first diy project that wasnt 90% hot glue, for that you've earned a like, for whatever thats worth

Thanks for the very deatialed steps which covers all the smallest mistakes only appear when you start making it, one of the best found so far

I really like how simple you kept this so that anybody could do it. Obviously we can make more advanced models if we want to but it helps me not be so afraid of doing it wrong and understand the fundamentals without getting lost on how much the details of the model matter or not Really like the air balloon screw trick. I can think of lots of potential uses for that idea!

A brill tutorial video.. thank you so much for sharing your experience with the build... I've just raided my wife's crafts stores and my mate Paul the plumber around the corner has just supplied the wire wool and elbow 😁 I've got all the bits to have a go at building one today... thanks again. kind regards Dave...

30 mins in so far ... Nice workmanship I love it so far :)

Great vid! Built it and worked perfectly but needed more heat so used a butane torch.

I appreciate the fine detail. Everything he says is massively important if you want a working engine . None of the others explain crucial details that if missed make the project bust.

I don't know about anyone else, but sure is a great way to grab the attention of any youngster wanting to learn about engine technology over the past 100 years, thanks

Your engine design is the only one that worked for me, thanks 👍

Thanks for sharing good patient instructions, very good teacher, easy to understand.

Thank you so much, great video!! I did this for my physics project and my teacher had said none of her students have ever been successful in making a sterling engine before, so I am the first one. I took me three builds and a lot of tweaking, but I works great. Thank you.

Great project! Excellent instruction! Thank you very much.

Very detailed explanation. Love it so much. Thank you for sharing all the details which is very important.

Thank you so much, I made it with your help. I didn't have to do much adjusting.

For the last two weeks i have spent hours trying to get mine to work. Watching your video i was able to identify the flaws in my design, and withing minutes it started working. Thank you!

wow, thank you so much for the time and effort you put into explaining every step, best tutorial yet!

Thank you... Great instructional video... I'm going to try and build one for the grandchildren. I'm a semi retired engineer.. and you have renewed my interest in simple sterling engine's... should be fun...kind regards Dave..

Great project! Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for helping me open up to a lifetime of Sterling engine interest and hobby building

Best tutorial on line perfectly explained! Thank you

Hi Joshua, greetings from New Mexico! Great vid, I can actually do this one. pierre

You are a Genius Buddy in Building those Small Engines. I bet you could rebuild just about any Engine.. I wish they would bring back those Skills to the High School Level that Kids can leave school with a working trade. It would be the greatest thing in High Schools.

Thank you , perfect lesson ,it help me a lot to explain for my students something about termodinâmics theory Regardes from Brazil

Great outcome.. Keep at it and refigure the prosses ... I like

Turn up the playback speed to 1.5x. Trust me. Life is too short.

Best video I have ever seen on KZfaq.

I have enjoyed this video , Thank you Mr Zonker . Johnny B.

Nice job, impressive.

I went into this not having a clue what he was doing. The result was worth the time I spent. I did jump ahead a few times. Interesting.

Good, clever project. It would be even more interesting to watch if you start out the video by showing the finished product and how it works when finished. With that the step-by-step process on how it all comes about becomes even more interesting to watch. Thanks for taking the trouble to post it.

This looks like the most doable Stirling on the tube. Very Good. I,v done few of them.

Cutting off the top of the can is easyer and simpler when you lay the blade of the razer on top of a thin book or something similar then place the can on the table with the top down and then turn the side of the top against the sharp side of the razer until it comes apart. Hope it helps :)

Great video. I'm planning on building one of these for fun. Seems like it would be easier to tie the fish line before putting the crank shaft back into the can. You can put it through the hole, attach it, put in the crank shaft, and then cut off the excess. So much less fidgity.

Appreciate to full process of this experiment

great tutorial and very safely good job

FYI: You can use some needle-nose pliers to pinch then slightly twist to crimp one can's edge lessening that can's circumference in order for it to slip into the other portion of the can. Imagine it likened to round sheetmetal duct crimped to fit into another piece of equal size.

I made it to 33 and then went to the end. It actually worked!

Amazing work

Thank you very much. Exactly what I was looking for. IT will be fun to build on this... maybe build a bigger one, faster. So cool!

What a cool project! We're gonna try it!

great video! Thanks!!

This seems like a great project for science class.

Thanks a lot for my 10 in physics projec

Great explanation! Thanks

that was very interesting thanks

This looks like it may be one of the better ones.

thanks you sir for this video. we have a project to make a Stirling engine this is a nice guide thanks

Great stuff !

real great demonstration

"if it's too tight, we can always make it bigger, but we can't make it smaller" -this guy Me: "that's what she said"

unlike other videos u had explained everything detaily I liked ur video also I subscribed the Chanel.

use a fan blade as cooling device instead of fly wheel.it allows you to get a better heat difference, hence grater power

Absolutely amazing, I've seen an old brass table fan work on the similar principal but I think they add water , may i know on what principle is this working on how does it reciprocate?

