Here is a short video of it running. Enjoy.
Tonight I finally got the HF1E to run! Turned out the problem was that I did not have the timing advanced enough for it to work properly. Here is a short video of it running. Enjoy.
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Did a bit more work on the HF1E tonight. Raised the combustion chamber about a 1/16" so that the connecting rod is better centered in cylinder as it was scraping a bit on the top during part of the stroke. Then I removed the intake valve and filled the cap with lead. These two things didn't seem to help much. For some reason the engine doesn't ignite on every stroke, but every other stroke, or less. Maybe I have to play around more with the spark timing.
I decided to take a break from the HF1E engine. I can get it to fire every once in awhile, but not consistently or strong enough to keep it going. One thing I will try is to redo my oiler once again. I think the gas droplets are too large still.
In the meantime I decided to turn to a series of old, but good books from the 1950's and 1960's on radio and electronics. For me, It all started with Alfred P. Morgan's The Boy's Second Book of Radio and Electronics. My mother bought me a copy back when I was in high school. I had seen the series before in the library, so I was familiar with the sorts of projects in them. The problem with these books were that they were quite dated by the 1980's. It was very difficult to get a hold of some of the components used in the various projects. Even something as simple as Fahnstock clips were nearly impossible to find, never mind 67.5 volt batteries! Certainly Radio Shack (my primary source of electronics) did not sell them. Still, I loved to build some of these projects someday. Now, in the days of eBay, once again, it is possible to obtain some of these previously unobtainable components. So, I decided to try and build a Morgan 1 tube regenerative receiver featured in The Boy's First Book of Radio and Electronics. So stay tuned as this project progresses. |
AuthorCharles Baetsen holds a Bachelor and a Master's degree in Engineering Physics from McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. Archives
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