Recent content by steve schwartzkoph

The spacing between the discs was .047" and it had one 2" dia. nozzle that transitioned into a rectangle and was distributed across the top of the entire width of the disc pack and it could be adjusted from zero to full open. I only built the turbine to my customers specifications and I was not...

About 23 years ago when I was running my business, we built what I believe to be a true Tesla Turbine. The Discs were 20" diameter and I believe there were 19 of them. They were no vanes or blades on them and just relied on the boundary layer of the Discs to rotate them. We made the first of...

I use to use a Box tool on a Hardinge Chucker to turn long small diameters. You could build one as they are pretty pricey to buy. I know Boyar-Schultz and Hardinge both mahe them. Handy tool to have around.

I was born, raised and educated in Lincoln. I moved away when I was 21 years old and lived in Phoenix for 33 years. Most of the manufacturing I have done was in Phoenix. I retired and moved back to Lincoln in 2011. I still do repair and rework for Hartzell, Lycoming and McCauley Propellers...

Sorry I didn't clarify that. I live in Lincoln, Nebraska USA right in the center of the USA.

I have always been fascinated with steam engines. I built my first one when I was 18 yrs old, no plans on paper just from the minds of two of my mentors that grew up in the steam age. Unfortunately my first engine was given to one of my mentors when he retired (because I had built it on...