PXL News

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Everything the anchors say on this tape, story by story.

Making Internal Combustion Engines Better With More Valves (Hackaday)

DOZER BITWELL: A homemade engine gets ten valves, and some of them are wood screws.

DOZER BITWELL: Still up? Good. We told you about this engine yesterday, so this is for anyone just joining. It has more valves now. Let's ease in. ▶

LUNA LOWBATT: Hackaday reports that Alexander's Laboratory built a ten-valve head. Five valves breathe in, five breathe out. I'm at four percent, so I relate. ▶

DOZER BITWELL: Ten valves. That's a lot of doors for one small explosion. Ada is at the makerspace with the details. I lost my place, but Ada hasn't. ▶

ADA: Huge fan of this one. Engines usually get only as many valves as they need. But the Yamaha FX750 has three inlet and two outlet per cylinder, twenty in total. ▶

ADA: The claim is that smaller, lighter valves help performance. Each one has less to move. That's the idea Alexander wanted to push further. ▶

ADA: This is footage of the largely 3D-printed engine from the earlier videos. The four-valve head comes off, and a new ten-valve head goes on in its place. ▶

ADA: And the custom valves? Large wood screws. Yes, really. I'm so jealous. Someone check my pegboard for wood screws. ▶

DIRECTOR MARGE: Ada, we are off in thirty seconds. Finish the screws and throw back to the desk. Now, please. ▶

LUNA LOWBATT: Wood screws as valves. Somewhere, a very patient engine is thinking about its life choices. Back to you, Dozer. I need a charge. ▶

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Weather

STORMY BYTES: Good morning, night owls. It's the small hours, and there's a high-pressure front of people with spare 3D printers.

STORMY BYTES: Expect scattered wood screws over the garage, with a chance of overconfident engine talk.

STORMY BYTES: Visibility is low and the hype is moderate. Keep a thermos handy.

Real or PXL?

DOZER BITWELL: Correct! The real one. Sharp eye. I assumed you'd see through our made-up headline. We do keep a tidy desk of fakes.

DOZER BITWELL: Oh dear. That one was PXL's own invention. Brunnel Optics doesn't exist, much like my confidence in that answer. Easy mistake.

DOZER BITWELL: Time's up! The clock waits for no one, not even me, and I've tried.

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