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vtsteam:
I made this ten years ago on my then new Gingery lathe.
 I had to make a radial milling attachment for the lathe to do it, so it was a more involved project than just the turbine itself.
I'd do the turbine again quite differently now, but I was just learning then.
Well, I shouldn't say that. I'm still just learning!   :coffee:



Here is the finished disk turbine.




Milling the disk on a radial milling attachment I made for the Gingery lathe.



Milling a disk port



Milling a stator scroll for trying the turbine as a compressor.
Notice I can mount my lathe faceplate in the rotary mill attachment.
The lathe arbor has been changed to a milling spindle in the headstock.



Finished scroll with rotor.

Lew_Merrick_PE:

--- Quote from: vtsteam on February 03, 2013, 11:28:27 PM ---I'd do the turbine again quite differently now, but I was just learning then.
Well, I shouldn't say that. I'm still just learning!
--- End quote ---
I started my apprenticeship 46 years ago and I am still learning.

Shortly after being accepted as an apprentice, I asked Herr Meister Muller what the difference was between an apprentice, a journeyman, and a master machinist.  His answer was wonderful:

An apprentice, he makes a mistake and knows not what to do.  A journeyman, he makes a mistake and repair it he can.  A master sees the mistake before he makes it and avoids it.

I doubt that I will ever truly qualify as a master under that definition...

Jonny:
Lovely work on the stator.

krv3000:
brill work  :D

vtsteam:
Thank you guys very much!  :wave:

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