I saw a show recently on TV (Invention Nation) which covered some developments in wind and water power and also concentrated solar. If you have water and some...
I saw a book by Merrick Lockwood "HOW I BUILT A 5HP STIRLING ENGINE" to run a generator for electricity in Asia. Since steam isn't involved it is so much...
I thought you guys were optimists like me! Just joking :). I have indeed found 2 diesel powered generators that I am considering. I will check out the other...
May I also recommend "Home Power" the magazine? All kinds of info on renewable energy for home electrical power. http://www.homepower.com/ I used to subscribe....
actual steam turbines use pressure sections and each section has a series of diaphrams.there is a corresponding row of blades on the rotor for each ...
Hello Pat This Mr. hardmaster321 , is going to build a steam turbine with an engine block? I would like to see the photos of it when he gets done. I seen some...
AND like I tel you before it need a lot of water to fefresh it here in quebec city we have a very ols instaalation for yard ship from 1889 and the electric...
Yes Dave it can burn anything it just so happens they have an abundance of waste rice husks. So much better than steam. However, chicken and egg. You could use...
Pat&ALL, Check out: http://phoenixnavigation.com/ptbc/home.htm This is a club of over 1000 people throughout the world who some have built running units. It...
... Well, a small single cylinder engine would give power in the short term, then go for the Stirling and get rid of (or sell) the one lunger. David G. LeVine ...
One of the problems with Stirling engines is that it is hard to build one that will operate at high pressures, and low pressure engines are very large. ...
Thanks to some great suggestions we probably have answers for 2 MM problems that have long bothered me. The need for a simple thread follower threading device...
OK, my turn again. :) I have decided to ditch the idea of a turbine. Just from an efficiency point of view, one would basically have to do one big burn per...
Why is it necessary to generate electricity if it is only to be used to drive a rotating machine? Wouldn't it be better to couple a small ic engine directly to...
I am in total agreement with Ian. The MM is meant to be a simple machine to help people make money. A little gas is just a cost of doing business. pat ... Good...
I can speak only for myself, but the multimachine was listed here: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/11/the_open_source_1.html In the Make Magazine open...
Hi Pat and all I'm just came back from Athens from a short 10 days holly days, with some materials for the MM project construction.Now, I have every thing ...
Hi... Someone posted a link on the Locostbuilders site, so I came to see what you are all about. Locostbuilders is a scratch build kit car group / site. ie...
Why not a petrol engine for each machine? How many reasons do you want? Thank you for the input. It is really appreciated. However, consider the following: I...
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Sorry for my silence. My 3 week long head cold has mutated to something worse! On a another subject, did anyone look at the new thread follower in (3 thread...
Hello Pat I hope you get to feeling better. I looked at the thread follower, and I am still thinking about it. On the South Bend V-belt question. The driver...
Thanks Keith I was thinking of 3 belts anyway. Maybe some pictures are on lathes.com.uk What I was thinking about was to to use a third block that would be ...
... lathes.com.uk ... device ... I have been working on a spindle with a slideing quill. It is basicaly a dom tube in the bearings and a keyed shaft going ...
Did anyone see the recent set of articles that Howard Hall wrote for Model Engineer's Workshop? The lathe mounted vertical milling adaptor ones... He had a...
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