I love the smell of a running engine , And even more the smell of burning wood! Nice to see you got her going!

@ChargerMiles007

10 жыл бұрын

Yes, I was glad it finally fired up, I was getting a bit frustrated with it! :)

Now you can make a minibike for Pinocchio :)

@ChargerMiles007

10 жыл бұрын

LOL :)That is a funny comment! :)

@lenrobledo67

6 жыл бұрын

lol

amazing. the things you've done with Briggs and Stratton engines are nothing short of amazing. keep it up.

@ChargerMiles007

10 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks for your kind words, I really appreciate them. The last few months have been a bit disillusioning for me here on youtube, my views per month have gone down from 200,000 to about 60,000, and I have no idea why. I continue to release new vids of new motors, such as the 2 cylinder stacker motor, though it was a long winter. Anyway, thanks for continuing to watch, and be interested in the things I build. I do have some long term projects on the go, as well as my plan to get the FrankenBriggs 4 running again in the next few weeks. Take care.

Makes me wanna buy a Briggs! Really enjoyed this video!

I heard the wooden engine tale, too. It was at an underground race car shop, where guys claim to make power that the engines can't handle. They claim a regional guy has a wooden motor that starts-a small block replica. Your videos are the best on the internet (except for human/animal rights vids). The monosoupape is great. I may make a lead head for a kawasaki after this. They say the center of the piston is the hardest part to tune....heat.

@ChargerMiles007

9 жыл бұрын

gxsrtom I am sure you will have a challenge making a lead head, just be careful if you decide to run it, I had extra safety equipment on for the wooden head, as it could have grenade!Glad you like my vids, I hope to have my 3 cylinder running fairly soon.

Love the 4 cylinder set up and this just blew my mind my Friend! A good wood to use is either "Iron Wood" or "Ebony" They are two of the hardest woods known and have a very tight grain. They're actually harder to mill than aluminum...lol. Excellent to see this little Briggs run with an oak head. Too cool! Cheers!! Zip~

@ChargerMiles007

10 жыл бұрын

ZippoVarga Yes, I bet those 2 types of wood would indeed work best, though cost a mint!!! :)The friend that suggested I make this thinks I should make a metal liner to hold the gas pressure. If I try anything, I think I would give maple a try, fairly cheap, and close grained. That is wild that those woods are harder to mill than aluminum!

@ZippoVarga

10 жыл бұрын

I've made a number of furniture pieces using hard exotic woods, and the difference between the typical hard wood and these uber hard woods is incredible. It's hard to even out the transitions between these harder woods to the likes of Cherry, Walnut, Hickory etc. Really have to take your time or you will burn up a router bit or dull a cutter knife on the planer. Keep up these awesome projects! I'd love to see the turbo Briggs set up and produce boost....are you re-engineering it so the turbo is between the carb and engine, where it will work best? Cheers my Friend! Zip~

@ChargerMiles007

10 жыл бұрын

Sounds like those woods are tough customers to shape! I think the carb is currently between the blower and the engine, a blow thru set up. I really should drag it out and try a run. Originally we had the carb on the blower inlet, but it had a long intake path, and the pulses blew a cloud of gasoline mist around the engine!

Awesome!

That was just simply AWESOME! I thought you might get 8 or 10 pops and that would be it but it ran and ran great. Good job!!! 10 thumbs up lol

@ChargerMiles007

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks, so you figured it would self destruct after only a few firings, after the previous attempts, I was wondering that also. I am glad it held up for 15 seconds or so, I just wish I had adjusted the camera so that the exhaust pipe smoke was visible. Oh well, Heat of the moment, you know.

Pretty cool

This is great! I wish I had the free time to build engine parts out of "non-traditional" materials.

@ChargerMiles007

5 жыл бұрын

I have been designing another non-traditional engine part, but lost interest for the moment. Building a model of a Deltic Turbo Compound motor has me occupied at the moment.

wow...nice work!

@ChargerMiles007

7 жыл бұрын

thanks, I intend to make another one from something other than Oak. I see 805RoadKing just made a head from Lexan, I will have to have a view! I considered doing that, but just never got a piece from a friend.

Wicked cool!

lol i couldn't hit the 'play' button fast enough, lol thanks that was great dude

@ChargerMiles007

7 жыл бұрын

You are welcome. A friend suggested that I make this, I have a better piece of wood, so I intent to try it again once my danged cars stop breaking down!

i wanna see a wood head and wood piston run at the same time

That's cool!

