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The Regular Stuff: Chat, Buy, Sell, Off Topic, etc. => General Discussion - Model & Toy Steam Engines – Stirling Cycle – Flame Lickers – Small Antique Originals => Topic started by: Jim on June 23, 2026, 06:10:57 pm
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I think the real problem with them is that they don't shed heat well, so the heat builds up and then you don't have a large thermal gradient between the hot and cool parts, which is what is needed to get them to run well and keep on running.
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Once it got going, it ran that pump with ease!
These don't have a lot of power, I was surprised when I made this vid that it was able to turn that flywheel let alone get the pump going.
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Once it got going, it ran that pump with ease!
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Peanut Rider running a pump
This surprised me that it had the gumption to run this old USA made 1930's Empire Water Pump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3uKdyOe26A