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The free scrapbooking videos you can watch online cover a variety of scrapbooking topics, from easy-to-follow advice and tips covering layout and design, to more specific projects using scrapping products like frames, fonts, slogans, clipart, and scrapbooking papers.

Some of the videos are better than others, but all are designed not only to entertain, but also to help you with your scrapbooking projects by providing you with ideas, motivation, and inspiration to make your memories that much more special.

Scrapbooking can be defined as the art of presenting your photos and memories in "scrapbooks", hence the term scrapbooking. Rather than showing off your photos in a standard and rather boring photo album, think how much more effective it would be to pull out a colorful, eye-grabbing display of your prized memories to show your visitors.

Scrapbooking can do this for you, without costing a fortune. And no, you don't have to buy a large scrapbooking kit to get started, you can simply buy bits and pieces as you progress with your scrapbook. Your only initial expense is the blank scrapbook itself.

There is no set way to organize your scrapbook, some people prefer to organize in chronological order and some don't, it doesn't really matter, as long as you're happy with the overall result. Hopefully this collection of scrapbooking videos will give you fresh ideas and stir your creativity.

Scrapbook of Experimental Rotary Engines


This is a follow-up to my previous Experimental Rotary ICEs video. It shows the family tree & close-ups of the prototypes that haven't been cannibalized for spare parts. The earliest sketches for some of these models date back to the early '80s. Work has been carried out since then whenever time & $ permits. Thousands of man-hours later & with the benefit of hindsight, many of these designs are admittedly naive. However, they were a necessary part of the learning process. The work continues & the current designs are more refined.The latest model produces 1/5 horsepower on the dynamometer & it does so without requiring any lubrication, or a cooling system. Performance should improve with the next generation seals. Some models have been dry run (no combustion) for months at a time without any problems. The wear properties of graphite-on-polished-steel are truly unbelievable! The advantages of being able to modulate the vane engagement (for ganging up & throttle control) is very noteworthy.Three new designs are currently on the drawing board. One uses a single rotor & 2 vanes to compress & burn the charge. In another version, the vanes pivot rather than slide. A third design uses graphite lined metal rotors & vanes. The purpose of this program is to develop more fuel efficient engines. These videos are intended to inspire & motivate interested parties into building their own prototypes for the benefit of all. -Dave

Channel: Autos & Vehicles
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: RotaryICEman

Length: 06:39
Rating: 4.81
Views: 21115

Tags: alternative  biodiesel  combustion  efficient  energy  engine  experimental  fuel  gasoline  hybrid  hydrogen  internal  oil  rotary  

Video Comments

RotaryICEman (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Lubrication is not the only issue, but mitigating friction & wear is certainly the biggest issue that's holding back most rotary engine designs. I did experiment with some of the techniques that are used in air bearings as you mentioned, but they require great precision, cleanliness & mechanical stability. A big design challenge & a difference between air engines & ICEs is the large temperature changes & material issues (such as expansion) that arise from this.
RotaryICEman (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Many are developing air motors & most are much further along than I could ever be; I'm just a guy in a garage. I feel that a more efficient ICE is more urgently needed. It's a more difficult task than developing air motors. Keep in mind that compressed air is not really a source of energy but rather a means of storing energy like a battery. In all likelyhood, the air will be compressed (not very efficiently) with energy that ultimately comes from burning some sort of fuel.
JakesArnoose (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
One more question. If model 15 ran well like you say, and the only issue was lubrication, would it still need lubrication if it were just an air engine? Could the air serve as a form of lubricant - like a tiny pocket of air slipping through the seals? Thanks
JakesArnoose (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Thank you for your feedback. Very helpful. I really enjoy watching your videos. In light of the current energy/fuel crisis and global warming have you considered focusing your knowledge and skills towards a non combustion engine? All your designs would work so well with compressed air!!!
RotaryICEman (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
(continued) I did allot of testing using compressed air & it would be a very good design for pumps & air engines. There are springs between the 2 vanes pushing them outwards. Note that this region becomes a varying volume as it rotates & that it could be made much larger, opening up the possibility for a number of other interesting uses. Good luck with your design.
RotaryICEman (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Model 15 is based on the old, classical, rotary vane architecture which is used in so many pumps. I later switched from internal to external vanes so that I could modulate vane engagement & so that I could replace the vanes & seals without a complete engine teardown. It was built out of steel, brass, bronze, and aluminum (before I adopted graphite) so it required 2-stroke fuel. It was a simple, quiet, smooth running design, but lubrication was a problem. (continued)
JakesArnoose (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Hi RotaryICEman. Could you please tell me a bit more about model 15? Success? Failure? I am currently building a compressed air version of this principle.
RotaryICEman (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I've abandoned Plexiglas & Lexan because plate glass is more stable & rigid. I've tested plastic, glass & metal covers with both graphite & metal rotors. The seals are spring-loaded graphite inserts. Only they contact the glass cover. They seal well (without a drop of oil!), but they don't wear very well, especially the corners. Any dust, or grit in the air can cause severe seal damage! Most people mix oil with the fuel which helps allot, but it's a dead-end solution.
justinbimmerman (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Stupid question but how are you makeing a seal between the rotor and the lexan? Is it just tight tolerance?
RotaryICEman (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I agree that things would progress much faster with a coordinated effort, but I've tried in the past, without success. It's very difficult to reach consensus among a group of people with different agendas, skill levels, etc. I think that the best that we can do is to share our ideas & test results, etc. in forums such as these. You should mention your design in my 'Model 32' video which gets the most viewership & also on the 'Open_RotaryEngine' group.

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