Toymaker's latest activity

Home Model Engine Machinist Forum

Help Support Home Model Engine Machinist Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  • Toymaker
    Toymaker replied to the thread DIY Tesla Impulse Turbine.
    All good ideas. I've had limited success using RC filters on the sensor input, but this is an area I need to revisit as the tests I...
    • Air Blower Mods b sml.jpg
  • Toymaker
    Toymaker reacted to Nerd1000's post in the thread DIY Tesla Impulse Turbine with Like Like.
    Dealing with the noise from the PSU is a good start. I'd suggest also putting filters between your Arduino pins and their respective...
  • Toymaker
    Toymaker reacted to Steamchick's post in the thread DIY Tesla Impulse Turbine with Like Like.
    "A journey in small steps can reach the same destination as with larger steps, and can be more enjoyable". K2
  • Toymaker
    Toymaker replied to the thread DIY Tesla Impulse Turbine.
    Displaying temperature and pressure values even when you know those values aren't very accurate is how software development works; I now...
  • Toymaker
    Toymaker replied to the thread DIY Tesla Impulse Turbine.
    I've already tried hanging 1000uf caps and various resistor values onto the power supply outputs with very little success. I've just...
  • Toymaker
    Toymaker replied to the thread DIY Tesla Impulse Turbine.
    Well, that's not good,... as I suspect the stainless shaft will always rise to at least 100° C. The next test run will be...
  • Toymaker
    Toymaker reacted to The Ignoble Troll's post in the thread DIY Tesla Impulse Turbine with Sad Sad.
    Probably a working temp around 75°c according to some generalized data sheets.
  • Toymaker
    Toymaker replied to the thread DIY Tesla Impulse Turbine.
    I have the liquid filled dial guage shown in the video in post #305 at 11 sec in, and I have been using that guage as my "gold standard"...
  • Toymaker
    Toymaker replied to the thread DIY Tesla Impulse Turbine.
    I still haven't been able to set the temp and pressure sensors to display accurate readings; view them as +/- 30. The video clearly...
  • Toymaker
    Toymaker replied to the thread DIY Tesla Impulse Turbine.
    Compared to most boilers found on HMEM, my 10" diameter x 13" long monotube flash boiler, containing 30 feet of 5/8" diameter copper...
  • Toymaker
    Toymaker replied to the thread DIY Tesla Impulse Turbine.
    The couplers were purchased via AliExpress :Plum Coupler The only specs given are diameter, length, and shaft size,....and the spider...
  • Toymaker
    Toymaker replied to the thread DIY Tesla Impulse Turbine.
    Steam flow rate was 0.83 LPM (Liters Per Minute) at just over 100 C and at nearly zero pressure. The coupler melted before I had a...
  • Toymaker
    Toymaker replied to the thread DIY Tesla Impulse Turbine.
    Tesla Turbine success & failure in the span of a few minutes. I was finally able to perform a short test of my Tesla Turbine (TT)...
    • Melted Coupler sml.jpg
  • Toymaker
    Toymaker replied to the thread Monotube Flash Boiler Design.
    Problem found and fixed :) A tiny, nearly invisible tear developed in the silicone tube I use for the fuel line, and because the fuel is...
  • Toymaker
    Toymaker replied to the thread Monotube Flash Boiler Design.
    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...
Back
Top