Senft's Bijou

[PJPickard]

You could call this "unfinished business" number 2. I have wanted to make this since the Live Steam magazine with the plans for this arrived at my house in January 1974! Number one was Senft's Moyiya which I built a couple years ago. I have spent the last year and a half rebuilding a lathe so I have not done any engine building. Even though it is small it feels good to make something! The Gods of the floor claimed one piston and a crank disc.

By the way it runs like a banshee!

I think I will do Poppin next.

[b.lindsey]

Very nice!!  That's a very cute little wobbler PJ. Any chance of a video?

Bill

[PJPickard]

Hmmm trying to post a mov file but it does not seem to work.

This will work I think

https://www.flickr.com/photos/20941728@N05/28045544629/in/dateposted-public/

[b.lindsey]

That worked fine. Movie files are normally too large to post or attach directly. That thing really flies 

Bill

[Gas_mantle]

Great little engine 

Sounds like an aggressive bumble bee 

I'd be curious to know how many rpm it can achieve.

[zeeprogrammer]

Nice one. It's amazing how more challenging things become the smaller the engine is. 

[90LX_Notch]

Nice engine PJPickard.  I understand the Gods of the floor too well with small parts.

-Bob

[crueby]

Must be a regional thing - I always called the Gods of the Floor 'shop gnomes'!

Nice looking engine! Love the video, it sounds like a really angry bee!   

[PJPickard]

Thanks all! Yes smaller does get a bit more challenging! At 57 I wanted to prove I could still do small work. Funny enough the hardest part was screwing the 00-90 screw into the pivot for the cylinder!