Tin Can, Coke can Stirling engine plans - How to. Step 18: It's finished now!
Testing and troubleshooting Now you can test the engine (at last!) . Light some candles and test! The 1 hour LTD Stirling project. Around the side of the ins I used, there is already a line , but I've shown how to mark them in-case your tins don't have a line.
The line should be 5 - 10mm from the bottom of the can, the exact size isn't important.: Now you can cut the tin down to the line that you marked earlier using tin snips(Fig 3a and 3b): The bushing is made from 2.38(3/32")cut to about 15mm long using a knife. Worlds Cheapest Engine.