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by timayers
Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:45 pm
Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
Topic: Man with limited tools needs help!
Replies: 4
Views: 5930

Re: Man with limited tools needs help!

Sadly the only power tools I have access to are a soldering iron and a 19V battery drill! I have tried using a tenon/wood saw but it's just not precise enough over relatively large work. I am looking at the possibility of using the casing from a 12v 120mm computer fan for a displacer cylinder. After...
by timayers
Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:36 am
Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
Topic: Man with limited tools needs help!
Replies: 4
Views: 5930

Re: Man with limited tools needs help!

Thanks Cartech, I have tracked down a UK supplier for Airpot and asked for a quote. I agree, it is difficult to get hold of scraps these days but Ebay has all the raw materials I could ever need (at a price). My main problem is the lack of machinery to turn a 1m length of acrylic tubing into 35mm ri...
by timayers
Sun Mar 01, 2009 2:47 pm
Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
Topic: Man with limited tools needs help!
Replies: 4
Views: 5930

Man with limited tools needs help!

Hi all, I have built a couple of LTD stirling engines, my first was in school many years back for my final design technology project (I got an A* for it!!) and more recently a small solar powered engine. You can see this one on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU48ckoUuLc I am in the planning...