Rider
Compression Hot-Air Pumping
Engine
  
The
water
pump on the model is
made just like the
original shown above.
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"The
prototype engines were made by
the DeLamater Iron Works of New
York
City during the late 1800's and
early 1900's. They were used for
pumping water in country estate
homes, on ranches, railroads,
greenhouses and other
applications and were sold all
over the world.
They came in 4", 5", 6", 8" and
10" cylinder diameters. This
engine was
built from my own "lost wax
investment" castings. The
flywheel is
3.330" diameter. Bore and stroke
is .615"x .750". The double
acting
"Rolling Valve" water pump has a
.156" bore and .750" stroke and
will
pump quite a stream of water.
The pumped water circulates
around the
cooler cylinder and some also
cools the top of the heater
cylinder. The
engine is fired by a propane
burner with a flame 1/2"
diameter and less
than 3/16" high. The engine runs
cool, with the warmest part
being the
furnace which is never too hot
to touch. The regenerator
passage is
fitted with very fine stainless
steel screen wire folded
accordian
style, but it is not known for
certain how much effect it
actually has.
In late 1999 I made this engine
available as a serial numbered
"1 of
50" castings and material kits.
These sold out in just a few
months and
are NO LONGER available.*"
- JEH
Although
the
castings are no longer
available*, we are sometimes
asked
for the plans, as some
enterprising builders will go
ahead and make the
cast parts from bar stock, and
use the plans to build the
entire
engine. We offer the plans
here for $2.00 as an example of
Jerry's work. All the
other plans available on this
site
follow
the same general flow and
layout, except, of course, no
castings
are required for them as they
are made completely from bar
stock..
The Rider
plan set consist of 20 sheets of
drawings (sheet one is a
detailed
cutaway view) and 3 sheets of
construction and assembly notes.
* Partial casting kits found.
See this link: http://www.jerry-howell.com/forums/index.php?board=31.0
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Rider
Sample
Plans $2.00
(available as a
PDF download only)
These
plans
are FREE if you purchase any
other plan set within 30 days.
Just email a reminder to
allen@outpostenterprises.com and
I will
issue you a $2 Paypal refund
from any subsequent plan set
purchased.
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