[chbot] Test Tubes for Stirling Engine

[Chris Hellyar]

http://www.globalscience.co.nz/ - local chch office.
or: http://www.labwarehouse.co.nz/

And as for larger Stirling engines...  The only tricky bit with classical designs I found was the graphite piston material (Assuming you have access to a lathe, which would be a show stopper for most designs I've seen).

I think you'll find the easiest way is to find a design for which you can buy all the bits locally. What design are you thinking about?

I've got a friend who went through 5 or 6 designs trying to make his own version of the whisper gen sets.  I got to watch vicariously as he did so as he was using my lathe to make some of the bits. He got bored in the end and changed to using a radial layout oscilating steam engine.

Stirling engines are very cool. :-)

-----Original Message-----
From: "Richard Jones" <rjtp at ihug.co.nz>
Sent: Tuesday, 30 November, 2010 08:26
To: "Christchurch Robotics" <chchrobotics at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
Subject: [chbot] Test Tubes for Stirling Engine

I would like to build the student Stirling engine described here :

[http://www.mech.canterbury.ac.nz/research/stirlingcycle.shtml] http://www.mech.canterbury.ac.nz/research/stirlingcycle.shtml

Anyone know where I could buy a test tube?

Or for that matter get hold of parts to build a much larger Stirling engine?

Richard
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