Buckshot Bear

I must be a slacker...... Sooooo much easier to not bother cleaning cylinder ends and doing something more enjoyable, life's too short who cares if they aren't shiny.

Not to do any REAL work Forty Rod as they are just models. I do have a lot of accessories though that do run off the engines. I did make up these ball bearing 'transmissions' and hobbed the pulleys to gear up or gear down the engines when running accessories off them -

Yes Joe, they are both external combustion engines that utilize the expansion and contraction of air, but the Stirling isn't operating from a naked open flame. I have a lot of both of them and they always amaze me when I run them. Robert Stirling was a pretty impressive character as a Church of Scotland preacher to invent a working 'hot air' engine in 1816.

Now I'm embarrassed as I must be a proper boofhead, I had one of these and gave it to a mate about 6 months ago as I couldn't get a good edge on any of the kitchen knives with it.

A basic picture on how these engines work -

I do all the dicing everyday and a lot of it. We have a draw in the kitchen with so many 'knife sharpeners' that never met their advertised claims. I must have a touch of the 'tism when it comes to knife sharpening!!! 😁 My Grandfather wouldn't use a stainless knife in the kitchen, only carbon steel. All ours are stainless. Ceramic knifes have been a godsend to me and SO enjoyable to use because of how keen they are.

Anyone use Ceramic Knives in the kitchen? All of our kitchen knives are stainless and I admit, knife sharpening is not something I excel at. Bought some ceramic knives off evil bay and pretty darn impressed with them, cut through a soft tomato like the proverbial razor blade. They are so sharp that one needs to take heed with them. I have no idea how long they will stay sharp, but at the price....they are pretty much disposable and just buy again.

Can you find the headstamp here - https://afte.org/resources/headstamp-gallery/

This is a Model Engine running just off a naked flame, thought some pards might be interested in seeing it run. They are most commonly called Flame Licker Engines or Flame Gulper Engines or Vacuum Engines. Very interesting to muck around with -

There's countless books on Japan's atrocities in WWII, but these three books.............Japan got away easy with just Nagasaki and Hiroshima.....and Emperor Hirohito should have swung off a gallows.

Tojo or Hitler wouldn't have stopped at just two, if they'd won the atom bomb race.

Hoity Toity

Needs more chlorine

NO!!!! We need the blood flow to our brains!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://www.taste.com.au/quick-easy/galleries/easy-weeknight-dinners-family/z506lcd4?page=10

What's the benefit of clean stainless steel cylinder faces....just cosmetic?

And bollocks 😂

Luckily I don't have a passport!