This engine, however, is made entirely out of wood (and fasteners). One might wonder how a design like this was conceived, but this may be explained by [Woodgears.ca’s] tagline: “An engineer ...

The video above breaks down the construction of the wooden engine, from making the stencils to the cutting, grinding and a cool overview of the pieces, which number 300 in all, before final assembly.

A Russian YouTuber machined four pistons for his VAZ-2106's 1.6-liter inline-four engine, installed them, and tried to run the engine. It goes about as well as you ...