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Popular Mechanics Boiler
PekkaNF:
--- Quote from: vtsteam on August 03, 2014, 09:59:29 PM ---......and well my top secret tunaturbine, the antiTesla, which has never been tried on steam, or indeed publicly revealed. I don't know if I dare speak of it even here...
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Does it looks like a tunnymelt? :lol:
I have heard about flyreels (fly fishing) which brake fails when SW fish takes off. Maybe same thing or form?
Pekka
awemawson:
Looks the part Steve.
You could eliminate the spring entirely with a weight on the stem
vtsteam:
Here's a quick test of the new Popular Mechanics boiler running a Westinghouse type twin, and showing the release valve blow off. The valve pops twice, a little below 20 lbs because of boiling pressure peaks in the copper coil below, but opens steadily at 20 psi. Unfortunately you can't read the gauge easily since it's out of focus -- the second marking is 20 lbs.
ps because of the frame rate of the video it strobes the engine rotation and it looks very slow. The sound gives you a better idea of the actual speed -- about 750 RPM I think.
FUN!! (Lot's more planned, too). :ddb:
S. Heslop:
Very cool! That engine looks great too.
tom osselton:
Boiler seems to work good nice engine too!
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