Solenoid boxer engine

By Andrew Gregory. Posted

This article was originally published as part of HackSpace magazine, which has since been incorporated into Raspberry Pi Official Magazine.

Solenoid boxer engine

Maker and hacker, Jony aka Maker B likes to build creative things that
have never existed before.

"A lot of the time, I just build things for fun, which I think is one thing that makes me a maker. Unlike the internal combustion engine, which uses an air/gasoline explosion to turn a crankshaft, the Solenoid Boxer 4 Engine is an electromagnetic device which pulls the piston into the cylinder, using the electromagnetic force to turn a crankshaft."

"Four microswitches are installed in the base that are pushed down by the camshaft, to actuate electromagnet according to the position of piston in cylinder."

"First, I used CAD software to design this engine, and aluminium, brass, and steel are carefully crafted into the various components of the engine using a lathe and milling machine. Lastly, all the parts are assembled with small fasteners and retaining compound."


Andrew Gregory

Features Editor Andrew trawls the internet for Cool Stuff while keeping the magazine running smoothly.

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