Hello Rick! I want to play a game.. Infront of you is the Tesla turbine with a skilsaw attached to, which you yourself built 4 years back. Under 4 long years since your youtube video was uploaded, showing off your creation, over 41 persons have died. If you still feel yourself worthy of living, you have to drink the water flowing into the tesla turbine before the skilsaw blade reaches you. Insides out or stomach punctured? You decide. Let The game begin....
Fortunately, even after 4 years and many setbacks, MrfixitRick continues to be enthusiastic about the Tesla Turbine. It turns out to be the only viable turbine for the new Thorium-based supercars becoming available in 2013. The elimination of carbon fuels saves 1,029,296 lives in the first year alone, and more importantly enhances the quality of life for Essence-based people on planet Earth immensely.
Yeah, but I nearly lost them when I fired up this baby! Fortunately the magnetic coupling held as it revved up way more than expected...See the following movie, "Running the Tesla CD Turbine Prototype With Saw Attachment" Youtube.etc/watch?v=Dn6MR0Wslf8
One of the most dangerous things I've ever done! (but worth it in terms of learning experience...)
You should see it in operation to get a better sense of the danger; see my movie, "Running the Tesla CD Turbine Prototype With Saw Attachment" youtube/watch?v=Dn6MR0Wslf8
The super-magnets I used in the magnetic coupler exert a few pounds of force each in repulsion mode. There are 6 of them.
I demonstrate cutting a pumpkin with this magnetically-driven turbine tool, in my video "Pumpkin Cuittin' Ceremony". have sawn a 1 x 2 inch piece of pine with it.
omg, i would not use that, them cd cases come apart too easy. plus you added them on backwards, the water pressure will be working against your locking clips, trying to unlock the case. if your inlet was coming from the other side it would have held it together a little better. but tbh please don't use that. i know it will work but theres a big chance of it blowing up and them you'll have a flying saw blade to deal with.
Thanks for posting this vid. I most def have to hook this up to my powerwasher. I have started to build the same contraption but used an aluminium housing in order to keep true pressue inside with the disks. I think it will work out great. Thanks MrfisitRick.
i will try this. I have a powerwasher that i want to hook this up to. I bet you i will be able to saw thru almost anything. Thanks for the video mrfixRick.
ehhhh I couldn't possibly overestimate the danger's of circular saws or skillsaws my brother in law had an accident with one and he nearly lost a leg please man think of another use :-)
I agree. Folks should not attempt to make this device. This magnetically-attached sawblade started as a joke, but it worked so well that I was amazed, so I continued to refine the design for less life-threatening purposes.
You do seem to take unreasonable risk in the first link. I've worked in a trama center and seen pain like you wouldn't believe. So please continue to use common sense like in your pumpkin carving version of this contraption.
I hope you get to make a whole lot more cool inventions and show them off.
Yes, it's been tested on water (slow and boring) and compressed air (fast and scary).
The spindle post is drilled to allow egress of fluids.
It worked well, but not as expected. The turbine magnets had to be in Repel mode rather than Attracting. The turbine would not turn when the two sets of magnets were attracting. I flipped over the magnetic coupler and it took off like a banshee!
I cant beleive this idiot is still been allowed to air this video,this man will be blamed for the death of anyone attempting to operate anything derived from this demonstration.A COMPLEAT NUTCASE !!!!!!!!!!!CUCKOO BANANAS!!!!!!!!WOW...I would rather stay there with all the mad men than perish with the sane men roamin free!!!!!!!!
good idea but sounds a bit dangerous. would be alot safer if you had the skilsaw attached to a shaft that runs through the middle with bearings which alows it to spin.
You truly are an idiot my friend you will slice your body in pieces if you try and use this......get back to the mental home you came out of.............FAST....
Ready for testing? I'll just pop outside for a few moments; I think I left my wallet in the car. Give me a shout if you need anything... like an ambulance.
