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Shortly after typing my last post where I mentioned how rare it is to have coil wires inside a transformer develop a short, I remembered...

Yes, a flyback transformer would also work,...but I don't have one of those in my spare parts box either. So, I'ld need to order a...

Just when I was ready to finally run more tests,...my High Voltage ignitor coil sprung a leak,....and I don't have a spare! I've...

The small motors used on drones make excellent alternators without any modification. These motors are brushless outrunners and put out...

More test parts arrived and I'm ready to connect them to the boiler,....now, if it would just stop raining :-( My boiler test...

After weighing which loading method would be better, electrical generator or water pump, I decided to first try the electrical...

Referring to my 9-Piston Axial Pump.dwg drawing: I use magenta color circles to represent end mill size, start-stop, and pathway points...

My web browser is Google Chrome which downloads the file as soon as I click on it. Check your downloads folder to see if it downloaded...

If you decide to build the pump version which uses valve plates, I would change one of the plates from brass to steel, as brass slides...

Can you use a CAD file? The drawing I have I made for myself, it is not 3-D and not fully detailed, but between the CAD file and all...

Which motorcycles have oil pumps capable of developing 60 Barr (900 psi) ?

I recently made a pump that should meet your needs; The build thread is here: Axial Swash Plate Pump. I built two different valve...

It doesn't account for boundary layer losses, that's a complex fluid dynamics problem that I think would be hard to handle in a...

Ok, that definition makes sense but I have operated turbines where the throttle valves were split into as many as four sections so that...

So what you're saying is that the increased efficiency and power output seen by turbines using full admission as compared to those using...