@ChargerMiles007

10 жыл бұрын

Or Hot, depending upon if you picked it up after the run! :)

What a cool experiment.

@ChargerMiles007

10 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it, I am not encouraging anyone else to try this, just due to the dangers involved. I had a strap on the spark plug, as well as wearing a face shield, plus nobody else was around. Gotta try to be as safe as possible while playing like this!

awesome, it ran!!

@ChargerMiles007

10 жыл бұрын

Yes, surprisingly it actually did manage a short run. From some of the comments, it appears that using a different type of (probably expensive) wood, might enable quite a bit longer run. Though I personally don't recommend it, as the head might eventually suffer a catastrophic explosion due to heat build up. I always wore a face shield just in case!

It would be awesome to see you try again but cover the combistion chamber with jb weld. Awesome video

@ChargerMiles007

9 жыл бұрын

unworthyfame I plan to try this again using a different type of wood, as the oak was too porous. The friend that thought this up suggested I line the chamber with sheet metal, but I thought that could lead to the piston getting lunched when the metal broke loose from the wood. A JB lining would be a consideration, as it seemed to hold up OK in the vid.

Be a cool idea to see how long a wooden engine would really lost.

@ChargerMiles007

10 жыл бұрын

lolSounds like you have bought into my friends idea!He still thinks a wooden engine wood be worth a try to build (using a metal cylinder liner etc.)I will leave that for somebody else to build, but they need to be careful, it could blow up!

Amazing! I always thought about making a cylinder head out of wood, but never put it into practice. At the moment i`m trying to convert a small 2-stroke-engine to be direct injected so it can run on regular gasoline rather than fuel-oil-mix. Quite difficult, since i have to install en external air-pump to the ports in the cylinder somehow... I hope to get it running!

@ChargerMiles007

10 жыл бұрын

A direct injected 2 stroke, sounds like a nice project. Yes, finding the right size of blower will be a challenge, that why I have used another slightly larger engine as a piston type blower for my 2 stroke conversions (from 4 strokes). It is bulky, but has worked OK for my experimental short run time engines.

I wonder how long it'd run with a thin layer of epoxy over it... Not the cheesy stuff, but something good like the steel reinforced JB weld that comes in the putty stick you knead to activate. I wonder if it'd make a practical repair...

Pure genius

@ChargerMiles007

8 жыл бұрын

+Cal B Thanks, you just reminded me that I want to try this again :)

I wonder if a little water injection rig would keep it goin a little longer. Haha. This is great.

@ChargerMiles007

10 жыл бұрын

Perhaps water injection would help to cool it down enough to last longer. I think a different type of wood is called for, like the Beech mentioned in another comment, I guess oak is too porous.

@MrTheHillfolk

8 жыл бұрын

+ChargerMiles007 Just hadda come back to watch after the story about the escort with wooden lifters as blockoffs😂

@ChargerMiles007

8 жыл бұрын

Yes, those wooden block offs worked well, though if the engine stopped in the wrong spot, 2 cylinders would come up on compression, and the starter didn't like that, though it did start. It shook quite a bit until about 2000 rpms, I drove it a month or two that way, then parked it. It solved the oil consumption problem though.

Maybe try one made out of maple, it has a very dense tight grain to it unlike oak.

@ChargerMiles007

10 жыл бұрын

I think I can get my hands on maple easily enough.Perhaps I will make another head after the summer rush is over, been busier than a 1 legged Butt Kicker this summer!!!

Haha, what a neat idea. Thanks for showing us your experiment :-) I never would have thought the high compression could eat holes like that in the pores of the wood. Very cool video :D I wonder how particle board or dense MDF would handle.

@ChargerMiles007

10 жыл бұрын

I suppose MDF or something might work. I am not brave enough to try it though, I figured oak was a safe bet, as it is pretty strong. Then I ran into the porosity problem.

Try a wooden piston with normal rings and connecting rod! I think that would be cool. It might last a bit longer since it would only die when a hole burned thru it. I would if I had the tools.

@ChargerMiles007

7 жыл бұрын

I don't have the tools to turn a wooden piston, like I used to :( Good idea though!

@averyalexander2303

7 жыл бұрын

That must suck.

@berys76

7 жыл бұрын

ChargerMiles007 add heat resistant silicone inside it will run for 3+ hr longer

@averyalexander2303

7 жыл бұрын

Lithuanian science No it would not. The silicone would come off.

@tanker9987

7 жыл бұрын

The head burned out after seconds, a wooden piston that moves would last even less time.

