Author Topic: Steam Bicycle  (Read 4278 times)

Offline bmwrd0

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Steam Bicycle
« on: January 15, 2020, 01:24:15 PM »
When I was studying Stationary Engineering, I found low-pressure boilers to be the most interesting part of it. So even after I left the field, I have remained a strong interest in them. Poking around on YouTube, I found this, a nice combination of high and low tech:

Offline bonneyman

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Re: Steam Bicycle
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2020, 06:03:20 PM »
Wow, way beyond my abilities.

I agreed with the part where he said he used synthetic oils. Mineral oils start to carbonize around 300 deg F. Synthetics will stay stable till around 400 deg F. I always thought that the extra 100 degrees of stability would probably help allow some engineering designs to flourish that couldn't with the older oils. Just never thought it would be a steam bike but heck it's cool.

Offline skfarmer

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Re: Steam Bicycle
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2020, 08:32:45 PM »
that thing is cool!
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i was here when the hangout turned into mexican food site!