Neat! I see why it started going so fast: the alcohol spilled up over the whole top of the lamp so the whole thing turned into a giant torch instead of a little burning wick. Hopefully that test tube is good boro glass.
I have this one:
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Horizontal-Stirling-Engine-Kit/H8101
It still pretty much looks like the picture. Every once and a while I finish one of the teeny brass parts.
