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DIY Steam Turbine Run
« on: October 31, 2022, 11:43:01 pm »
DIY Steam Turbine Run

Here's a run of my DIY Steam Turbine Run, terribly windy here today and the wind has been picked up by the camera's mic.
Hope you can still enjoy the video.



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Re: DIY Steam Turbine Run
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2022, 05:17:03 am »
Bonjour Jim,
Great job indeed !
How did you solve the premature bearing wear problem ?
JMC has made one which run over 60 000 RPM (!) and it has this problem :

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Re: DIY Steam Turbine Run
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2022, 10:09:36 am »
Neat video, Jim. Did you make that boiler?
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Re: DIY Steam Turbine Run
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2022, 11:09:16 am »
Jim, very impressive setup....always love the sound of a turbine spooling up as they say!

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Re: DIY Steam Turbine Run
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2022, 04:43:32 pm »
Quote from: Raphael on November 01, 2022, 05:17:03 am
Bonjour Jim,
Great job indeed !
How did you solve the premature bearing wear problem ?
JMC has made one which run over 60 000 RPM (!) and it has this problem :

(Subtitled  ;) )

I haven't had any problem with the bearings as yet and I've spun this up (on air) for hours at ridiculous speeds.

Easy to change out the bearings if they ever eventually need to be.
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Re: DIY Steam Turbine Run
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2022, 04:45:10 pm »
Quote from: skeptic49 on November 01, 2022, 10:09:36 am
Neat video, Jim. Did you make that boiler?

I bought from MSM here in Australia -

https://miniaturesteammodels.com/
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Re: DIY Steam Turbine Run
« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2022, 04:46:54 pm »
Quote from: IndianaRog on November 01, 2022, 11:09:16 am
Jim, very impressive setup....always love the sound of a turbine spooling up as they say!

Rog

Thanks Rog :)
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