[@mrpete222]

lol

[@AK-ck7cy]

I love this video. I do like those engines. You did a great job on making the ones you did.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@3RDOOR]

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[@AK-ck7cy]

I love this video. I do like those engines. You did a great job on making the ones you did.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks