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The Regular Stuff: Chat, Buy, Sell, Off Topic, etc. => General Discussion - Model & Toy Steam Engines – Stirling Cycle – Flame Lickers – Small Antique Originals => Topic started by: Jim on October 31, 2022, 11:43:01 pm
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Jim, very impressive setup....always love the sound of a turbine spooling up as they say!
Rog
Thanks Rog :)
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Neat video, Jim. Did you make that boiler?
I bought from MSM here in Australia -
https://miniaturesteammodels.com/
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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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Jim, very impressive setup....always love the sound of a turbine spooling up as they say!
Rog
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Neat video, Jim. Did you make that boiler?
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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 :
https://youtu.be/doKz5hJjVlQ
(Subtitled ;) )
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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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU2bG_24Tuk&t=5s