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Rob.Wilson:
:bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: spot on David :thumbup: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Runs great :med:

Rob

modeldozer:
:bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:
Well done.

:beer:

Abraham

madjackghengis:

--- Quote from: danstir4 on September 16, 2011, 01:37:48 PM ---Wow, that is great! Have you considered using rice cakes for the displacer? (Still trying to find a possible use for a rice cake).

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Having just stumbled on this build, after missing for a while with work from a storm and cleanup, I found this from the start to be just my sort of thing: looking around and getting smacked in the head with an idea which jumps off the shelf and strikes me between the eyes. I haven't finished going through the build because this quote was too perfect to waste, but I've been looking to build a stirling and even have a kit I bought and haven't started, but twenty years ago or so, I got a sample actuator which is pyrex glass tube with a graphite piston, meant to operate some gizmo or door or something, and I've never got around to using it. The rice cake sounds like the perfect start of a displacer and about the right size to go with the actuator.
I have to say, the initial trial run of this actual build is very impressive, and I'll probably sound stupid not having read the rest, but seeing those spokes flying around, my first thought was "hang the flywheel, replace those spokes with blades, and you've got a very fancy table fan to keep you cool in the summer, or warmer in the winter. Fantastic workmanship, and proof positive no glue necessary with balsa. Truthfully, I was afraid the displacer would be too heavy, but it obviously isn't at all. Very nice job. :jaw: :bow: :beer: Cheers, mad jack

doubleboost:
I would be pleased as well
Runs great :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
This has been a fun build to follow
John

madjackghengis:
Just as a matter of general information, I was a Marine, and we had to keep all our brass well polished and we used brasso, but also jeweler's rouge, easy to find on a military installation, but I would ask a jeweler where to get some, when my lump runs out. As to WD-40, it is about 97% Stoddard solvent, and some two or three percent castor oil, according to the company's data sheet. I also use liquid polishing compound for auto body work for lapping, adding rouge to it initially and finishing with just the polish. In a pinch, one can sneak into the better half's side of the cabinet and find her "rouge" and it is the same stuff and equally fine for lapping. Looking forward to the finished project and another video. :bugeye: :jaw: :beer: Cheers, mad jack

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