so...i just got notified from my school that all kids must make a small project of their own and we can choose what we will build...and my thoughts instantly came into planning a wooden engine and omg you got it exactly like i had planned on doing it. i really hope i make a perfect copy of it till the end of the year
I once had a wooden car. It had a wooden chassis, wooden body, wooden interior, wooden wheels and a wooden engine. Problem is the damn thing just wooden go!
This brings back a lot of memories. I was 13 when I rebuilt one of these engines (my dad started me in mechanics at about age 6) out of my dad's 48 Willys Jeep. It had become more of a mosquito repellent than an engine with all the smoke it was blowing out. Got all of the parts for a complete rebuild from J.C. Whitney. :)
I had a number of people ask for help on how they might get started with automata so I wrote an e-book. It's listed on Amazon.com: www.amazon.com/Wood-Automata-Tips-Tricks-Schweim-ebook/dp/B004NEVZ7Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1416771425&sr=1-1&keywords=wood+automata You will enjoy this hobby because you are limited only by your imagination
This is AWESOME. A very good, no GREAT, instructional aide for someone who is learning about the common 4 stroke gasoline engine. You should make these and sell them to school districts.
Well done sir! I was looking for a video of someone making a cam shaft out of wood when I found this... Think I have a new project! Maybe dual over head cam to make things interesting
Thank you!! this is the easy way how a flathead engine works, or any engine, I've always want it to learn the functioning, and thank to you, finally I understand. Very well put.
This is awesome! Really helps me understand how engines work! It especially helps because currently I'm taking a Home and car care class in high school! Thank you! 👍🏻😀
G'day, Yay Team ! Good on ya', that's a beautiful execution of a wonderful woodworking project ; expertly illustrated in a tight little video. Have a good one, ;-p Ciao !
Neat setup makes me think of how the briggs mowers are setup, i guess they would have a similar look considering how the piston and valves are done. Just wonder how effecent this set up was vs the over head cam setup with 4 valves.
Hey Mike again, I see what your saying and understand. The only think about ebook (Amazon) is that you cannot print or it is very hard to. I like paper when working on projects. By the way you did a Great job... Thanks, Mike
Wow that's incredible! Would be an amazing model to use in my technology lessons to explain to the kids how an engine works! :) (also this looks pretty similar to the CiH engine in my 1971 Opel Rekord C :) )
Nice and beautiful work, very useful for teach how work mechanic systems to kids and people that never wonder before how work a engine inside. Some school or institute should pay for this model and stop trying teach everything in school with distracted computers
It works perfectly. Watch the video again, and if you look very carefully, you'll see him turning the handle at the end. Where's the crime in doing that?
someone asked about the disadvantages of flatheads versus overhead valve engines-- flow... basically an overhead valve engine flows the air better into and out of the engine, and more air+fuel into the engine, and more exhaust out faster and easier= more power. In a flathead, the air has to make another 90 degree turn as it comes through the valve, across the deck to the cylinder, and down the cylinder bore on top of the piston. It has to make the same path back out through the exhaust valve. Overhead valves have a much straighter path down past the valve into the cylinder to the piston head, and back out straight up through the exhaust valve. The more times the air changes direction, the more inefficient the engine, or said another way, the straighter the air path, the less resistance to flow, and the more efficient it is. So why build flatheads at all?? Cheaper and easier to build-- less machining, fewer parts, at the cost of some inefficiency. As technology improved to build engines, flatheads were replaced by pushrod overhead valve engines, and eventually overhead camshafts (although there were inline airplane engines in World War 1 that had overhead cams driven by a vertical timing shaft through bevel gears-- highly efficient but very expensive to make)
Flatheads have good low end tourqe. And have a very complete burn of the fuel. The l134 was replaced with the f head because flatheads run notoriously hot due to the intake and exhaust valves being so close to one another
Curtiswoodworker Cam runs at half engine crank rpm unless you build a dual lobe camshaft and run it at 1/4 crank speed ..yes that has been done, unsure why but I surmise it was probably an attempt to remove torsion issues with an aggressive cam profile at high rpm. Not an issue with a Wood motor that can’t actually run.
so...i just got notified from my school that all kids must make a small project of their own and we can choose what we will build...and my thoughts instantly came into planning a wooden engine and omg you got it exactly like i had planned on doing it. i really hope i make a perfect copy of it till the end of the year
It is a fun project. I would love to see a picture or youtube of your completed project
I once had a wooden car. It had a wooden chassis, wooden body, wooden interior, wooden wheels and a wooden engine. Problem is the damn thing just wooden go!
let me guess, it had between 1 and 2hp and you called it a carriage?