Major lols when it ran GOOD

I was waiting for the sparkplug to pop out.

@ChargerMiles007

8 жыл бұрын

+Michael Henwood Yes, I thought that would happen also, so I added a metal strap so it couldn't go flying away!

Now that I know wooden heads work, I'm going to try and save some additional weight, by building balsa wood heads for my twin turbo big block Chevy. It should work well with a Chevy engine, seeing as how they aren't capable of making enough power to do any damage anyway! Wouldn't try it with a Ford though. They are just too powerful! Lol

Knew a bloke once who claimed he made a piston for a BSA M20 in the desert in WW2

@ChargerMiles007

7 жыл бұрын

I guess pretty well anything is possible with enough machining access, will power, determination and time :)

@trevortrevortsr2

7 жыл бұрын

***** It was a BSA M20 so not overly taxed

@2035jim

7 жыл бұрын

nasadowsk 😡😀😁😆

That's Cool......She sure ran Good with that wooden head A..Boy I sure would like to have the brains to do a Pro Jectic like that.

@ChargerMiles007

8 жыл бұрын

I can't claim all of the brain power for this one, an old farmer friend suggested the idea when we were Briggs project brainstorming one day.

if you made a full gasket to go over the head and protect the wood from burning out it might work for awhile longer

A scrap piece of sheet metal adhered to the side facing the cylinders might make this a viable option but for what reason besides cost?

@ChargerMiles007

8 жыл бұрын

i doubt it would ever be viable, it would burn up too quickly, I just made this as an experiment.

Ever try putting a thin piece of steel under the wood, just to see if it would behave for longer?

@ChargerMiles007

9 жыл бұрын

t4thfavor1212 No, I haven't tried lining the wood with a thin metal liner. The friend who suggested the wooden head thought of the same thing, but I would be worried about the metal coming loose and lunching the piston. I mainly just wanted to see if this experiment would work at all, which surprisingly it did :)

The Amish would approve of this....cause you know, they have a thing for wood.

@Novusod

7 жыл бұрын

The Chinese once made a spacecraft from wood.

you should try a thick piece of clear acrylic. that would be back ass to see it firing though it till it fogged up and melted but be cool for a min

@ChargerMiles007

8 жыл бұрын

+Jordan Scheurer Yes, I agree, a friend suggested that a while back, i just haven't found a piece of material at the right price yet! I suspect the flame will be a blue color, I think I have watched avid with a quartz combustion chamber window.

@35RSkyline

8 жыл бұрын

+ChargerMiles007 I will have to check that out. another thing I think would work would be gorilla glass but to get a piece made would be to expensive.

@ChargerMiles007

8 жыл бұрын

+Jordan Scheurer Yes, I am on a very limited budget for these projects, unfortunately.

@35RSkyline

8 жыл бұрын

I hear ya

this is fun to try some hardwood it's much tougher

@ChargerMiles007

8 жыл бұрын

+Len Vantil Yes, I need to do this again, i just keep putting it off! :)

It's a funny idea but I would imagine that you would have cooling problems and a possible fire hazard from running hard or long since the wood wouldn't dissipate heat like aluminum

@ChargerMiles007

9 жыл бұрын

Farmer Jon 25 Yes, no doubt this head would never last for very long, as you mentioned. My friend thinks it would do much better with a sheet metal liner, and maybe it would, but I didn't want to have an explosion hazard on my hands, so I am glad it ran such a short time. I may try another head from a type of wood with much smaller pores, oak was a bad choice, in spite of its strength.

That was pretty cool man !! Too bad that it wasn't under a load the moment it started to run. One thing for certain I bet it would of really smoked under a load. Good vid. Thumbs up !!

@ChargerMiles007

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, and glad you liked it :)Sorry I blew it filming the vid, as I wanted to show the exhaust pipe smoking.You know what, people seem to really like this vid, so I will take a close look at the head to see if I could plug the holes up for another run, where I definitely have the exhaust pipe in view. It has been rainy anyway, so I haven't moved the FrankenBriggs 4 base outside yet to start work on it.

Now to do a wooden piston, which I've seen done but never in action...that's how I found this video.

@ChargerMiles007

8 жыл бұрын

i don't have the machining availibility to machine a wood piston.

@mistermacgray

8 жыл бұрын

+ChargerMiles007 I saw it on Facebook, it was in Vietnam inside of a 2 cycle motorcycle engine. the only part that was what was the Piston but it still had the metal ring and whatnot.