Mythbusters has proven that CD's that explode at 20,000 rpm can penetrate 2 inches of test dummy flesh. That would hurt, even if you were not a test dummy.
Do not run the CD Turbine on compressed air without recognizing this fact!
To see my truly scary movie of this Skilsaw blade running magnetically on the outside of a CD case Tesla Turbine, check out YouTube/watch?v=Dn6MR0Wslf8
cool idea,, but i honestly cant think of a more dangerous tool to have spinning at X,000 rpm, while only being held in place by magnetism... seriously cool tho :)
ok so if run the exhaust from a car for example through the turbine you can make the engine more efficient or even generate electricity, isn't that how a turbo works?
A turbo works by using exhaust gasses to drive a turbine on a common shaft with a compressor. The compressor part of the turbo compresses the intake gasses for better combustion power.
The Tesla Turbine could perform a similar job, but would not likely be more efficient than the normal turbo, which has had billions of dollars of research and development in it's production.
This is good, my only question is how do you pump the water? Using a motor? What difference does it make in terms of energy consumption when you use your invention compared to a normal saw?
That's faster than a hard drive!!! Just a suggestion, if you could make 2 or 4 of these, RC wheels and tires, a tank of pressurized water, plastic gears etc... you could make a RC car! Or you could attach the saw to the bottom of a RC car and make it half car half lawn mower! now that's what I call cool.
obviously, by varying the diameter of the nozzle you can increse the pressure, and therefore increase the henergy into the turbine. is there a vid of the saw in action? or is the next scence one in where the sawblade is tilted slightly and generates lift and flys off causing much bleeding?
In the first video of the saw-bladed turbine actually running, it went waaaaay too fast but somehow the dang blade stayed on. I figured it would just fall off after a few revs, and end of movie. Nope. In one of the biggest thrills and fears of my life, it hung together even after the air compressor kicked in. "It was only then that mrfixitrick noticed there was no way to shut off his fearsome creation!"
See my movie "Running the Tesla CD Turbine With Sawblade"
Next time, you'll want to flip your blade over. The teeth are set to yank it right out of your hand as it digs into the wood. Rotating in the opposite direction it will provide a steady force against your hand allowing you to push it through the wood. I can imagine you hanging on to the tailpipe of a run away dragster!
I plead temporary insanity. I was lucky to survive in the next movie with the blade whipping around at thousands of rpms. (Youtube/watch?v=Dn6MR0Wslf8)
Some important principles were learned, but now that I have successfully done this wacky experiment, nobody else should have to!
Hehe, you can't bolt this to anything warm because it would melt the hot-glue!
However, the basic Tesla Turbine idea is sound. Nikola Tesla considered his disc turbine to be his greatest invention, and even offered a version to Ford for their model T. (Ford declined, and tried to get Tesla to join their Industrialist society instead. Tesla refused and promptly booted them out of his lab ;)
Tesla had versions of his turbine that ranged from 110 horsepower to 10,000 horsepower. Bolt that on!
You have an interesting voice (kind of reminds me of Steven Wright or the late Lorenzo Music). You ought to put out a demo sample for "Opuzzvoice" and see if you can make some bucks on the side doing voiceovers.
Hehe, that's funny when i consider the number of negative comments about my voice far outweigh the positive. I was thinking someone would pay me NOT to use my voice!
I've seen many tesla turbine attempts made using CD's and magnets, but i've always thought that having the magnets on the outer edge of the CD's was a bit of a cheat without realising it.
The CD's would give the flow of air/fluid something to push on directly, acting like a crude turbine blade.
Have you tried using ring magnets around the center of the CD's to ensure all your drive is coming from the effect of viscosity?
It's true that part of the torque available in the turbine is because of the magnet washers on the outer edges. This is something that the old master, Nikola Tesla, experimented with extensively.
