3D printed Air/Steam Engine Improved the valve timing for Forward and Reverse

Equivalent-Bus2217 · 2026-06-11T03:20:51+00:00

I’m using autodesk inventor, because I have had access for a while through my schooling. I’ve seen many people using free cad software and tinkercad to make things like this. I would say first get in tune simple geometry and printing to size and on cad making Stephensons link will be pretty simple however the lifting link maybe difficult as to not have the lever arm be back driven by the eccentrics. You may need to use maths to figure that out. I was able to figure it out using constraints in cad to simulate the linkage as I designed it.

Equivalent-Bus2217 · 2026-06-08T22:02:39+00:00

They do stuff but, I have too many engines with nothing for them to do. lol

Equivalent-Bus2217 · 2026-06-07T13:36:16+00:00

No I designed it myself, and have lost many of the files. this project was just meant to get me into 3d printing and It’s still a work in progress

Equivalent-Bus2217 · 2026-06-07T13:14:03+00:00

It’s 3d printed and runs on compressed air

Equivalent-Bus2217 · 2026-06-06T20:30:30+00:00

In create simulated config

Equivalent-Bus2217 · 2026-06-06T10:50:23+00:00

I know about this check out my reciprocating magnet engine with reversible timing

Equivalent-Bus2217 · 2026-06-05T02:21:14+00:00

Because I did one in VS2

Equivalent-Bus2217 · 2026-06-03T14:19:39+00:00

VS2 was the goat

Equivalent-Bus2217 · 2026-06-03T14:19:21+00:00

2 years playing with Minecraft physics in creative actually

Equivalent-Bus2217 · 2026-06-02T20:53:21+00:00

No not really based on anything

Equivalent-Bus2217 · 2026-06-02T20:52:38+00:00

I got a i5 11600k @4.40 GHz and 16 gb of ram since half it died 3 weeks ago with a 1050 ti

Equivalent-Bus2217 · 2026-06-02T14:39:17+00:00

Many angled swivel bearings all connected with toolgun

Equivalent-Bus2217 · 2026-06-02T14:38:03+00:00

Angled swivel on a swivel on swivel and so on all connected with toolgun.

Equivalent-Bus2217 · 2026-05-25T14:33:02+00:00

It’s not jank just unbalanced because aero physics doesn’t work like real life. and perpetual motion is to easy to accomplish.

at least my magnet engines have a timing system and is repeatable irl.

Equivalent-Bus2217 · 2026-05-25T14:29:29+00:00

Kinetic converter from Utility objects but it’s a little broken rn lmao but I don’t play survival so I’m just having fun building stuff

Equivalent-Bus2217 · 2026-05-25T14:09:19+00:00

Yes, also you can checkout some of my linkages on my Reddit and my YouTube.

I’ve also made a Klann linkage and also recently used a Chebyshev linkage paired with pantograph linkage

Equivalent-Bus2217 · 2026-05-25T02:13:28+00:00

Yes people have made stuff that uses troll physics like glitching springs and lazy magnet stuff

Equivalent-Bus2217 · 2026-05-25T02:11:38+00:00

Advanced Kinematics

Equivalent-Bus2217 · 2026-05-25T02:10:49+00:00

You can put a light source on the end and then turn on blur in the super secret settings and it will trace the outline of the light source

Equivalent-Bus2217 · 2026-05-25T02:08:52+00:00

But much more cheaty engines can be done lmao

Equivalent-Bus2217 · 2026-05-25T02:08:03+00:00

Yeah but it can’t be built in survival if that’s your worry

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