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A little update on my engine.

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I uploaded a YouTube video where you can see it in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... PKND59P3c8

I added a coreless dc motor to generate some power and drive a RGB led circuit.

Thanks junkie There it is, my new stirling engine. It’s all holding together with glue for the moment just to do a quick test run. [album]59[/album] [album]60[/album] [album]61[/album] It needed a few seconds to heat up and tadaaa! It runs first time. [album]62[/album] Currently I’m making a video f...

The piston is made from a fluorescent tube lamp. The glass tube is very straight and makes an excellent piston. I bought this graphite rod at a local jewelry repair shop, they use them for stirring molten silver. [album]53[/album] A small bearing is used to make the connection, this way the friction...

This flywheel is another part I found in my junk bin.
I really don’t know where it’s coming from (I think it’s from a old tape recorder)
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The connection with the shaft is made by these two discs with many holes for adjusting.
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I to love finding ways to recycle items that are just lying around. Finally found use for this microscope part I had for a few years :mrgreen: [album]45[/album] The bottle nearly fits. [album]46[/album] Here you can see some parts after machining to the right dimensions. [album]47[/album] Two compon...

Yes your right, I know these bottles are very fragile to heat. Lucky I have a few on spare and can replace them if they break.
Also I don’t like the flame touching the glass.Thanks for the advice.

For the displacer rod I’m using a linear slide from an old floppy drive.
In my previous sterling projects I’ve used them with great success.
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FR4 material is used to connect the rod with the displacer.
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I’m using a diamond disc to cut the bottle. The little bottle is made out of very thin glass, so I can't use a regular glass cutter for this. [album]37[/album] [album]38[/album] The capacitor is an excellent air tight aluminum can. After removing the inside it fits very nice in the bottle. [album]39...

Why didn't someone warn me? Building stirling engines is addictive. Today i found this in my junk bin and i dicided to build a nice little stirling out of it. [album]36[/album] I thought i would show you guys my progress building this. First step : Heat chamber and displacer.(new pics coming soon) r...

This stirling engine charges a supercapacitor with a small dc motor. A blokking diode prevents the capacitor from discharging once the flame died. Even after a few days i can start the stirling using the switch. To prevent the capacitor from overcharging during operation i added a powerled parallel ...

I just wanted to check in this forum and say hi.Super great forum this is. My name is Roger and im infected with the stirling virus :mrgreen: Iv'e build 3 LTD stilings so far and you can see my latest creation here > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=kIB5ePzZtkM See you la...