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Here is a new Stirling Engine and like the title says, it needed repairs and a new paint job right out of the box. If you saw my video
on the halogen used for baking on High Heat Paint, this is what I was baking up instead of cookies. The video is after the pictures.
Hope you enjoy it.


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Tommy

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Looks pretty good now. What repairs did it need?
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Looks pretty good now. What repairs did it need?



I bought it new from a guy, not on Ebay. It showed up with the chimney broken off from it's base and it vibrated around in shipping removing
some paint from the base. It was a crappy paint job and the color didn't look good in real life. I don't think the paint was set up good when
 he started assembling.


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Tommy

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Ok whats the burner do for it thats under the piston? Also what purpose is the tank for in the middle?

Runs really nice.

Steve

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Ok whats the burner do for it thats under the piston? Also what purpose is the tank for in the middle?

Runs really nice.

Steve



Hey Steve, if you mean that little copper tube with the wick, it's a what the builder calls a "Cold Start Wick". You light the main wick and insert it into
 the heat chamber, then light the CSW. It all starts going a lot faster using it. Once it's running, blow it out. The tank in middle? If you're talking about the one on the post with a cap on one end and a spring loaded wingnut on the other, it's an oiler. Right below that wingnut is a tube over a hole in the
power cylinder. Wingnut thing is the adjuster for oil drip. It's probably just more crap to go wrong, it look's pretty good.
Tommy

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curiosity

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Ok whats the burner do for it thats under the piston? Also what purpose is the tank for in the middle?

Runs really nice.

Steve



Hey Steve, if you mean that little copper tube with the wick, it's a what the builder calls a "Cold Start Wick". You light the main wick and insert it into
 the heat chamber, then light the CSW. It all starts going a lot faster using it. Once it's running, blow it out. The tank in middle? If you're talking about the one on the post with a cap on one end and a spring loaded wingnut on the other, it's an oiler. Right below that wingnut is a tube over a hole in the
power cylinder. Wingnut thing is the adjuster for oil drip. It's probably just more crap to go wrong, it look's pretty good.

Hey G'day,

Thank you for that, I couldn't quite make out what was what from the pics, and yes I agree it does look pretty good.

You do realise that Christmas is just around the corner, if you supply an address I'll send Santa over lol..

Cheers and avagreatday,
Steve

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Looking good and running well  8)
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