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Engines => From Plans => Topic started by: Jack on November 07, 2018, 09:50:37 PM

Title: Roy Ozauf Oscillator
Post by: Jack on November 07, 2018, 09:50:37 PM

Hello Everybody


I finally went back to work in the shop after a long summer, and I decided to make a simple little oscillator that was in a book of plans that I found on the internet. I didn't take a lot of pictures but I did make a little video this morning after I got it running on air.
Still needs a little tweaking and fine tuning to get it to run smoother and slower.


[youtube1]https://youtu.be/2O0kjRM_pWY[/youtube1]




Thanks for looking


Jack

Title: Re: Roy Ozauf Oscillator
Post by: Ye-Ole Steam Dude on November 07, 2018, 10:52:41 PM

Hello Jack,

Nice job and a neat looking engine.

Have a great day,
Thomas

Title: Re: Roy Ozauf Oscillator
Post by: b.lindsey on November 07, 2018, 11:17:00 PM

Very interesting design Jack. You should also post the video in the Showcase section since it is finished aside from the tweaking. Well done.

Bill

Title: Re: Roy Ozauf Oscillator
Post by: crueby on November 07, 2018, 11:24:14 PM

Very nice, never seen one like that before.


 :ThumbsUp:

Title: Re: Roy Ozauf Oscillator
Post by: Admiral_dk on November 08, 2018, 11:49:12 AM

Very interesting design - looks like it could very easily be converted to run both ways ….

Oh and nicely done  :cheers:

Title: Re: Roy Ozauf Oscillator
Post by: zeeprogrammer on November 08, 2018, 04:02:47 PM

Nice!

I've also not seen a design like that. It's worth taking to a show.

Title: Re: Roy Ozauf Oscillator
Post by: bent on November 08, 2018, 05:56:26 PM

Curious what the reason/purpose is for the arc-shaped slider gizmo on the back of the cylinder?

Title: Re: Roy Ozauf Oscillator
Post by: Brian Rupnow on November 08, 2018, 06:00:10 PM

Since I don't see any elliptical drive on it anywhere, I assume that slotted gizmo is what is shifting the slide valve in the cylinder.

Title: Re: Roy Ozauf Oscillator
Post by: kvom on November 08, 2018, 06:17:45 PM

This engine is one of the 3 engines from Roy Ouzof's book "The Elegant Oscillators".  This book also contains the plans from the Coventry which I and a couple of others here have built.

I hadn't seen an example of this one at any shows previously, and it looks like a good runner.

The third engine from the book, a wall engine, is one I've seen a couple of examples of at shows.