glass steam engine

[bob10]

A glass working model of Stephensons steam engine , with bearing surfaces glass on glass. Hope the link works Bob

Working Model of Stephenson's STEAM ENGINE made of GLASS ! Rare! Video (http://redux.com/stream/item/2134517/Working-Model-of-Stephenson-s-Steam-Engine-made-of-Glass-Rare)

[460cixy]

That's rather amazing

[dullbird]

very clever

[bob10]

I think this goes beyond clever. I've sat & watched the glassblowers at Eumundie and was really impressed with what they created , very clever people. How on earth you could create the steam engine with the tolerances needed , with all the different shapes & close fit, Humans never cease to amaze me with their cleverness. Never cease to amaze with their foolishness, either. [ I belong to the 2nd group, mostly] Bob

[Ratel10mm]

Wow!!!

[Yorkshire_Jon]

Wow!!!

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[D110V8D]

Scientific glassblowing is a lot like tool making, except the material used is generally borosilicate or quartz, instead of metal or plastic or whatever.

This is a great little example of what can be done with glass. Using a precision bore tubing machine, a centreless grinding machine, a honing machine and a glass lathe as well as some more common glassblowing equipment this kind of engine can be made in most well equipped glass blowing/glass engineering shops.

Clever people those glass blowers. :D

[Redback]

Scientific glassblowing is a lot like tool making, except the material used is generally borosilicate or quartz, instead of metal or plastic or whatever.

This is a great little example of what can be done with glass. Using a precision bore tubing machine, a centreless grinding machine, a honing machine and a glass lathe as well as some more common glassblowing equipment this kind of engine can be made in most well equipped glass blowing/glass engineering shops.

Clever people those glass blowers. :D

Modest as well:p

[D110V8D]

Modest as well:p

:angel:

[ramblingboy42]

Watt?.....no, he improved the steam engine , didnt he?

[isuzurover]

Scientific glassblowing is a lot like tool making, except the material used is generally borosilicate or quartz, instead of metal or plastic or whatever.

This is a great little example of what can be done with glass. Using a precision bore tubing machine, a centreless grinding machine, a honing machine and a glass lathe as well as some more common glassblowing equipment this kind of engine can be made in most well equipped glass blowing/glass engineering shops.

Clever people those glass blowers. :D

So - how much would you charge to make one?

[D110V8D]

So - how much would you charge to make one?

Do you want one or just tire kicking? :)

[isuzurover]

Do you want one or just tire kicking? :)

Of course I want one (however unless I can find a research grant that would pay for it... ;) ).

I will ask a different way then - how many hours labour do you reckon it would take you to make one like that?

[D110V8D]

It's hard to say really.

There could easily be over 100 hours in making something like this work, that is all the stuffing around included, making and machining all the precise parts etc. The frame and boiler etc would all come together pretty quickly once you had the other bits right.

Obviously this was a labour of love for the guy and wouldn't really be very cheap to reproduce. :)