In fact, he suggests in his Tesla Turbine patent that 6-12 washers be used on the outer edges of a disc this size, and double that for larger discs. This will increase the starting and low speed running torque, without negatively affecting the high-speed qualities of the discs, according to Tesla.
For a look at a CD Turbine at almost 15,000 rpm with just discs, no magnets, see my video "Tesla CD TUrbine With Hi-Speed Disc Pack". youtube.../watch?v=bUOVhIxLKb4
Cornell university students used the CD Turbine idea and built an air motor to successfully power an experimental Lunar or Mars Rover platform. Straight discs at 15,000 rpm and it beat the other piston-powered competition.
The attractive force of the magnets indeed slowed this unit down...in fact it would barely run. it was only when I flipped over the magnets so they were in repel mode that the magnetic coupling was able to work, and this unit then spun like crazy. See next movie, youtube/watch?v=Dn6MR0Wslf8
It was dangerous! I wouldn't do it again, nor would I recommend anyone duplicate this experiment. I did it to generate some interest in the capabilities of the Tesla Turbine design.
However, it did run with the sawblade in the following movie:
YouTube/watch?v=Dn6MR0Wslf8
And carve a pumpkin with the Steampunk PumpkinCutter at Halloween...
Youtube/watch?v=aoRh8T_VX-Y
And I've had a lot more fun, in mostly safer ways, since than!
lol maybe like the one in your next vid XD maybe i shoulda looked at that first. have you tried 3 motors joined together to see what sort of tourque you can get out of it.
Man if cd's are that good imagine how good an LP would be. I could cut rock and mountains
The concept of joining several CD Turbines together magnetically is feasible.
It might take a couple of air compressors or a lot of water pressure/volume to power them though.
I'd like to try it, but alas, no money for magnets.
The LP sounds like a good idea, except they can't take the high rpms and would require lots of air.
However, a real proper 10 inch Tesla Turbine could develop 110 horsepower at 30,000 rpm. That was Tesla's smallest model. It could probably cut rock fast! hehe
MUMMY MUMMY come quick, dads 3 super strong magnets let go and his skilsaw has severed some vital organs on its way to orbit around the earth. Does the new version come with a solid axle which you can mount the blade too. What about 4 of these bad boy motors in series lined up under a wood saw table driving the saw. You could cut wood and vacuum the dust at the same time. Maybe put them in a tin can with a shaft mounted through the centre. Would be sweet as!! and a bit safer ;-)
Hehe, haven't got hurt yet...except from some hot glue when I made the thing!
The CD Turbine will blow up under high rpm. Magnets and discs can fly. I don't run the turbine on air pressure now except inside of a protective cover.
The newer PumpkinCutter version (YouTube/watch?v=aoRh8T_VX-Y) has a post to kinda keep the blade on.
I was just thinking again about the table saw version...it "wood" make a great video, haha.
Before you jump to conclusions, have a look at this saw blade spinning REAL FAST, without a shaft, in the next movie, "Running the Tesla CD Turbine Prototype With Saw Attachment" YouTube.../watch?v=Dn6MR0Wslf8
arent you affraid when your going to test it the saw will fly off? (hmm I feel saw 7 comming up hehehe) but seriously have you thought of a way to keep the saw attached to the housing. I could see a very usefull application in areas where electricity would be hazardous.
See my Pumpkin Cuttin' Ceremony video (youtube/watch?v=aoRh8T_VX-Y) of a CD Turbine machine I made with somewhat of a holder for the sawblade. By the end of the pumpkin cuttin', I felt at ease with the machine!
It remains,however, very difficult to cut a curved surface with a skilsaw blade!
You are right that there could be applications for this device. Generally, there already are hydraulic tools available for most situations, with a battery power pack or power source such as compressed air.
In answer to your first question about whether I was afraid...yes! The first time I tried the magnetic coupler was with the sawblade...(in retrospect a piece of cardboard would have been smarter, perhaps), but I did learn a major lesson in magnetic field interaction as the turbine would not rotate with the coupler in attraction mode, so I tried what I usually do...the opposite! In repel mode, the CD Turbine took off and wailed like a banshee...and so did I!
