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Here is another one for all the gearheads.  Ok — this is not quite as esoteric as the model rotary engine that we featured awhile ago, but this is a lovely print. I myself look forward to nervously moving it through its cycle while watching Top Gear reruns.

Obviously this is some lovely modeling by sirmakesalot (great handle, btw)  and it’s really raised the bar for tiny motor assemblies.  It does, however, make me wonder if somebody could stack up say four or eight  of these in a printed engine block, and connect them by a printed crank…no, it’s too much.  I won’t even mention printing a camshaft.

Anybody’s gears turning?

single cylinder engine by sirmakesalot

This is my first contribution of my own design to Thingiverse! I designed it in Rhino and printed it on my TOM. I left a lot of space in the piston cavity and it could probably be tweaked but it works great! Makes a good demo for children or if your bored give it a whirl! Big thanks to my friends at Makerbot support, Matt made this possible!

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