Micro Engines and Tools Made From Scratch
Greece-based maker JohnnyQ90 builds engines and tools from scratch in miniature, with some completed projects being as small as a coin.
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Knife Switches, Patent Stamps, and Cats – Celebrating the New Year with Pratt’s Steam-Power
Revelers have been tooting in the New Year at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn with steam-powered whistles since 1965. Here’s a tour of the Engine Room that provides the whistles and a homemade calliope with their steam.
Building a Tribe With Kinetic Steam Works
At this past year’s Maker Faire Bay Area, I had the privilege of riding atop a steam-powered Case 40 horsepower steam traction engine from 1940 with Stephen Rademaker.
Homemade Hybrid Rocket Engine
Building a hybrid rocket engine by combining clear acrylic with gaseous oxygen.
Stop-Motion Triumph Spitfire Engine Rebuild
This stop-motion of a car engine being stripped and then put back together, titled “11 Months, 3000 pictures and a lot of coffee,” is magnificent.
From Food to Fuel, Keeping Vegetable Oil Out of Landfill
Instead of throwing away waste vegetable oil, Lynne from Massachusetts converts the oil to fuel – and stands to win a MakerBot Replicator for her efforts! Read more for details on how you could win a new 3D printer.
Tony Hawk’s V8 Skateboard packs 630 horsepower
Why not strap a monster crate motor onto a custom skateboard frame? If you did, would it be the fastest? That’s debatable. I say that the engine would tear the frame up and throw the rider before it could gain significant speed. Some would say that you don’t even need an engine to go fast on a skateboard. That didn’t stop the folks at V8 Supercars from Sydney, Australia from building their monster 630hp V8 Skateboard.
