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quartz wrote: ↑Thu Jan 23, 2025 8:57 pm glad to be here, thanks

Just in time to say goodbye: I believe this board is about to expire...

I don't seem to be able to activate an account on that one.

Nothing says a failed project like a suspended website...

This looks quite a lot like some ideas that were floated in heat not too long ago using towers to generate pressure differentials, VincentG I think? If I'm interpreting this right, it looks basically like an air-lift pump in one column of fluid causes the liquid in the left columb to be lighter, du...

I've never built one, but researched a lot. I guess you're going for an alpha style. Those are 1:1 I think. Gamma, I think. Not quite like this one, but it's the closest one I could find. My power piston will be in line with the crank. https://www.stirlingengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/gamma...

Tom Booth wrote: ↑Tue Dec 31, 2024 10:28 pmI'm not sure if there is any family member or anyone else who might take care of the renewal, I get no response when leaving a PM for "admin".

Has anyone tried contacting the host?
I wasn't able to find who they are, but I haven't looked very hard.

Checking the Whois data for this forum it is set to expire January 1st 2025, less than two months away. Would anyone here be interested in starting a backup forum? Did you get on top of this? Or are the lights about to go out? The thread appears to descend into bickering about ephemera and I didn't...

Swept volume you mean? The bigger the displacer is compared to the piston, the lower your temperature delta can be. It goes from 1:1 up to however much you want. In theory. I was thinking of a gas burner at one end and a water cooler at the other. Is the theory set out in numbers somewhere? So I ca...

. Thank you. https://seftonmotors.com/products/volo-one-engine?srsltid=AfmBOoqtvzw3wpm0TTyxAlQPIC3JfZDWVKookned25lNjUujXx0rxok5 I was looking at that one earlier. Seems dear, and doesn't look like it's got a particularly high standard of build. Maybe the pictures are deceptive? https://m.youtube.co...

What's the best way to start building a Stirling engine of a useable size?
I was thinking to start with an infernal construction engine: that provides a robust crank and airtight piston, which seem to me to be the main engineering problem.
Not sure where to go next...

This site doesn't seem to exist any more... That was posted 2006, so, yeah... Sorry, it wasn't meant as a criticism, just an observation: it was the first place on the forum that I looked at, and it was a link that didn't work. unfortunately the forum owner passed away... I'm sorry to hear that. Wa...

A relatively new web site has a lot of information of interest to model builders of Stirling and Hot Air Engine. He has a simplified valving arrangement for Flame Licker engines which eliminates any fancy cams, linkages and levers. The owner, Jan Ridders is a first class model maker. His site is at...

Where should I look for advice on building a functional Stirling engine? Not just a toy, one that can do a little work.
I expect there is pots of it here, but the rules require a first post, so I thought I would ask before I look...