@ChargerMiles007

8 жыл бұрын

Really, I am amazed it actually worked very well ! I guess you never know how things will work!

Why do I feel that eventually you're going to make a head out of jb weld?

@engineHOG780

10 жыл бұрын

lol

@ChargerMiles007

10 жыл бұрын

Well, I guess you never know with me!I will say that I don't have any plans to make a JB Weld head though, this wooden one took much longer to get going than I ever thought it would. It took me a while to clue in about the porosity problem causing such low compression that it wouldn't start.

lmao this is awesome

@ChargerMiles007

8 жыл бұрын

+ittotaq Glad you liked it, I should build another one from less porous wood, oak turned out to be a bad choice.

@ittotaq

8 жыл бұрын

+ChargerMiles007 treat the wood and make it closer to raise the compression. use some gasket too so you don't have the wood wrapping around the block and causing leaks or cracks. just suggestions. I have no idea as you're the only one I seen try this lol. should post it up on jalopnik as well!

@ChargerMiles007

8 жыл бұрын

+ittotaq Thanks for the ideas, with these FrankenBriggs projects, you never know what will work best!

Aint nothing JB weld can help with!

what about a reinforced glass head?

@ChargerMiles007

9 жыл бұрын

Ballista Bomber That could work for a while.

@WildfoxFabrication

4 жыл бұрын

Thats exactly what I did on my channel

I'm surprised it didn't last a little longer. Did you soak the wood in oil or water? What type of lumber? Cool idea

@ChargerMiles007

10 жыл бұрын

Yes, it was short lived! No, I didn't soak it, just ran it dry (I wanted it to burn up, though I am ticked that I didn't have the smokey exhaust pipe in view). It is made of oak, which I learned wasn't the best choice due to the large pours.

@Krankie_V

10 жыл бұрын

Ah, probably cherry or walnut would have been better, but those are definitely expensive!

if i was you i would try to put a piece of sheet metal under the wood with correlating holes

@ChargerMiles007

9 жыл бұрын

chad johnson The guy that gave me the wooden head idea suggested the same thing, I just haven't had time to try it that way.

Okay, it's true, I admit it, you really can find anything on KZread.

@ChargerMiles007

7 жыл бұрын

That is true!

Hi, it ran pretty nice, but i think if you had used some other kind of wood it would have run better.. Oak is pretty strong but has very large grain (or how do you call that?) and the brighter parts of the grain are way less strong then the darker ones.. (for example try to scratch it 90° to the grain, you can clearly see it then) So thats where its burning through i guess? I would rather use beeche wood, red beeche would be pretty capable i guess.. I dont know how available it is in the us though. Beech has very small spaced grain and its overall pretty evenly strong.. Also if you sand and polish the inside of the head it wouldn't catch fire that fast maybe.. (don't know how much of an effect this would have) Just a few thoughts.. I thought about the idea of a wooden engine often times, but i rather thought about a flame licker or stirling engine.. But in a smaller scale friction is a big factor and wood hasn't the best values there.. So no way i guess.

@ChargerMiles007

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your advice, sounds like you know a lot more about wood than I do!I chose the oak since I had some scrap pieces already. I totally agree with what you said, oak is too porous, so something like Beech would be much better. I even wonder about maple or other woods, though it certainly isn't as strong. I have put this head away as a shelf ornament now, so somebody else can take over from here if they want. Just please be careful and safe if you try one of these wooden heads, note I had a metal spark plug retaining strap, to prevent blow out. The main concern is the wood grenading from the combustion pressure, and this becomes more of a danger the longer it runs.I would prefer ppl just watch this vid, and don't take un-necessary chances, as I always take safety precautions. Have fun, and keep it safe! CM007

LOL, awesome-o. Man you must have a lot of time on yer hands to waste, must be fun LOL.

@ChargerMiles007

7 жыл бұрын

Not really, I just enjoy trying out new ideas.

@PatrickBaptist

7 жыл бұрын

That is for sure very obvious, and there are alot of us like watching!

it did run good until it died but u make it live again

@ChargerMiles007

10 жыл бұрын

I may fix the wooden head for another run, but I really need to get back to the FrankenBriggs 4, as my wife wants the patio area back ASAP!!! I just need it to quit raining on my parade, so I can get the Beast put back together outside, as I have to modify the base for the new LoveJoy couplings they sent me to test out.

