At long last, I've put together an animation of the engine. I'm using SolidWorks and its one of those programs that has so much going on and can do so many high power, professional quality stuff that it takes some time to put together something simple. Anyway, here's the video:
It's only 5 seconds or so and as some jumps in it, it think because the video capture isn't exactly synched with the animation.
I stripped out a lot of stuff, like the piping and some structural stuff, so you can better appreciate the meshings of the scotch yokes, which I find mesmerizing. I left in some of the reference lines so that you can kind of see the pistons go up and down.
That's all I'm going to write on this right now. I'll answer questions, but I just fired up the boiler and am going out to work on the hull as soon as the barn warms up.
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That looks mighty ambitious.
ReplyDeleteI think maybe Zeus or Poseidon might take an interest in such hubristic projects. If so, better watch out. They took an interest in the last ambitious marine project. The result lies on the ocean floor 3 miles down and a blockbuster movie with Leonardo Decaprio.
If I were you I would make sure I locked down the movie rights on this project as soon as possible.
I am the crafty Odysseus! I have no need for the Gods!
ReplyDeleteMesmerizing. I've been looping the video for an hour, and now I'm out of Benzedrine.
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