Funny you mentioned toilet, because the design I'm working on now actually works off the toilet...when you flush, the turbine goes around! It will sit on top of the toilet, look real steampunk-like and do something cool! Stay tuned!
Tesla did not have the exhaust port through the shaft! Tesla had a plate in between the disk to allow the pressure to flow 300deg.+ to the exhaust port. This allow the water or air to force the disks in a circle motion.
Ok, thanks, I would love to see a Tesla Turbine that doesn't have a center exhaust outlet. I have seen most of the Tesla's turbine designs; for example, I have a picture of Tesla patent #1,061,042 and it certainly has the exhaust out the center.
All of the engineering literature I've read on Tesla Turbine is based on the exhaust in the center, so it would be unusual if you had a picture showing something different.
Perhaps I've missed something, and I look forward to your drawing!
Ok, I've looked at the Tesla patent # 1, 061.206, and my opinion and ideas stand as they are.
Quote from patent:
"the fluid travelling in a spiral path and with continuously diminishing velocity until it reaches orifices 14 and 20, through which it is discharged."
Orifices 14 are the center holes of the discs. Orifice 20 is the center outlet where the fluid exits.
You are confusing the two valves, which are used to reverse the turbine by shutting off one valve and opening the other.
For a early video of this unit running on compressed air (and me running the other way!), see YouTube video watch?v=Dn6MR0Wslf8, "Running the Tesla CD Turbine with Skilsaw attachment".
and even if it was magnet on magnet stil the preasure is to big becouse of the CENTRIFUGE FORCE .. so after it will get some speed it wont stay more then 1 secound :P.. But test it =))) we wont see any stupid videos animore ... becouse looking at you some one with less inteligente can replycate it so you will end up kill others ... SO TEST IT FAST .. Maibe we wont see you around animore
I safely and successfully carved a pumpkin with my bladed device...check out my Pumpkin Cuttin' Ceremony...watch?v=aoRh8T_VX-Y
The concept works fine, but I certainly would not recommend anyone try it with a skilsaw blade like I did. In later models I use a post to keep the blade in place.
You would have to be as crazy and lucky as I am to get away with it.
However, you might like to see the other 15 videos I made using this principle before you say it will not work.
YOu are freaking stupidu .. you will end up kiling ur self .. bether not test it .. HOW STUPID you are thinking that the NEO magnets can hold that blade ...REMEBER Is not magnet On magnet .. IS magnet Plastic magnet so that blade will jump so eazy out and cut ur hand or your cest .. depending on your LUCK .. pofff ...
Yes, I thought it would just jump off when I tested it. But it didn't...it stayed on all the way up to max rpm. It only works correctly in repel mode of the magnets...in attract mode it would not turn the blade.
Sure it does! I have several videos showing the compressed air versions, and many more showing the CD Turbine running on faucet water pressure. The one you need to see is "Tesla CD Turbine Pumpkin Cuttin' Ceremony", at my YouTube/ MrfixitRick See the "About This Video" >>> for more links.
Too late!! See my really scary video of this sucker on 120 psi air at high rpm, called "Running the Tesla CD Turbine With Skilsaw Attachment" followed by "Running the Tesla CD Turbine to Catastrophic Failure" for more craziness. There's more, too, and so far I still have all my fingers!
The CD's represent the discs used in the Tesla type turbine, a design from 100 years ago. One set of magnets act as spacers between the discs, so the fluid can flow through. Another set of magnets on the top corresponds with, and magnetically couples with, the magnets attached to the saw blade, outside of the CD case.
The controllability of the so-called "scary" halloween model Tesla CD Turbine, with magnetically attached Skilsaw blade, was very good. It did kick a bit when pumpkin guts jammed the blade guard, though.