@slimjim119

10 жыл бұрын

yes i mean to it's old glory real head sometime lol

make one atta iron wood

@ChargerMiles007

8 жыл бұрын

+Hanzzz1111 It hear that is really solid stuff!

what if you wrapped the wood in tin foil?maybe even push it through the bolt holes to fully seal it from the combustion.

@ChargerMiles007

8 жыл бұрын

+Lemons That could help out, i am thinking of making a new one, so I will consider that idea.

@caminoprojectUS

8 жыл бұрын

+ChargerMiles007 might try a tighter grain wood. some tropical hard woods are crazy strong and dense. possibly paint the inside with high temp paint.

@lemons3738

8 жыл бұрын

+Luke Hawkinson I think a video of trying multiple wooden heads wood be neat. lol

@ChargerMiles007

8 жыл бұрын

I plan to make another one, I am just having a hard time concentrating on any one project, I have a bunch on the go!

@normandoty6133

7 жыл бұрын

try using teak wood, its so dense that it sinks in water, doesn't float.

why. I have some heads if you need one

@ChargerMiles007

8 жыл бұрын

+nicholas young Thanks for the offer, I have the original head for this engine, so I am good. I just did this as an experiment to see if the idea would even work. I would expect if the head would stay sealed for even a few minutes the heat build up would cause the wood to explode, so NOT an idea I would want others to try!

@-danR

8 жыл бұрын

+ChargerMiles007 Use silicone for the holes and flaws. Actually, once the wood carbonizes it will be partly self-protecting, and should run a good long time, especially if you keep the fuel a little on the rich side, so the carbon won't burn away. Then it will slowly get thicker and thicker until the block fails.

so how long till we get a glass head charger, ah just kidding

@ChargerMiles007

10 жыл бұрын

No plans to make a glass head at the moment, I have had another engine project on the go for a few month now, but it still requires more machining to complete. I am moving on to the FrankenBriggs 4 using the LoveJoy couplings they sent me to try.

@Mr3wheeledbike

10 жыл бұрын

ah yes i recall that, hopefully they will work well

@Casemoddingaddict

9 жыл бұрын

any pinging would be catastrophic

@ChargerMiles007

9 жыл бұрын

A glass cylinder head, that would be a trick! Yes, pinging would NOT be a good thing! I am thinking a person would want to be especially well protected when starting said engine, perhaps a bullet proof vest, safety glasses and a face shield as a minimum. I would lean towards an electric starter and a 3/4" thick plywood box with a small thick plexiglass window for making the vid. Guess I better have a look for3/8" plexi, since you know I want to do this now! lol :)

@Mr3wheeledbike

9 жыл бұрын

oh boy, now charger don't go get your self all full of holes, but i am sure they make glass that could handle it

370° to 380° degrees of valve opening ???? There is ONLY 360° degrees in a circle...... right???..... it most be the " Mandela Effect" and I just don't understand this reality.

@ChargerMiles007

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, 360 degrees in a circle, but the 4 stroke engine uses a 720 degree cycle, hence this cam CAN have 380 degrees of duration.

@JohnBoy

7 жыл бұрын

ChargerMiles007 720°degrees totaling between two cam lobes added together.

*Blockhead!*

@ChargerMiles007

8 жыл бұрын

+tubeist- dan LOL :)

You could try Australian Iron Bark which is an extremely hard wood. If you use it straight in a stove or heater it'll quickly melt / burn out the firebox. Maybe you've heard of Colin Furze who has similar wacky original yet fun ideas. He does stuff such as towing a car in gear with its engine head removed to film 10,000 rpm pistons :) kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGyb2MmCg7mukc4.html

@ChargerMiles007

8 жыл бұрын

+sp9rks WOW, I will watch that vid, thanks, and thanks for the advice about the wood.

Why??

@BlueSmokeRC

7 жыл бұрын

Brian Weeks why not?!? As a gearhead and the son of a carpenter I think this is cool as all hell! The fact that this thing ran at all is amazing considering the material it's made of.

well ... what about plastic head? :)

@ChargerMiles007

9 жыл бұрын

MrSlehofer That could be built, but I foresee a meltdown! :)

@MrSlehofer

9 жыл бұрын

ChargerMiles007 well there exists many types of plastics what can withstand temeperature over 500°C(932°F)

@ChargerMiles007

9 жыл бұрын

MrSlehofer Yes, I guess that is true, though I imagine they don't come cheaply :)

@smallenginedude71

8 жыл бұрын

+ChargerMiles007 teflon is an example. But yes very expensive. about $200 for less than a kilogram of the stuff!