My dad was building a steam engine to put in a car back when I was a young kid. The pistons were on rollers that tracked on an eccentric track. He never did finnish it though. I had the most fun out of stoking the firebox and building up steam in the pressure tank to blow the home-made train whistle. You could hear that train whistle echo for miles around B-) I often wondered what the neighbors thought since there wasnt a train track for a hundred miles. :-sgclayjr wrote: Kensurplus,
Yesterday, I just ran a steam engine for the first time that I have been building for the past 4 years. It still needs more adjustments and refining, but it ran without difficulty for several minutes.I have been thinking about this fusion development and then also about the "magic water carburator" that George was mocking,
I wonder who is going to be better prepared for what comes,
You and your fanciful water carburetor, or me and a working steam engine?
Regards,
George Clay
Well, if it comes down to the difficulty of build, I think I will win by a country mile. With your steam engine (by the way con-grats on that monumental achievement) it is all or nothing. With an HHO electrolyzer, it can start off as a boost only device for existing gas, diesel, natgas, propane, etc engines and work up from there to full self generated fueling. Just depends on each individual's motivation, commitment, finances, and courage.