Hi guys, I just decided to finally start posting, and stop lurking here! I just laid down an introduction in the newbie section, so I won't repeat all that....
I continure to see some awesome good stuff here!
I'll start in with some pix for you. You do like pix...no?
I've just gotten started with a new project, and I'm certain it's not going to go too fast, but it is moving right along actually. But, I know I'll get stalled out as my business season approaches. In fact, I shouldn't be messing with it at all right now, lol. ...
This is a Kurt Schreckling design that I am working on, and, of course, adding my own tweaks to.
These are some of my items which I am re-engineering... Things like this are not just for coffee, as most of you guys well know...
What you are really looking at there is a stainless steel engine case, and a combustion chamber, and turbine inlet guide vanes for a jet engine.
I know you guys can see it. My main forum, not so much so... lol
I had a 51mm turbine wheel, from a turbo charger, sitting on my desk for a while now, and it looked like it needed an air inlet to get the project rolling. So, I made one.
Shown is the mating surfaces. No CNC's here, all I own is a modest Grizzly mill with a DRO, and a 9 x 19 bench top Grizzly lathe for building my stuff. Although I do have my sources for "special deals" if you know what I mean.
To a sharp eye, it looks like it doesn't fit tight, but it's also not shimmed up to the right height here. It's on the money...
FWIW, I am also not polishing anything right, until I'm done dropping them on the floor. lol I've done a polishing thread in the past, with something like 50,000 views now, so it's something you can look to in my builds.
And then I figured it needed a diffuser, and a tunnel to support a shaft, and bearings and stuff, to be useful. So, I made those too. Note some 6al4v titanium sheet, some tungsten sheet, etc., laying there... hmmm.
But then I got stuck, because if I didn't know how big the casing would be, I wouldn't be able to make the outer diffuser ring.
So I went down to the LHS, and when they asked me, "what I was building now?", I told them "...A jet engine". They grinned, as usual, and asked what I needed exactly. (You guys have been there, no doubt, lol)
"I need a 94-95 MM ID 304 stainless steel outer casing, and an 84 MM (or so) outer burner can section, as well as... " So they asked me, ..."which department I thought we should start looking in?" I said; " Kitchen wares", "...Got any coffee cups and thermoses?" ...
Yep, right over here.
I whipped out my yardstick, and said, "I want this one, and this one, and one of these".
And they said, "... for a Jet engine?"
"Yep. 150,000 RPM's.... "
To that... "... You know we
can't wait to see
this one.." ...
And the eve's dropping customers shopping, all had expressions beyond description.
Well duh.
So, I brought home my Jet engine parts, and made my outer engine casing last night.
It fits too. Imagine that... lol.
And the bonus is that it also contains the outer section of the burner can with just the right amount of spacing for the insulating blanket air between it. However, the bump in the front, may be a good thing, but may be a bad thing, so the jury is out on this one yet.
It has a ways to go, one step at a time.
There's a lot of stuff for me to look at here yet, and I still do a lot at a restoration forum, but FWIW, I like what I see here at this forum!
So that's my second post here, hopefully it works when I click "Post" . ...
I hope everyone like pix... lol. I'll try and get my son (13) to post up some of his stuff he's built and will get involved, or maybe I'll have to do it for him...? ~~~shrug~~~
Cheers,
Ted
After some more browsing I just realized there is a WIP section.... Oops, I probably should have posted this there... lol... New guys... sheesh...
It won't hurt my feelings if the mods feel compelled move it...
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