very coool... i worked for many years at Corning Glass and sent it to some of the old crew
Posted on 04/06/2013 7:00:59 PM PDT by Doogle
his Model of Stephenson's Steam Engine was made in 2008 by master glassblower Michal Zahradník. Highlights: * The crankshaft is glass. The piston is glass. The counterweight that makes the wheel spin evenly is glass. Imagine that everything is made out of glass. * There are no sealants used. All is accomplished by a perfectly snug fit. The gap between the piston and its compartment is so small, that the water that condensates from the steam seals it shut! * Notice the elaborate excessive steam exhaust system next to the piston
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That’s actually incredible. I wish I had half that talent in a craft. H
That is amazing.
very coool... i worked for many years at Corning Glass and sent it to some of the old crew
Cool!
Very neat.
Uhmm, wow....
Want.
Absolutely beautiful, thanks for posting.
My dad (an engineer) bought me and my brother a toy steam engine to play with when we were young that looked just like that—except not made out of glass.
It used a gel-type fuel and was very noisy. Don’t know what happened to it, this was in the early 60s, I’m sure you couldn’t buy one now — FAR too dangerous for children, LoL.
I want one!
“I’m sure you couldn’t buy one now — FAR too dangerous for children, LoL.”
“You’ll scald your eye out!”
Fresnel lens for heat source = off grid victory (albeit daytime only)
I’m waiting for the Diaz Steam Engine or the Gonzalez Internal Combustion Engine....
Thank you for posting this link.
I had to see it, to believe it.
WOW!!!
Thanks!! I’d love to have another one. Our even had a shrill, shrieking whistle on it — and it heated up to about a billion degrees (well, maybe not that hot!!).
We got scalded and burned our fingers a lot but had a BLAST with that toy - while my dad explained how it worked, of course. (my brother is now an engineer).
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