Sounds like a science project :-)

I subscribed you deserve it man!

I enjoyed. Thank you

This is awesome! Thank you very much for the detailed instructions. Very much appreciated.

You are smart you did a good job

for the crankshaft, you can use a drill and a pair of pliers to straighten the wire... put one end of the wire in the chuck of the drill. grab the other end of the wire with the pliers and start the drill.. about five seconds of twisting will straighten the wire

I had to change the speed of the video just to get through it. I could have done this video in a third of the time it took him. The end result wasn’t all that impressive either, but I give him kudos for teaching.

Guys, no lie, I have been a KZfaqr for more years than I can even guess and this is literally the first hour long video I have watched from start to finish! This was very interesting, the guy was very detailed/descriptive, and it never got boring! Great job, whoever you are that made this video, you were my first! XD 😊😊😊

Thanks - I liked the vid.

Sound control! WOW OW my ears!

pretty good. the sound quality of this video was not the best but it appeared the engine worked fairly well. adjustments i would make would be to accurately machine the fly wheel so that it runs true and instead of using tape, i would probably us some sort of welding putty or JB weld.

The audio on this video is to die for!

Yeah, doing this myself would end up as a horror movie...the more i work with cutting a tin can, the more blood would be on the table and everywhere else. Glad you could demo it without shedding a drop!

Sir you did a good job Was my first video with you and i just subscribe quickly so god bless you and your work .!

thanks for sharing

pretty amazing !!! ..considering using a pair of square nosed side cutters for build !!!!..wish you would have given technical explanation of why this thing was revolving continuously

good job

Wonder if this would work better if there was a small counterweight at a strategic position on the CD ?

Excellent. What If you don't have a bit for a template?

Great! The only one of these that actually provides good tips and rough relative dimensions of the assembly. Also has a very cheap bill of material.

People in the comments acting like they paid for HBO content and got this. Thanks for the vid.

Excellent

Painfully long video but very good detail for those who have no idea how this thing works this is the hardest way to make a Sterling Engine IMO

Is there anything else I can use as displaced other than still wool

A good video thank you

is it possible to change the plastic tube out with some metal/copper pipe? I am going to be making a engine with like twenty of those cans. and put it in a car I am building. I plan to have a open metal box under the cans for the fire.

What happened if I did it but with more bigger parts? Would it be be more powerful, trying to build one for a lathe to power it up.

wonderful.....what can you do with it???????????

Cut down the friction and binding of all moving parts. That displacer does need to scrape the sides yes but it must also breathe. Had to have been a pain recording the how to video. Kudos on that for sure I still haven’t been able to have patience to film my build but it’s on TikTok same screen name if you want to see a few of mine running.

Nice. It is important that the displacer must fall easy in the can by the gravity. It actually isn't that important that it is "air tight". More important that it falls down by gravity. The metall store energy. So the air should go through the displacer to heat and cooling the air when it goes up and down. And it should hang in center of lover can, so it doesn't touch the upper or lover when the crank is turned. Nice work though.

is it possible to put some ice on the bottom of the top can to make the temperature difference much bigger?

And what work would this possibly do or get done what would it make easier?

hello, can i use sewing string to connect the balloon and the steel wool with the crankshaft?

to straighen wire and strenghten wire... pull out a long length, tie one end down,, clamp the other end in the chuck of a cordless drill. Pull gently and run the drill until one end breaks off... Perfectly straight and strong wire.

Good job, although I don't like your flywheel design. I used two bottlecaps and a CD and got it to barely wobble at all.

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what can you use instead of the steel wool bcs i cant find any in my country

how much should have the height of the displacer for a beta type stirling eninge for best performance

Would be nice to explain the "principal of operation".

System can be effecient if it's more air tight and with minimal frictions....displacer can be made out of polyester (White sponge like that we find in electronic packagings)....crankshaft could be improved by making it out of coaxial metal spacers connected ...friction between rotating and fixed parts can be minimized by using pulleys as interface (pulleys can be found in old audio tapes)...flying wheel could be balanced by more precise centering and more inerty (use double CD with spacers as sandwich) and balance by adding small weight near the circumference...also the cranckshaft must be connected to the flywheel through pulleys...add drops of engine oil to all moving connections...

what a magnificent teacher ,hope my kids have some with talent like that in thier own school the design is ....i am really speechless ,,,,, watched this with my 12 yo son we love engineering thank you so much

is there a list of all the things you need to make this

Nice work Bravo ! Gr8 M8 I R8 8/8 ! but really missed the hot glue !

It's pretty nice, make a good school project for a kid.

Hi Joshua, is a 22mm pvc elbow equivalent to a 3/4 size elbow?

thanks so much

nice for project at school