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Hi guys, Sorry to post this in HMEM forum. But I have no other option left. I've asked in telescope related forums to no avail. I hope some willing soul on this forum can help me explaining what went wrong with this tube. As you can see this tube has a few issues. It suppose to be made in de...

Someone in Europe interested in making this one..?

Hi Planning to build a power hacksaw. I would use a windscreen wiper motor to drive this hacksaw. Just bought this motor in UK but problem is after after some time this motor gets very hot, and I mean HOT. Only way to keep it cool during a long (free)run is to install a 80 or 120 mm fan...

Hi guys, Planning toward next school-year(already...;D). My colleague and I want to copy 1:1 the very first Benz auto-mobile. This car will be Co-work between my workshop(mechanics) and my colleague's workshop(welding). Looking forward to it...! This is what it will look like ...

Hi guys, Another finished project made by one of our students at GTI Duffel (6MT). This oscillating compressed air engine is made by 18 year old Matthias as his final exam in our school. At first he had some difficulties because one of the parts started to stall due to friction of the...

Hi, School projects finished, open door was a succes, so now its time to start thinking toward next schoolyear. This one is not finished yet...;) Wouter(fellow teacher) and I are thinking of building a copy of Benz' first auto driven by a compressed air engine instead of a IC engine. Ideas...

Hi, This is what 'my guys' made during this schoolyear. All movies were made during open door in our school GTI-Duffel, May 5 Drill press (10) units were made by 14-15 year old. All other projects were made by 16-17 year old pupils. They were all VERY proud...

Hi guys, One of our students(Mathieu) in GTI Duffel(Belgium) made this one. It's one of Jan Ridders' engines. Heated with a alcohol flame it runs as fast as 1070 rpm. We were a bit surprised it ran that fast. Using a candle the speed of this engine dropped to about 450 rpm. Just some...

OK, not 100% done but at this stage it runs smoothly, some fine-tuning has to be done. Made by my pupils. This is it's actual maiderun. It is indeed rather noisy but that's because it is mounted on top of a metal box http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSVN_IsKdmQ

Hi guys, This is what my pupils made over the last months. http://gti-duffel.be/4B/StirlingCD-2cil ... er-loc.mpg It is the same loc as last year(own design) except this time we made a 2-cilinder version. Same procedure, my pupils made all the parts and I did the assembling of the locs (at...

Hi, Somewhere I saw a Stirling or vacuum engine 'hit and miss' movie on the net. I don't find it anymore. Someone seen it also and can give me the url..? Thanks in advance.. Chris

Hi guys, Where do I get small honing tools and is willing to ship to Europe(Belgium). I was thinking of 3/4", and even smaller. I need these to finish stirling engine cilinders. Or maybe there's someone out there using homemade honing tools, and is willing to share his idea..? Thanks in...

Hi there guys, School is starting again next week. Apparently some extra pupils entered in the third grade. Some extra projects has to be found. We thought of an Alpha Stirling engine. So my question : is there someone pe-lease who could provide us with plans of such an engine. I saw some...

Hi there, Now and then I read about some Windows 'problems'. I'm not going to start a pro-con discussion here whether a Win, Linux or Apple OS is better or best. Thing is, make the best of it with what you're using. My point is : Windows is not that bad at all. I'm still using XP (the best...

Hi guys, This one is also a school project, almost finished, (partly)on hold. 31 units have been made this schoolyear. Almost finished, because I have a small problem. While assembling the units we discovered that the pistons, made out of stubsteel, were to small and on top of it not perfectly...

Hi, Planning to make me some small tools to make live easy in my workshop. I already owne 2 drill presses, 2 lathes. To buy : milling machine On my wish list / to do(make) list : power hacksaw, sanding machine, filing machine, small milling machine.... (maybe I forget something here...

Hi, first post here... This is my first Stirling engine school project. 3 little locs have been made (gauge 1). They all 3 have some difficulty maintaining speed in the curved part of the track. Next time I'll install bogie's to overcome this small problem. My pupils had lots of fun making...