Description
Working Steam Engines: Plan Sets by Rudy Kouhoupt provides detailed plans for building steam engines. These engines include: the Walking Beam Engine, Model Marine Engine, Open Column Steam Engine, Model Mill Engine, Enclosed Crank Steam Engine, and a Model Horizontal Steam Engine. The content exclusively consists of drawings to assist you in constructing these diverse engines.
If you are interested in building working steam engines, stirling engines or any other project by Rudy Kouhoupt, here is a list of titles that you may enjoy:
- Rudy’s Model Steam Tractor
- Model Stirling Engines – Plan Sets from the Past
- Fun with Engines and Other Things
- Building a Small Steam Engine (DVD)
- Building a Stirling Hot Air Engine (DVD)
Spiralbound, 104 pages, illustrated.
Rudy Kouhoupt was a columnist for “The Home Shop Machinist” and “Live Steam” magazines for 24 years. He also contributed articles and plans to “Popular Mechanics” magazine for more than ten. He was a consummate machinist and a superb teacher. Rudy has always been a proponent of the “Keep it Simple” method of machine and tool design and machining style. You will learn much from his approaches.