Found your clip after all and some others too. Very cool stuff. I'm used to pushing to make a cut, and all the portable hand saw blades turn clockwise (as viewed from the blade side), in your set up the blade is set for cutting fine, but one would need to pull to make the cut, like in a radial arm saw. No big, you are quite the craftsman and engineer doing all those things.The rotation of the blade will also impact where the sawdust goes, usually right down the back of the operators neck. C-Ya
Ok, I get your "point" now, so to speak! And you are right...I had to mostly pull to carve the pumpkin during the PumpkinCuttin' Ceremony video. And pumpkin guts went down my back...and all over me!
This was theory and building. Check out my "Pumpkin Cuttin' Ceremony" as example of many running CD Turbine videos. The link to my YouTube/MrfixitRick is in About This Video>>&
dear santa....
Lexa325i 1 month ago
MUSTHAVEMUSTHAVEMUSTHAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PulsereaperX 4 months ago
Hello Rick! I want to play a game.. Infront of you is the Tesla turbine with a skilsaw attached to, which you yourself built 4 years back. Under 4 long years since your youtube video was uploaded, showing off your creation, over 41 persons have died. If you still feel yourself worthy of living, you have to drink the water flowing into the tesla turbine before the skilsaw blade reaches you. Insides out or stomach punctured? You decide. Let The game begin....
DecibelAlex 4 months ago 4
@DecibelAlex
Fortunately, even after 4 years and many setbacks, MrfixitRick continues to be enthusiastic about the Tesla Turbine. It turns out to be the only viable turbine for the new Thorium-based supercars becoming available in 2013. The elimination of carbon fuels saves 1,029,296 lives in the first year alone, and more importantly enhances the quality of life for Essence-based people on planet Earth immensely.
Sip. Your turn.
MrfixitRick 4 months ago
@MrfixitRick
Just a joke dude. Haven't you watched saw? :D
This is fantastic :)
DecibelAlex 4 months ago
@DecibelAlex
hehe, I just got the gist of it from Wikipedia...thanks for the reference!
MrfixitRick 4 months ago
when that thing comes off in action at high speed it will take someones head off, that would make a brilliant video!
wodka450 4 months ago
@wodka450
But it didn't come off. I lived, and was inspired to make dozens of videos that have millions of views.
MrfixitRick 4 months ago
FUCK ME! Holy shit you've got ballz! lol
sk8crazy93 5 months ago
@sk8crazy93
Yeah, but I nearly lost them when I fired up this baby! Fortunately the magnetic coupling held as it revved up way more than expected...See the following movie, "Running the Tesla CD Turbine Prototype With Saw Attachment" Youtube.etc/watch?v=Dn6MR0Wslf8
MrfixitRick 5 months ago 2
@MrfixitRick Haha will do :)
sk8crazy93 5 months ago
this is possibly one of the most dangerous things i have ever seen!
fuckingghey 6 months ago
@fuckingghey
Finally someone recognizes it for what it is ;)
One of the most dangerous things I've ever done! (but worth it in terms of learning experience...)
You should see it in operation to get a better sense of the danger; see my movie, "Running the Tesla CD Turbine Prototype With Saw Attachment" youtube/watch?v=Dn6MR0Wslf8
MrfixitRick 6 months ago
It would be cool if you could maintain a very small gap between the saw and the turbine case to reduce friction
TimpBizkit 7 months ago
@TimpBizkit
Once the blade gets going beyond 2000 rpm, there is a fluid bearing effect between the blade and case. (see wiki "Fluid Bearing".)
For least friction, it helps for the magnets in the magnetic couplings to be in "Repel" mode rather than "Attract" mode.
MrfixitRick 7 months ago
and when you try to cut something, the blade would jut probably stop. Dude, magnets arent that strong. C'mon...
flightmaster178 9 months ago
@flightmaster178
The super-magnets I used in the magnetic coupler exert a few pounds of force each in repulsion mode. There are 6 of them.
