Peter Stanwell
Back in 2011 I posted a blog about the Stirling Society event at Kew Bridge Steam Museum and I mentioned that they would be awarding the “Peter Stanwell trophy for innovation in the field of Stirling engines”. Julian Wood was
Posted in: Inventors
Tags: Patents, Stirling Engine
3D printing a pattern for sand casting
In Model Engineer No 4329 July 2008 there was a set of plans by Jan Ridders for building a coffee cup stirling engine. I liked the model but had some ideas for adapting it to make it a little more
Posted in: Casting
Tags: 3d Printing, Stirling Engine
Stirling Air Rally Report
I attended the Stirling Air Engine rally at the weekend at Kew Bridge Steam Museum and I’m happy to report that it was a very successful event. We were greeted on arrived by a large wood burning engine powering a
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Tags: Kew Bridge Steam Museum, Stirling Engine
Stirling Air Engine Rally
Later this month is the Stirling Air Engine Rally at Kew Bridge Steam Museum Sunday, 27 March 2011Green Dragon Lane, Brentford. Middlesex TW8 0EN “The rally will bring together probably the most diverse collection of Stirling and Hot Air engines
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Tags: Kew Bridge Steam Museum, Stirling Engine
Stirling and hot air engines
Despite my scepticism one of my kind relatives bought me something from my carefully prepared Christmas list. Stirling and Hot Air Engines: An Insight into Building and Designing Experimental Model Stirling Engines by Roy Darlington and Keith Strong My relative explained to
Posted in: Books and Magazine Reviews
Tags: Stirling Engine
April Events at Kew Bridge Steam Museum
The Kew Bridge Steam Museum has regular steam events when their large pumping engines are brought into action. In April there are a couple of special events. On Sunday 4th April 2010 there is the Stirling and Hot Air Engine
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Tags: Kew Bridge Steam Museum, Meccano, Stirling Engine
Making a stirling
One of the first things you’ll discover on the web when you set up a home machine shop is the Stirling Engine. These are ideal projects for model engineers of every level as they can be very simple or highly
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Tags: making, Stirling Engine
World’s first Stirling hybrid electric car
Deka Research have build a small prototype hybrid electric / stirling engine car based on the chassis of an old Ford Think. The advange of the “external combustion engine” is that it can be powered from many different fuels without
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Tags: Electric Motors, Hybrid Car, Stirling Engine
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