@@h.g.damptmeijer7039 A real horse doesn't have only 1hp
Hahaha nice pun!
Excellent display of how the Flathead engine work's, and some incredible craftsmanship as well! Thanks for sharing! AWESOME!
im a mechanic and that is the best description i have ever seen of how an engine work. keep up the great work, and great wood work very clean.
This brings back a lot of memories. I was 13 when I rebuilt one of these engines (my dad started me in mechanics at about age 6) out of my dad's 48 Willys Jeep. It had become more of a mosquito repellent than an engine with all the smoke it was blowing out. Got all of the parts for a complete rebuild from J.C. Whitney. :)
Awesome work .. I wish you'd make mechanical tutorials for people that wants to get started building that kind of wood mechanic contraptions :)
I had a number of people ask for help on how they might get started with automata so I wrote an e-book. It's listed on Amazon.com:
www.amazon.com/Wood-Automata-Tips-Tricks-Schweim-ebook/dp/B004NEVZ7Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1416771425&sr=1-1&keywords=wood+automata
You will enjoy this hobby because you are limited only by your imagination
You’re amazing. Such a great teaching project!
This is AWESOME. A very good, no GREAT, instructional aide for someone who is learning about the common 4 stroke gasoline engine. You should make these and sell them to school districts.
Well done sir! I was looking for a video of someone making a cam shaft out of wood when I found this... Think I have a new project! Maybe dual over head cam to make things interesting
Thank you!! this is the easy way how a flathead engine works, or any engine, I've always want it to learn the functioning, and thank to you, finally I understand. Very well put.
This is awesome! Really helps me understand how engines work! It especially helps because currently I'm taking a Home and car care class in high school! Thank you! 👍🏻😀
Wow- I am currently working on this exact motor, this guy nailed it it is an exact replica. Really impressive skills no doubt.
Really great work and attention to detail with regards to all the actual mechanics, down to the correct firing order and cylinder order. Great job!
G'day,
Yay Team !
Good on ya', that's a beautiful execution of a wonderful woodworking project ; expertly illustrated in a tight little video.
Have a good one,
;-p
Ciao !
Very cool! Congrats for this work. Could you please make another video showing how intake manifold and exaust manifold work on a flathead. Thanks
Thanks for the explanation. Thanks too for putting the many hours of effort into designing and building this model.
Thanks - It was a fun project
your craftsmanship...is...amazing....its also an educational piece...
Great work on that motor Sir. Every auto shop class should have one.
I myself learned a lot about engines while building this thing. thanks for the comment.
Another awesome job Ken!!!
amazing representation of the 4 stroke engine, im surprised to see the timing of everything so precise
Neat setup makes me think of how the briggs mowers are setup, i guess they would have a similar look considering how the piston and valves are done. Just wonder how effecent this set up was vs the over head cam setup with 4 valves.
that must have taken some time man nice job thanks
Wow Awesome job. Its even in time. That would be great as a teaching display for schools to use.
Just ran across this video. very cool project.
damn impressive detail demonstration at its finest.
I need this engine in my 1926 Oakland. I would fit right in with the rest of the wood in the car.
awesome project I'm building a 4 inch 4 cyl air/electric operated not near as pretty though love the craftsmanship
Absolutely amazing. Everything is on point with this model. Awesome.
Hey Mike again, I see what your saying and understand. The only think about ebook (Amazon) is that you cannot print or it is very hard to. I like paper when working on projects.
By the way you did a Great job...
Thanks, Mike
Beautiful man... Beautiful. I can't even begin to guess how much you charge but I'm sure it's worth every penny.
I would love to buy one since I don't have any woodworking tools XD. Its so cool
This is incredible. Thanks for sharing.
Wow! This is fantastic. Thanks for sharing.
beautifully made and a great educational tool.
Wow that's incredible! Would be an amazing model to use in my technology lessons to explain to the kids how an engine works! :) (also this looks pretty similar to the CiH engine in my 1971 Opel Rekord C :) )
That's a great project might put that on my to do list. Thank you for sharing. Guy
Very nice demo. Thanks
I have always wanted to do this, great work!
