Plans Plans Plans

Here is a brief summary of what is included:

1. Plans for Marine Steam Engine - No Casting Required!

Although the little two-cylinder steam engine above has been simplified for easy construction, this does not show in performance or looks. The model has two double-acting cylinders with inside-admission piston valves. Bore is 1" and stroke .875".Steam is exhausted through ports drilled in the cylinder walls, greatly simplifying the valve gear.

Reverse gear has been omitted for simplicity, but the engine can be made to run in either direction by resetting the eccentrics. Slip-eccentric reversing could be added easily.

With 75 lb. of steam or air the engine will kick over at about 1,100 rpm, providing ample power for a 48" to 60" model boat. All parts are machined from scrap-bin pieces of brass, bronze, dural and steel. After the final assembly, pour a bit of water-diluted Noxon silver polish into the cylinders and valve liners and rotate the crank shaft by hand to lap the moving parts to a smooth fit. Then wash the polish out, oil all parts, and full steam ahead!

2. Plans for Small Horizontal Steam Engine

At 40-lb. gauge pressure, the engine runs at 150 r.p.m., under full load, and delivers a little over .4 brake horsepower. A cast steam chest, with larger and more direct steam ports, to reduce condensation losses; less clearance in the cylinder ends, and larger bearing surfaces in several places, would bring the efficiency of the engine up to a much higher point than this.

3. Plans For Oscillating Steam Engine

These plans show the details of each part that is required. Not as good as the others but still full of detail.

4. Garret Water Carburetor Plans For Water Vehicles (Free Energy)

The Next Step in Energy Production, Engines and Lighting For years we have heard stories about a demonstration of a car that ran on water here in the Dallas area. Never was there any text substantiation or other documents relating details. Many of our friends had also heard the story with hints of a green pill or powder that was added to the water while in the gas tank that somehow made it combustible with no further actions taken beyond the simple ignition via a high intensity spark. About three years ago, our friends Howard and Joanne Bond sent us a short newspaper clipping describing the demonstration. The article indicates a patent was secured for the "something" that made the car run on water.

That has kept me inspired all this time and made me keep an eye and ear out for additional information. The basic story as I heard it was that the inventor of the traffic light, Dad Garrett, failed to get a patent on the idea. Every city adopted his traffic light invention for which Dad Garrett received little in return. He and his son Charles invented other devices, among them a means of making an automobile engine run on water, but I never heard of a patent issued on this. To promote the discovery, a public demonstration was held at White Rock Lake in Dallas somewhere around 1934. The event was covered by news media of the day and we understand there was a Pathe' or Movietone newsreel.

An automobile was towed to the lake site. We do not know the type of automobile or whether it was a 6 or 8 cylinder engine. A gallon of water was removed from the lake and put into the gas tank. The car was then started and driven around the lake with no problems.

Several months back, I decided to do whatever it would take to dig up this patent, if it existed. I knew from the article that a Dad Garrett and his son Charles had invented this "something". I did not know the year of this alleged patent and so had to go through several volumes looking for anything relating to Garrett. Sometimes inventors assign their invention to companies and that posed an additional problem if such was the case.

I finally did find a patent issued to Charles H. Garrett on July 2, 1935 and called an ELECTROLYTIC CARBURETOR. The number was 2,006,676. Since the microfiches only go back to about the mid-40's, I had no option except to order it from the patent office. A letter was sent to them with $2.00 ($1.50 for the patent and .50 for mailing costs). After almost 3 months, I got a letter saying that patents had now gone up to $3.00. So, another letter with the extra $1.00 FINALLY got me the patent about 3 weeks later. I have been calling it a HYDROLYTIC CARBURETOR because of WHAT it is combusting and have been totally amazed at the simplicity of the technology. Several of our associates have received advance copies of it and are quite impressed, saying they will build and test it. We too will test it and openly share our findings.