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    The Moriya Story -- short form !

    Moriya was my first Stirling. In fact, it was the fourth engine I built after starting the hobby. I had never heard of such an engine before and was suspicious it would even run. So, I built it, heated her up and off she went, first try…unbelievable. I have 12 Stirlings now, they all run. An...
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    Building the Trevithick engine

    Brian: I will watch this build with great interest. I purchased the drawing set from the museum in the UK. Right from the get-go my project was doomed. I couldn't seem to do anything right, so into the shoe box it went. I will be very interested in the firebox you design. I tried to make an...
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    Edison dynamo

    Dave: I'm sorry to hear your having trouble. I too had a hard time to get my dynamo running. I also experienced high current when running the dynamo as a motor. However after I gave it a helping spin, off she went and after a time the current came down. I think 4 amps is probably reasonable. I...
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    Edison dynamo

    We have museum in town that has one of Edison's type K dynamos in the basement, (poor condition). They allowed me to gather dimensions and pictures a few years ago. I built a dynamo based on those dimensions. It was scaled from an old armature (2" dia) I had in the junk drawer. Initially, I had...
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    Stirling Engine Help

    I've come across an engine that is a mystery to all. Can anyone give me some information about this Stirling engine? If it was a published project, I'd like to know how to get a copy of the article. It's an engine in a family collection and no one seems to know anything about it. Any information...
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    Free Piston Stirling

    I've been reading about the NASA project KRUSTY the Kilopower project. It uses a free piston Stirling and a linear alternator to produce electricity for space missions. I'd like to build a free piston Stirling, but can't find hardly any information about the engine, let alone a published...
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