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Robinson hot air enginehttps://youtu.be/eZce4Vw8skA
« on: September 30, 2023, 01:25:46 pm »
This is no toy but thought you guys might like seeing it after a teardown and refurbishing:
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Re: Robinson hot air enginehttps://youtu.be/eZce4Vw8skA
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2023, 01:30:56 pm »
Very Nice!

Does that little guy have a known horsepower rating, possibly as listed in some old literature?
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Re: Robinson hot air enginehttps://youtu.be/eZce4Vw8skA
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2023, 01:33:25 pm »
Thanksl Not sure but definitely less than 1/2 hp; they were usually rated in "manpowers".
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Re: Robinson hot air enginehttps://youtu.be/eZce4Vw8skA
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2023, 06:26:20 pm »
Great rehab of a very nice machine..!!!
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Re: Robinson hot air enginehttps://youtu.be/eZce4Vw8skA
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2023, 08:28:47 pm »
Whoa, that's a hunk of machine there, nice work Brent ! You always find the rare & obscure, I've never seen anything like this fine machine. Very nice resto work on this lovely piece.
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Re: Robinson hot air enginehttps://youtu.be/eZce4Vw8skA
« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2023, 08:41:52 pm »
Thanks guys. These are scarce but I wouldn't call them rare, although fewer here than in England where they were made. Lots of scale models of them around as well. This was their smallest production engine.
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Re: Robinson hot air enginehttps://youtu.be/eZce4Vw8skA
« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2023, 07:55:17 am »
So smooth and quiet running for such a "large" stirling.
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