I demonstrate cutting a pumpkin with this magnetically-driven turbine tool, in my video "Pumpkin Cuittin' Ceremony". have sawn a 1 x 2 inch piece of pine with it.
MrfixitRick 9 months ago
omg, i would not use that, them cd cases come apart too easy. plus you added them on backwards, the water pressure will be working against your locking clips, trying to unlock the case. if your inlet was coming from the other side it would have held it together a little better. but tbh please don't use that. i know it will work but theres a big chance of it blowing up and them you'll have a flying saw blade to deal with.
preytec 1 year ago
@preytec
Too late...I already tried it, 3 years ago!
And it worked!
See my scary movie,"Running the Tesla CD Turbine Prototype With Saw Attachment" YouTube/watch?v=Dn6MR0Wslf8
Then see "Tesla CD Turbine Pumpkin Cuttin' Ceremony"
YouTube/watch?v=aoRh8T_VX-Y for some real frightening action.
I calm down and make dozens of less threatening Tesla Turbine devices after that. ;)
MrfixitRick 1 year ago
how did you upload the video without arms?
by the way that's not a tesla turbine that's a ignorant turbine tesla turbine does not have neodisium magnets holding it together.
If I was you i would take down that video for not embarrassing myself...
make sure you do that with your kids around....
migasthepepino 1 year ago
@migasthepepino
If Tesla had neodymium magnets, he likely would have tried a similar magnetic turbine with magnetic coupling.
I would not recommend anyone actually try to run a magnetically-coupled skil-saw blade at very high speeds on a plastic CD case Tesla Turbine.
Just because I did it, and got away with it, and learned a lot from it, does not mean that you will.
Oh, and speaking of ignorance, super-magnets are spelled "neodymium" not "neodisium".
MrfixitRick 1 year ago
lets trust cheap plastic to hold this metal saw blade...... u really do see something new everyday. good luck!
idisapear1977 1 year ago
famous last words "watch this mom"
circusboy90210 1 year ago
@circusboy90210
It's best not to have spectators in this sport, especially mom's. (Unless, of course, they happen to be a registered nurse or paramedic.)
Seriously, a metal or polycarbonate protective enclosure is necessary for test runs.
MrfixitRick 1 year ago
You might want to perfect it a hell of a lot more on the safety issues.
This way you might have the chance to use it...once.
gunblade64 1 year ago
@gunblade64
Yes, carving a pumpkin once was enough of that experience!
( See my "Tesla CD Turbine Pumpkin Cuttin' Ceremony" movie)
MrfixitRick 1 year ago
As inventive as insecure...
drbelli 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this vid. I most def have to hook this up to my powerwasher. I have started to build the same contraption but used an aluminium housing in order to keep true pressue inside with the disks. I think it will work out great. Thanks MrfisitRick.
Baiey 1 year ago
i will try this. I have a powerwasher that i want to hook this up to. I bet you i will be able to saw thru almost anything. Thanks for the video mrfixRick.
Baiey 1 year ago
ehhhh I couldn't possibly overestimate the danger's of circular saws or skillsaws my brother in law had an accident with one and he nearly lost a leg please man think of another use :-)
toez100 2 years ago
@toez100
I agree. Folks should not attempt to make this device. This magnetically-attached sawblade started as a joke, but it worked so well that I was amazed, so I continued to refine the design for less life-threatening purposes.
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
nifty :)
kakureru 2 years ago
can you say call 911 i have a saw blade
stuck in my forehead
MrWalleye 2 years ago
@MrWalleye
Never happened. Sorry.
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
Finally, someone who knows how to pronounce turbine.
I always hear people say turban and it shits me to tears. My faith in humanity has been restored.
intheshitter 2 years ago
Thank you for showing that it does work.
You do seem to take unreasonable risk in the first link. I've worked in a trama center and seen pain like you wouldn't believe. So please continue to use common sense like in your pumpkin carving version of this contraption.
