Office of Steam Forum for Model & Toy Steam Gas & Hot Air Engines

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http://www.pmmodelengines.com/v1/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/PM-RESEARCH-MODEL-ENGINES-CATALOG-WEBSITE.pdf   (ref. pgs 4-10)



http://steamup.dk/solar/solar%20engines.html



http://www.plans-for-everything.com/downloads/stirling_engines/ST%20RossBook.pdf



https://www.officeofsteamforum.com/general-discussion/stumbled-upon-a-vintage-solar-1/



https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19830022057



https://strives-uploads-prod.s3.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/19830022057/19830022057.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIASEVSKC45ZTTM42XZ&Expires=1598923382&Signature=JZ0%2BlZG7dqp10vCshsJLnkUaVKk%3D



https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/modelsteam/viewtopic.php?p=1156505#p1156505



https://www.gasenginemagazine.com/farm-life/exciting-news-for-stirling-hot-air-engine-lovers



http://modelenginenews.org/people/dc_ltd.html



This Solar Engines history sketch taken from early Solar Engines catalog/brochure:

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This PM Research history, copied from the Mini-Steam Facebook page:

"was incorporated in 1973 in Arkport, NY, by Gary Bastian and Paul Vossler. Their first product was a line of portable gasoline engine driven permanent magnet generators. In 1978 they moved to Wellsville, NY which is located in Allegany County and is the least populated county in the state. They later began fabrication and vacuum forming of plastic parts. In 1985 they expanded their building and decided they would like to give their children the opportunity to learn to run some of the shop equipment. This led them to design and make castings for a small model steam engine. Their original #1A aluminum engine was a replica of an 1880's steam drilling engine. This same engine is now offered as #1BI with bronze and cast iron castings. They made up some kits and headed to a local steam show, where they quickly sold out of everything they had taken. They decided to continue expanding this line with more model steam engines, boilers, and accessories.
In 1993 they introduced the EL-1, engine lathe kit. This was the beginning of their line of model machine shop tools which has grown to include an arbor press, bench grinder, crank shaper, drill press, milling machine, table saw and wood lathe.
In 1995 they purchased Solar Engines from Ed and Jeanette Morgan of Phoenix, AZ; and in 1996 they began production and marketing of the Solar-4 sun runner and other Stirling cycle engines. In 2006 they introduced the DYN-1 dynamo kit, Model 8M twin cylinder oscillating marine engine, and a line of model tapered pipe fittings. They currently have over 30 models and are continuing to develop new products.
Even though we know them best for their engine product line, they are also well known in the aviation industry through their line of radome boots and leading edge erosion protection tapes."