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I have a sudden hankering for a bottle of Old Janx Spirit. :D

Wow! Just Wow!

You could have just said you thought it was too expensive Steve.:rolleyes:

Why would anyone use Teflon in a spark plug when this stuff is readily available? McMaster-Carr If that is too spendy, there is also this stuff. McMaster-Carr

Actually, at room temperature of 20 deg C it will be about 830 PSI.

Hi Steamchick, I was following through your calculations, but there was one bit that I didn't understand. In this line: So this 7.6cu.in/min. of water = 7.6 cu.in./min. x 3.13 = 23.9lbs/.hour. Where does the 3.13 come from? I did it like this: 7.6cu.in/min x .033Lb/cu.in. =.251Lbs of water...

That makes sense. I was reading through your earlier posts and noticed you are planning to drive a turbocharger compressor with your engine. What happens to all that high volume/ medium pressure air from the turbocharger compressor?

I looked at the table, and I do believe you are interpreting the volume correctly. Are you planning to superheat above 183 C? Keep in mind that as the gas expands and cools, it will be dropping into the wet region under the "steam dome." At this point, some of your steam will have started to...

Hi guys! I've got to jump in here regarding PV=nRT. You cannot use PV=nRT when dealing with a Vapor according to my thermo book. This is why we use the Steam Tables. There is no simple mathematical expression for pressure, volume, and temperature when dealing with vapors. The vapor temperature...

You can take out G28 without any problems. G28 rapids all axis to their home position which I find can be kind of dangerous if you are unsure of what path the machine will take to accomplish this. Personally, I never use G28 for this reason. I like to use G00 Z4.000, or G01 Z4.000 F10 (if you...

That is REALLY cool! I gotta try this.

Wow, it sounds like your to do list is as long as mine! I look forward to pictures of what you're up to. I've never tried using stepper motors for dyno brakes, it will be interesting to see how well that works. Do your turbines have proper DeLaval nozzles in them? If so, they may not use much...

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. I will be adding better instrumentation in the future so I can feed the data into a laptop, but right now I've got a big list of other things to do first. I would be happy to help whenever you're ready to build your own. Cheers!

You guys have made some cool dynos! So far, I've found the easiest way to make a dyno is to use an AC induction motor as an eddy current brake. It is literally already made for you, and any AC induction motor will work. You simply feed DC to the windings to increase the braking effect. Here is...

Why not make the piston out of something that really IS heat treatable like 7075? I don't know if this would work, but it might be worth a shot.