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RoboSlave: September 2011
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Sunday, September 11, 2011. Lathe Project 1 - Simplex Air Engine. I wanted to share this Simplex Engine design. So I have created one large (and maybe slightly overwhelming) drawing to aid anyone else who wants to build it. Please remember, I have not yet made every part, so there may be mistakes and/or missing dimensions. Lathe Project 1 - Simplex Air Engine. Over the past week, I have been using every spare night to machine my engine parts. Here is what I have done so far. Sunday, September 4, 2011.
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Larry Shannon from NC writes about building the Simplex engine in his blog. Larry decided to make two Simplexes.one as shown in the plans and one the opposite hand.then joining them on a common base and with a common crankshaft and single larger flywheel to make a two cylinder Simplex. A picture of Larry's twin is shown below as a fine example of adding your own creativity to the basic plans. For more info. check Larry's blog at the link above. After completing his full and half size Rotary Beam engines,...