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Title: Re: Steam Turbine - Home Made and first Air Tes
Post by: AirSpyder on December 04, 2020, 01:59:31 pm

I really like that Jim, Very pretty in Red and Brass. :)

Title: Re: Steam Turbine - Home Made and first Air Tes
Post by: txlabman on December 04, 2020, 01:03:35 pm

Awesome Jim.

Thanks for the schematic.

Have you steamed it yet?

Title: Re: Steam Turbine - Home Made and first Air Tes
Post by: Jim on December 03, 2020, 05:33:10 pm

Thanks all, its a pretty simple design the internal spinning fan, even at 120 psi there is zero vibration -

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Title: Re: Steam Turbine - Home Made and first Air Tes
Post by: classixs on December 03, 2020, 12:22:10 pm

Fun project Jim, well done !

Title: Re: Steam Turbine - Home Made and first Air Tes
Post by: St Paul Steam on December 03, 2020, 09:56:31 am

Nicely done Jim , seems well balanced (as stated prior) and very nicely presented. The real fun of a turbine is the "spooling up" & yours does that with ease 😄.
Well done that.

Title: Re: Steam Turbine - Home Made and first Air Tes
Post by: Steamloco on December 03, 2020, 08:28:41 am

Nicely balanced at speed. For a DYI, it seems that would be the hard part.

Title: Re: Steam Turbine - Home Made and first Air Tes
Post by: Stoker on December 02, 2020, 11:53:10 pm

My X-ray eyes aren't working tonight JIM, so you're going to have to open it up to share the inner secrets with us!   ;c)

Title: Re: Steam Turbine - Home Made and first Air Tes
Post by: Jim on December 02, 2020, 08:43:00 pm

Quote from: Nick on December 02, 2020, 08:38:42 pm

Great sound to that one  8)

I like your heavy duty hose clamp too  :D  Always a fun scramble when a line blows off at high psi  :D

Looked everywhere to take one off something else Nick and couldn't find one so the vice was the next best thing. There was some air leakage though from it being squashed :)

The big dog has had enough 'turbine' noise for today or I'm gonna' have to give him a Valium.

Title: Re: Steam Turbine - Home Made and first Air Tes
Post by: Nick on December 02, 2020, 08:38:42 pm

Great sound to that one  8)

I like your heavy duty hose clamp too  :D  Always a fun scramble when a line blows off at high psi  :D

Title: Steam Turbine - Home Made and first Air Tes
Post by: Jim on December 02, 2020, 08:32:37 pm

Steam Turbine - Home Made and first Air Test
Really enjoyed this making this DIY steam turbine. Extremely loud running at 60 psi and I made the fan that runs on a steel axle and bearings from a hefty piece of brass and the fan blades from a heavy gauge copper so there is a fair bit of weight when its spinning.

https://youtu.be/7EBSqvYr5GE