Nice and beautiful work, very useful for teach how work mechanic systems to kids and people that never wonder before how work a engine inside. Some school or institute should pay for this model and stop trying teach everything in school with distracted computers
What was the disadvantage of these engines versus overhead valve engines ?
Very cool! Thanks for posting.
absolutely awesome. thank you. beautifully done. thank you. regards
Is very amazing you should be proud of yourself and screw everybody else that dislikes this video
Thanks for the kind words
that's incredible good job
Very good sir, very good indeed I say! pierre from New Mexico
Lovely bit of work, though i think you might have a bit of valve seat recession :)
Mike - I may make a hard copy in the future but right now there just isn't enough demand to justfiy the work and expense of making a hard copy
Nice job Sr
Nice Job !!! I like it.
This is Great! Thanks for this!
What a crime to show off this wood engine without running a little bit of compressed air through it to see it work!
It works perfectly. Watch the video again, and if you look very carefully, you'll see him turning the handle at the end. Where's the crime in doing that?
That's awesome..I want one
Thank you so much,
God bless you!
I have cj3a, was of my grandpa.
Genious! Good job!
That is a cool wood engine sir
That was just amazing. Wow but what tools did you use?
Ordinary workshop tools....drill press, band saw, sander, etc
Sir this is a nifty video!
right
This is so cool!
that is flippin awesome
Is it possible to treat wood so that steam does not damage it? I think it would be a cool project to make a fully functioning steam engine from wood.
that is very cool... great job
someone asked about the disadvantages of flatheads versus overhead valve engines-- flow... basically an overhead valve engine flows the air better into and out of the engine, and more air+fuel into the engine, and more exhaust out faster and easier= more power. In a flathead, the air has to make another 90 degree turn as it comes through the valve, across the deck to the cylinder, and down the cylinder bore on top of the piston. It has to make the same path back out through the exhaust valve. Overhead valves have a much straighter path down past the valve into the cylinder to the piston head, and back out straight up through the exhaust valve. The more times the air changes direction, the more inefficient the engine, or said another way, the straighter the air path, the less resistance to flow, and the more efficient it is. So why build flatheads at all?? Cheaper and easier to build-- less machining, fewer parts, at the cost of some inefficiency. As technology improved to build engines, flatheads were replaced by pushrod overhead valve engines, and eventually overhead camshafts (although there were inline airplane engines in World War 1 that had overhead cams driven by a vertical timing shaft through bevel gears-- highly efficient but very expensive to make)
Very Well Said
Let us not forget the lower compression ratio thus leaving it with low power and bad fuel efficiency
Cooled & lubricated with 5W30 Tung Oil. Nice machine : < )
Very good video. I love it.
awesome work old man :)
Flatheads have good low end tourqe. And have a very complete burn of the fuel. The l134 was replaced with the f head because flatheads run notoriously hot due to the intake and exhaust valves being so close to one another
Great job sir!
Дед-столяр молодец!
Wow great video 🙂
Nice job!
and thank you for showing me how an engine works!! (this isn't sarcasm)
That's fantastic.
This is so cool.
but will it blend?
Cool. Nice work
That was awesome!
It is amazing!
great job.
nice job!
Wow, that is awesome
Well done.
This, is so cool.
well done!!!!!
How ! It's amazing :O
nice job perfect
I love this.
I am building a straight six, engine out of wood.
can you tell me what the gear ratio is on the camshaft gear is?
The camshaft has to make two revolutions for each turn of the crankshaft. Therefore the timing gears must provide a 2:1 gear reduction.
please tell me your modeling it after the jeep 242 inline 6 4.0? :D
post it on you tube. I would love to see.
Curtiswoodworker
Cam runs at half engine crank rpm unless you build a dual lobe camshaft and run it at 1/4 crank speed ..yes that has been done, unsure why but I surmise it was probably an attempt to remove torsion issues with an aggressive cam profile at high rpm. Not an issue with a Wood motor that can’t actually run.
Ken Schweim
Other way around.. cam runs at half engine speed.👍🏻
You inspired me .
Now I am building one
Where to get necessary measurements?
As stated in the description attached to the video, complete instructions are available in both ebook and printed book form
So cool!!!
Amazing!
that's awesome!
really neat!
this is awesome
How can I get a printed paper copy of your book insteal of the ebook.
Thanks, Mike
Good stuff sir
Are plans available to build this project, it would be a wonderful project for my grandson ?
Cool thing for kids !
i love this video
turning it into V type is easy right?
I don't think it would be much of a problem.
hehe 3:)