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Inspired by the scientific instruments from The Museum of the History of Science of Oxford, I am proud to show this last evolution of my hobby
"The Steampunk Time Machine".
This is a combination of two Ringbom engines, consisting of 2 cylinders, 2 displacers and 2 power cylinders .
The two engines are working in accordance with the Ringbom system (the power pistons of power cylinders drive the oscillation of the displacers).
These engines are also made with a balance spring to keep the weight of the displacer as low as possible so the engines can run on a tea-light or a 20W halogen bulb.
It appears that it is very important for a Ringbom engine that the power piston and the displacer are shifted at a relative angle between 70° and 90°. As a matter of fact this holds for all Stirling engines.
One engine drives the two rings and the brass ball in the center. The other engine drives the flywheel and the time disk.
The time disk is divided in 12 segments of one century each .
Every century is spited in four periods of 25 years.
To choose the period on the disk of the time machine, the puppets have to release
the brake until the specific period appears.
II have also tried to give this heavy object a beautiful elegant shape, regarding it as Steampunk Art, with the movement in the center .
In order to position this time machine in the universum, it rotates on it's own axle.
Year of creation : 2010
Materials : Brass,Bronze and Marble
Dimensions : length : 40cm / width : 40cm / height : 68cm
Dood-van-een-schaduw-Mort-dune
-ombre-Death-of-a-shadow
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Inspired by the scientific instruments from The Museum of the History of Science of Oxford, I am proud to show this last evolution of my hobby
"The Steampunk Time Machine".
This is a combination of two Ringbom engines, consisting of 2 cylinders, 2 displacers and 2 power cylinders .
The two engines are working in accordance with the Ringbom system (the power pistons of power cylinders drive the oscillation of the displacers).
These engines are also made with a balance spring to keep the weight of the displacer as low as possible so the engines can run on a tea-light or a 20W halogen bulb.
It appears that it is very important for a Ringbom engine that the power piston and the displacer are shifted at a relative angle between 70° and 90°. As a matter of fact this holds for all Stirling engines.
One engine drives the two rings and the brass ball in the center. The other engine drives the flywheel and the time disk.
The time disk is divided in 12 segments of one century each .
Every century is spited in four periods of 25 years.
To choose the period on the disk of the time machine, the puppets have to release
the brake until the specific period appears.
II have also tried to give this heavy object a beautiful elegant shape, regarding it as Steampunk Art, with the movement in the center .
In order to position this time machine in the universum, it rotates on it's own axle.
Year of creation : 2010
Materials : Brass,Bronze and Marble
Dimensions : length : 40cm / width : 40cm / height : 68cm
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