Seems like this is the place to say Hello and tell a bit about yourself, so here goes.
I am Karl and live in Utah. I work as a Science Teacher teaching the easy stuff: Chemistry and Physics. I keep my brain working by reasearching patents and want to build a few that I have found.
The thing that brought me here was Patent # 4,698,973 which involves a uni-flow steam engine. He gives no dimensions in the patent, so I am toying with my scrap to figure out how big to make the piston. The project is a solar powered steam engine.
I have a small wood shop, and a small metal shop. My biggest lathe can turn a 6" hunk of metal. I am not yet CNC equipped, but hope to get there someday. I am a computer geek of the first order, have been an electronics tech and have an Amatuer Extra Ham Radio license.
I went to the google books site and downloaded a few old books on steam engine design. One of them said that a 5" piston would develop 866 HP. That seems a bit outlandish to me and I hope that some of you could comment.
Karl
I am Karl and live in Utah. I work as a Science Teacher teaching the easy stuff: Chemistry and Physics. I keep my brain working by reasearching patents and want to build a few that I have found.
The thing that brought me here was Patent # 4,698,973 which involves a uni-flow steam engine. He gives no dimensions in the patent, so I am toying with my scrap to figure out how big to make the piston. The project is a solar powered steam engine.
I have a small wood shop, and a small metal shop. My biggest lathe can turn a 6" hunk of metal. I am not yet CNC equipped, but hope to get there someday. I am a computer geek of the first order, have been an electronics tech and have an Amatuer Extra Ham Radio license.
I went to the google books site and downloaded a few old books on steam engine design. One of them said that a 5" piston would develop 866 HP. That seems a bit outlandish to me and I hope that some of you could comment.
Karl
