Hello All,
This is my first time here! I have been a home machinist for about 10 years with tons of creations. I had been dreaming about having a LTD Stirling Engine for many years. I finally decided to start designing one of my own as a nice winter project. 3 months ago I started designing and started throwing chips 4 weeks ago. I finally completed it! It has a 7.5” displacer and stands about 14” tall. I got done putting it together and went to get the power source, hot water in a bowl. After about 30 sec. on the bowl of water it tried to start. Once it started to run on its own it was a break neck speed of 30 RPM…… Still exciting to me, since I have never built or even seen one of these devices in person. After a few adjustments it really wound up to between 96 and 116 RPM. Now I was really going nuts. I probably sat there watching that thing for 3 hours. I know that it is a big LTD, and needs a bit more heat than just a hand, but you've got to start somewhere….. Hope that you enjoy the pictures.
See the video 5 posts down from here...
This is my first time here! I have been a home machinist for about 10 years with tons of creations. I had been dreaming about having a LTD Stirling Engine for many years. I finally decided to start designing one of my own as a nice winter project. 3 months ago I started designing and started throwing chips 4 weeks ago. I finally completed it! It has a 7.5” displacer and stands about 14” tall. I got done putting it together and went to get the power source, hot water in a bowl. After about 30 sec. on the bowl of water it tried to start. Once it started to run on its own it was a break neck speed of 30 RPM…… Still exciting to me, since I have never built or even seen one of these devices in person. After a few adjustments it really wound up to between 96 and 116 RPM. Now I was really going nuts. I probably sat there watching that thing for 3 hours. I know that it is a big LTD, and needs a bit more heat than just a hand, but you've got to start somewhere….. Hope that you enjoy the pictures.
See the video 5 posts down from here...