First Test of a DIY Steam Turbine running off a 4" Copper MSM Boiler.

[Jim Dobson]

First Test of a DIY Steam Turbine running off a 4" Copper MSM Boiler.



https://youtu.be/dAtLPlYfpyA

[David Powell]

Obviously a lot of fun, and careful work. Perhaps it would be interesting to see it driving something, maybe a propellor in a tank of water, and compare it with the performance of a conventional engine doing the same job, steamed by the same boiler and burner combination.
Regards David Powell.

[Jim Dobson]

Thanks David, its been ridiculously hot since I finished this and have had only limited time in my shed. I did hook it up to a DIY genny and it lit a bank of globes very easily. There's a fair bit of internal centrifugal weight when its up and spinning, but it won't have the same grunt as a steam engine.

[John Hasler]

Obviously a lot of fun, and careful work. Perhaps it would be interesting to see it driving something, maybe a propellor in a tank of water, and compare it with the performance of a conventional engine doing the same job, steamed by the same boiler and burner combination.
Regards David Powell.

It would be even more interesting to see the insides.

[Jim Dobson]

Obviously a lot of fun, and careful work. Perhaps it would be interesting to see it driving something, maybe a propellor in a tank of water, and compare it with the performance of a conventional engine doing the same job, steamed by the same boiler and burner combination.
Regards David Powell.

It would be even more interesting to see the insides.

Its pretty simple inside, I made the vanes out of quite thick copper sheet and they are very heavily silver brazed into place on the brass section to with stand the force on them. I think I might have to invest in one of those el cheapo digital tachometers on eBay as I would like to know the rpm's.
Hooked it up a little while ago to a small DIY genny and it lit up a gang of light bulbs without a problem.