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    Another Machinist's Model of a Steam Engine.

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    • Mike AmosM Offline
      Mike Amos
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      Magic, no matter how 'ornery' she is. Nice 'limbs'

      Absentia mortis praesentiam vitae probat, vita autem est argumentum constantiae.

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      • Dave RD Offline
        Dave R
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        After putting her aside I did another engine today. This is a a little crankless engine.

        Experimental Crankless Engine.png

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        • tuna1957T Offline
          tuna1957
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          Now that sure is unusual. Have to ask though… where’s the hamster ? πŸ‘

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          • L Offline
            L i am
            last edited by

            Great work, Dave, those machines were state of the art when they were invented. I have attached an image of a Quantum computer. Therefore state of the art today. When I say computer 99.9% of it is just for cooling the chip is about50x50x10mm. Here is a link to the model
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            • L Offline
              L i am
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              Sorry Here is the link
              https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/quantum-computer-82006aac41744663a161ab844264ac2a

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              • Rich O BrienR Online
                Rich O Brien Moderator
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                I don't know what you're building Dave but I've notified the FBI

                Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                • Mike AmosM Offline
                  Mike Amos @Rich O Brien
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                  @Rich-O-Brien

                  So, the FBI, just about getting to steam power will hire Dave on the spot then?

                  Absentia mortis praesentiam vitae probat, vita autem est argumentum constantiae.

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                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
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                    Funny guys!

                    And here's another one. A little 4-cylinder oscillating engine. As usual, all base level components are solids.

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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
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                      Experimental 2 Cylinder Engine.png

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                      • Bryan KB Offline
                        Bryan K
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                        Dave, you absolutely dominate this genre. Always top notch work.

                        See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                        • Dave RD Offline
                          Dave R @Bryan K
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                          @Bryan-K thank you very much, sir.

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                          • Dave RD Offline
                            Dave R
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                            Kacio LS-1_14 Engine layers.png

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                            • Rich O BrienR Online
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                              yummy outlines! That model is so clean too.

                              Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                              • ntxdaveN Offline
                                ntxdave @Rich O Brien
                                last edited by ntxdave

                                @Rich-O-Brien said in Another Machinist's Model of a Steam Engine.:

                                yummy outlines! That model is so clean too.

                                Agree 100%

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                                • Mike AmosM Offline
                                  Mike Amos
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                                  Outstanding and inspirational.

                                  Absentia mortis praesentiam vitae probat, vita autem est argumentum constantiae.

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                                  • Dave RD Offline
                                    Dave R
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                                    Thankee gentlemen.

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                                    • tuna1957T Offline
                                      tuna1957 @Dave R
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                                      @Dave-R I thought I forgot to take my 3D glasses off when looking at this last image. Fantastic πŸ‘

                                      P.S. I meant to say my X-ray glasses. The ones I bought from the ad in the back of my comic book. 😬

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                                      • Dave RD Offline
                                        Dave R @tuna1957
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                                        @tuna1957 thank you sir!

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                                        • Dave RD Offline
                                          Dave R
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                                          Another little steam engine. The flywheel has a diameter of 80mm. Nothing but SketchUp.

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                                          Black Night Engine Cutawat.png

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                                          • ntxdaveN Offline
                                            ntxdave @Dave R
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                                            @Dave-R Very nice sir! πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

                                            You said all SketchUp. Did you use any plugins? I wish I had the knowledge/skill to do something like this. I am not an artist or engineer and see many post from people like you and am very impressed. πŸ˜€

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