I hope you get to make a whole lot more cool inventions and show them off.
help8help 2 years ago
Have you tested this?
Doesn't the water just leak out the back of the case?
If you run this thing and try to actually cut something with that blade I would expect the spining blade to come off.
Of course it seems likely that this flimsy thing won't work at all.
Still, I would like to see it work, and without any injury to you.
help8help 2 years ago
Yes, it's been tested on water (slow and boring) and compressed air (fast and scary).
The spindle post is drilled to allow egress of fluids.
It worked well, but not as expected. The turbine magnets had to be in Repel mode rather than Attracting. The turbine would not turn when the two sets of magnets were attracting. I flipped over the magnetic coupler and it took off like a banshee!
See Youtube/watch?v=Dn6MR0Wslf8
and a pumpkincutter for Halloween...
Youtube/watch?v=aoRh8T_VX-Y
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
In the center between turbine box and skilsaw u put iron ball which make bearing job
nice work :)
Nityanandadasa 2 years ago
Test it out live! i wanna see!
jonathanelectronica 2 years ago
Look for my next movie about this decidedly dangerous device, see "Running the Tesla CD Turbine With Sawblade" Youtube/watch?v=Dn6MR0Wslf8
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
I cant beleive this idiot is still been allowed to air this video,this man will be blamed for the death of anyone attempting to operate anything derived from this demonstration.A COMPLEAT NUTCASE !!!!!!!!!!!CUCKOO BANANAS!!!!!!!!WOW...I would rather stay there with all the mad men than perish with the sane men roamin free!!!!!!!!
shokwave321 2 years ago
No sense of humour.
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
good idea but sounds a bit dangerous. would be alot safer if you had the skilsaw attached to a shaft that runs through the middle with bearings which alows it to spin.
dontsettle4less 2 years ago
This turbine is an improvement precisely because it requires no shaft, no bearings and no shaft seals. That is its beauty!
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
fire that baby up! I recommend chainmale suit to.
SPAGHETTIMONSTER1 2 years ago 4
You truly are an idiot my friend you will slice your body in pieces if you try and use this......get back to the mental home you came out of.............FAST....
shokwave321 2 years ago
no sense of humour...
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
Ready for testing? I'll just pop outside for a few moments; I think I left my wallet in the car. Give me a shout if you need anything... like an ambulance.
fronkenpoop 2 years ago
nice comment m8 this guys NUTS.
shokwave321 2 years ago
what happen s when the cds explode
benpie12 2 years ago
Mythbusters has proven that CD's that explode at 20,000 rpm can penetrate 2 inches of test dummy flesh. That would hurt, even if you were not a test dummy.
Do not run the CD Turbine on compressed air without recognizing this fact!
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
This is ghetto and dangerous.
LeodimeII 2 years ago
Yes, exactly!
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
nice idea!!! BUT....there are better an more effiecient inovations out there. incorporate this into sumthin else then you''ll have sumthn
lgnkotr 2 years ago
Compressing air is really not efficient. Make one that work coal or booger.
carotteaubeurre 2 years ago
its scary lookin but cool
fartknockerfartknock 2 years ago
To see my truly scary movie of this Skilsaw blade running magnetically on the outside of a CD case Tesla Turbine, check out YouTube/watch?v=Dn6MR0Wslf8
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
yep you were right it was way more scary and cool keep up the good vids i love them
fartknockerfartknock 2 years ago
cool idea,, but i honestly cant think of a more dangerous tool to have spinning at X,000 rpm, while only being held in place by magnetism... seriously cool tho :)
frackcha 2 years ago
Yep, it's dangerous to run a turbine inside a CD container for sure...;)
However, I still believe it is a revolutionary design. It does work even as is, and when built with the proper materials, will be efficient and safe.
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
Please don't try to cut anything with it ur will most likely lose a vital body part.
