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The Force of Nature Steam Bike team writes: This morning was an early start to get to CPE pressure vessels in Tamworth for 6.00AM . Taking the “Force of Nature” rocket bike to have the second pressure test on the main vessel. All went well and the vessel is now tested to 80 Bar 1176 psi .It was hydraulically tested for 30 minutes and passed with ease due to the superb design and workmanship of CPE who manufactured the vessel. Whilst I was there the rear plenum and thruster tubes were finished purge welded and look and fit perfectly. Now it’s back home, it’s time to strip the bike back down and lag the pressure vessel and finally finish re building the bike in preparation for rig testing the new valve set up. This is when it all starts to get very interesting. I’ll keep you all posted on progress in the coming weeks. Thanks for all your support and kind comments about the project. If all goes to plan we will be ready to start dynamic testing the bike in the the coming months. Fingers crossed! 1895 Sumner steamer7/30/2019 Chris Wedgewood writes- Any ideas What, where.?. Richard Stanuier- This is an 1895 steam car built by James Sumner, the co-founder of Leyland Motors, England.  new coils for mason steamer7/30/2019 Spring City Steam Works Reports: 22nd July 2019 While it's crazy hot and in between the new kid prep.... I'm printing some fixtures to test out and help decide on the fixtures for the pancake coils for the Mason. Hopefully a little bending and fixture time this week!  23rd July 2019 One may have been thinking... Why the need to pallet jack the weld table around.... Well, I'm trying to take a 21 foot piece of pipe and wind it into a double stacked pancake flat coil of pipe to replace some coils in the Mason's monotube steam generator. Shops too small, so out in the driveway it goes!! As for the 3d printed pieces, I'm working out how to fixture the hairpin bent pipe so that the top leg is ~1/4" gap above the lower when it gets wound into a coil. The center section will be made of steel and there will be a clamp on top as well as the pipe getting tack welded to the clamp. Then the 11 foot long top pipe will swing a huge circle as the lower pipe is wound on itself to make the pancake coil. The whole mess then gets flipped over and hopefully that leg winds into a nice pancake below it. Works in my head, got to refine the pieces a little and make some chips and then try that plan out!!! Steam Motorcycle World Record Broken7/7/2018 Tim Yohn writes “My son Jordan Yohn 82.1 mph . At ECTA in Arkansas. New Record”  Ruscombe gentleman's steam bicycle6/19/2018 Check out this video of Mark Drake's recently completed Steam Bicycle! Vintage Steam Cycle12/23/2016
How about this then? A 1936 video of a Steam Motorcycle, claimed to be capable of 100MPH! Courtesy of British Pathe.
Steam Motorcycle ready to race8/5/2016 Billy Barnes has sent in this video of his steam motorcycle, now ready to race. John en Elly van de Riet are the proud owners of this remarkable steam bike made by John. |
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