<font face="arial" size="2">http://www.globalscience.co.nz/ - local chch office.<br>or: http://www.labwarehouse.co.nz/<br><br>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).<br><br>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?<br><br>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.<br><br>Stirling engines are very cool. :-)<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: "Richard Jones" <rjtp@ihug.co.nz><br>Sent: Tuesday, 30 November, 2010 08:26<br>To: "Christchurch Robotics" <chchrobotics@lists.linuxnut.co.nz><br>Subject: [chbot] Test Tubes for Stirling Engine<br><br>I would like to build the student Stirling engine described here :<br><br><a href="http://www.mech.canterbury.ac.nz/research/stirlingcycle.shtml">http://www.mech.canterbury.ac.nz/research/stirlingcycle.shtml</a><br><br>Anyone know where I could buy a test tube?<br>
<br>Or for that matter get hold of parts to build a much larger Stirling engine?<br><br>Richard<br>
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