Recent Blogs
Stirling Engine Gamma Mechanism: How It Works, Parts, Phase Diagram and Uses
Gamma Stirling engine explained — how the split power-and-displacer cylinder layout works, design formulas, and worked examples for off-grid and CHP builds.
Stirling Engine Beta Mechanism: How It Works, Diagram, Parts, and Uses Explained
Stirling Engine Beta explained — how the displacer and power piston share one cylinder, key tolerances, and real applications in CHP, marine and off-grid power.
Solid End Connecting Rod Mechanism Explained: How It Works, Diagram, Parts, Uses, and Calculator
Solid end connecting rod explained — how the closed big-end works, why early gas engines used it, sizing math, and worked example for stationary engine...
Z-crank Engine Mechanism: How It Works, Diagram, Parts, Uses, and Secondary Couple Formula
Z-crank engine explained — how the Z-shaped crankshaft converts piston motion to torque, where it's used in compact gensets, and how to size one.
Wankel Rotary Engine Mechanism: How It Works, Parts, Diagram, and Real-World Uses Explained
How the Wankel rotary engine works — epitrochoid housing, triangular rotor, eccentric shaft. Power formulas, RX-8 examples, and apex-seal failure modes explained.
Vertical Kerosene Oil Engine Mechanism: Hot Bulb Diagram, Parts, Brake Power Formula
Learn how a Vertical Kerosene Oil Engine works, why farms and boats ran them for decades, and how to size brake power with a worked...
Vertical Gasoline Engine Mechanism: How It Works, Parts, Diagram, and Industrial Uses Explained
Vertical Gasoline Engine explained — how the upright cylinder layout works, key components, brake power formula, and real applications across marine and industrial use.
Union Model Gas Engine Mechanism: How the Hit-and-Miss Otto Cycle Works, Parts and Uses
Union Model Gas Engine explained — hot-tube ignition, hit-and-miss governing, and how early Lenoir-style stationary engines powered shops, pumps, and farms.
Uniform Automatic Oiler Mechanism: How Gravity Drip Lubricators Work, Parts, Drip Rate Diagram
How a Uniform Automatic Oiler meters oil to engine bearings using a sight-feed drip mechanism. Real specs, formulas, and stationary-engine examples.
Trunk Piston Rod Mechanism Explained: How It Works, Side Thrust, Parts, Diagram and Uses
Trunk piston rod design, side-thrust loading, and sizing rules for IC engines — with a worked example for a marine medium-speed diesel rebuild.
Swashplate Engine: How It Works, Parts, Stroke Formula, Uses and Worked Example Explained
Swashplate engine explained — how the wobble plate converts piston motion to shaft rotation, with worked sizing example for aerospace and pump applications.
Street Railway Gas Motor Passenger Car Mechanism: How It Works, Drivetrain Parts & Uses
How the Street Railway Gas Motor Passenger Car works — the self-propelled gasoline trolley that replaced horses on light-traffic tram lines from 1900-1925.
Stirling Engine Alpha Mechanism: How It Works, Diagram, Parts, Uses, Formula and Calculator
Stirling Engine Alpha explained — twin-cylinder 90° phasing, Schmidt analysis, and sizing math for micro-CHP, solar dish, and remote-power builds.
Steel Ball Adjustment Mechanism: How Check Valve Lift, Seating Force, and Seat Geometry Work
Steel ball adjustment sets check-valve lift and seating force in fuel pumps and oilers on vintage gas engines. Learn the geometry, the math, and how...
Stalk Puller Mechanism Explained: How Counter-Rotating Rolls, PTO Drive, and Pull Force Work
Stalk Puller mechanism explained — how counter-rotating rolls grip and pull cotton, corn, and sunflower stalks for clean field clearing and tillage prep.
Stake Puller Mechanism: How a Gas-Engine Hydraulic Post Puller Works, Parts, and Uses
How a gas-engine Stake Puller works, the lifting force formula, real fencing-contractor examples, and how to size one for steel T-posts and survey stakes.
Solid Strap End Mechanism Explained: Connecting Rod Big-End Design, Bearing Clearance, and Uses
Solid strap end connecting rods explained — how the one-piece big end works, why marine and stationary engine builders pick them, and how to size...
Simple Gas or Gasoline Engine: How It Works, Parts, Diagram, and Uses Explained
How a simple gasoline engine works — intake, compression, power, exhaust — with sizing math, real applications, and troubleshooting for small engine builders.
Scotch Yoke Engine Mechanism: How It Works, Diagram, Parts, Formula and Real-World Uses Explained
Scotch Yoke Engine explained — pure sinusoidal piston motion, no connecting rod, used in compressors, pumps, and Bourke-style aero engines. Specs and tradeoffs.
Ross Yoke Mechanism Explained: How It Works, Diagram, Parts, Formula and Stirling Engine Uses
Ross yoke mechanism explained — how this slotted-yoke linkage replaces the connecting rod in opposed-piston engines, with formulas, tradeoffs, and a worked Stirling example.
Quasiturbine Engine Mechanism: How the Rhomboidal Rotor Works, Parts, Diagram, and Uses
Quasiturbine engine explained — rhomboidal rotor geometry, four-stroke phases without crankshaft, real applications in UAV, generator, and detonation research builds.
Plumb-bob Governor Mechanism: How It Works, Parts, Formula, and Uses Explained
Plumb-bob governor explained — how this gravity-loaded speed regulator works on early gas engines, with formulas, real examples, and tuning tips.
Pendulum Governor Mechanism: How It Works, Diagram, Parts, Formula and Uses Explained
Pendulum governor explained — how the conical pendulum regulates engine speed, the formula, worked example, and real applications in stationary engines.
Link or Connecting Rod Mechanism Explained: How It Works, Parts, Diagram, Animation and Uses
Connecting rod explained for engine builders: how it converts piston motion to crank rotation, sizing math, beam vs H-beam tradeoffs, and named OEM examples.
Jump Spark Coil Mechanism Explained: How It Works, Parts, Diagram, and Uses in Model T Ignition
Jump spark coil explained — how trembler and induction coils generate ignition voltage in early gas engines, with formulas, examples, and real diagnostic tips.