I have a product that might work it's a polymer grease that can with stand High temp as well as High pressure. It was design for Metal spinning as was made by...
Hi, I'm new to this group, and as the title suggests, I'm interested in turbine gensets. I've seen that a Thailand member of the group (sawadee khrap !) Has...
Hi all, I am currently disassembling several Cummins turbocharger, a ST50 and VT50 to build one complete motor from the best parts of each. At the moment I am...
Hi Dean - I apologize that it took me so long to answer you; it seems Thanksgiving got in the way. I am confused as to why you think that Ti6-4 titanium could...
Yea Sean it’s a bugger sometimes. heat the cast iron housing with a blow torch or in the oven at 400 f and then some wd-40 and carefully try to knock it off...
Hi Randy Its not so much the lube thats the problem , its the heat buildup and consequent degradation of the metal surface from the excessive forces at the...
Hi Could you please supply a Link to the genset that " sawadee khrap " has built so I can better understand your queri . Cheers John ... From: jcvanassche To:...
... has built so I can better understand your queri . ... http://tech.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/DIYGasTurbines/photos/browse/18be By the way the name of that...
Hi Yes ,now I remember seeing the pics , thanks for the Link , Chiang Mai has changed somewhat from when I was there for the Water Festive back in 1976 :-)) ...
Hi Mike Don't know much about Jet machine tools , but having just looked at them on the Net , I wouldn't mind having one in place of my ancient lathes . ...
Sean, take a look in Files/Information Resource/General/Turbocharger, theres a good bit of information on ST /VT 50 ... a blow ... try to knock ... ...
-Hi Mike I have a Chinees lathe and a milling machine You dont so much buy a machine as a set of parts. Once stripped down and rebuilt with propper bolts and...
... Mai has changed somewhat from when I was there for the Water Festive back in 1976 :-)) ... the freepower turbine without the use of a gearbox , just a...
Hi John, as previously mentioned I joined GTBA and I'm exploring the build of KJ66 or other, have you built a model turbine in the past? I'm also currently...
Hi Ted LOL....the only "model" sized turbine I've built up to running stage is FM-1 , the others have been the more traditional DIY turbo engines :-)) The...
Hi Jean -Christophe Ideally we want the turbine to be spinning fairly quickly to take adavantage of the extra horsepower it can then develop , the horsepower...
I got all excited a few weeks ago when I discoved these turbojet engines. I started looking at web sites and Ebay. I know a couple things I want. Noise and...
Hey ken : Don't know but if you have a truck wrecker near your place it would be a really good place to start your project from . I have one at the end of my...
... adavantage of the extra horsepower it can then develop , the horsepower is derived from the gas deflection times the turbine blade speed , so we loose a...
Hi everyone I thought I would let you know that I have advertised the jet bike on ebay. Unfortunaatly it has to go as we need the funds to buy a dragster. (we...
Hi J-C Our engines consume MASSIVE amounts of fuel , so unless you have thousands of litres of it for free , it won't make economic sense to use a DIY turbine...
... place it would be a really good place to start your project from . I have one at the end of my road and i went in and told the owner i wanted a really big...
Should I plumb my oil cooler before the turbo or after it? I would think that after the turbo may be better but am unsure any comments would be appreciated ...
Hi Joshua Before the turbo , so the pump can force it thru the cooler.................if after the turbo you'll have problems getting the air/oil mix thru the...
Would it be possible to put the oil cooler before the pump and have the pump pull the oil through the oil cooler. I am using the reccomended shurflo pump. I...
Hi Josh You might find that the pump won't be able to suck the oil thru the cooler and instead cavitate . Can you "solder" some hard line fittings onto the...
... produce 30Kw hour's of power from a DIY gas turbine :-(( ... Now that's a point ! I'm not in such amounts. Let's keep the turbine to play with jet engine...
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