SoLoLaamer 2 years ago 6
If youre using water to power it, why not use a tile cutting blade; the water could cool the blade also.
MEGAONE302 2 years ago
I had considered that, and it could actually be a useful tool.
I went for the gnarly rough-cut sawblade for a lasting impression!
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
ok so if run the exhaust from a car for example through the turbine you can make the engine more efficient or even generate electricity, isn't that how a turbo works?
MattBlytheTheOne 2 years ago
A turbo works by using exhaust gasses to drive a turbine on a common shaft with a compressor. The compressor part of the turbo compresses the intake gasses for better combustion power.
The Tesla Turbine could perform a similar job, but would not likely be more efficient than the normal turbo, which has had billions of dollars of research and development in it's production.
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
almost
mitchelitis12 2 years ago
This is good, my only question is how do you pump the water? Using a motor? What difference does it make in terms of energy consumption when you use your invention compared to a normal saw?
jvgeli 2 years ago
how many rpm can this saw hit
AHW214 2 years ago
It peaked at about 6000 - 8,000 rpm. My turbines can hit 15,000 rpm easily unloaded. If they don't blow up first, that is.
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
That's faster than a hard drive!!! Just a suggestion, if you could make 2 or 4 of these, RC wheels and tires, a tank of pressurized water, plastic gears etc... you could make a RC car! Or you could attach the saw to the bottom of a RC car and make it half car half lawn mower! now that's what I call cool.
AHW214 2 years ago
I have a job as mad science assistant available...;)
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
obviously, by varying the diameter of the nozzle you can increse the pressure, and therefore increase the henergy into the turbine. is there a vid of the saw in action? or is the next scence one in where the sawblade is tilted slightly and generates lift and flys off causing much bleeding?
hypnotekk 2 years ago
In the first video of the saw-bladed turbine actually running, it went waaaaay too fast but somehow the dang blade stayed on. I figured it would just fall off after a few revs, and end of movie. Nope. In one of the biggest thrills and fears of my life, it hung together even after the air compressor kicked in. "It was only then that mrfixitrick noticed there was no way to shut off his fearsome creation!"
See my movie "Running the Tesla CD Turbine With Sawblade"
Youtube/watch?v=Dn6MR0Wslf8
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
haha.
"i don't know what was wrong with it, it just kept on getting faster, and the lightbulb just got brighter and brighter..."
hypnotekk 2 years ago
Next time, you'll want to flip your blade over. The teeth are set to yank it right out of your hand as it digs into the wood. Rotating in the opposite direction it will provide a steady force against your hand allowing you to push it through the wood. I can imagine you hanging on to the tailpipe of a run away dragster!
birdland5 2 years ago
After running this thing at 10,000 rpm, I've had quite enough of saw blades on CD cases, thank-you!
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
umm this is gonna end up in some sort of law suit, my goodness why not make it turn something that is not sharp roflmao
morechoppy 2 years ago
My mother told me not to run with sharp things. Of course, that's the first thing I did!
I felt that the shock factor was important in order to get the Tesla Turbine idea out there in public where it belongs.
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
I dont know davey .. Look like you could cut your hands off.
killking37 2 years ago
When running, it only has a 3/4 inch depth of cut. It would likely just take off fingers.
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
LOL
killking37 2 years ago
Wow ... just, wow.
Spechal 2 years ago
Hehe...yeah!
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
Show it work you ass hat.
xlxl33 2 years ago
Read the "more info", to the right, if you can.
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
You oughta mass produce those, I honestly can say I'd use one! :D It's AWESOME!
THEFINALHAZARD 2 years ago
Mass production would produce massive smiles, but with a few missing limbs!
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
That doesnt look safe..lol
Kikesurf1 2 years ago
It totally isn't.
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
As long as nobody gets hurt its a good experiment though its scary lookin i give you that lol
Kikesurf1 2 years ago
This video terrifies me @_@
social3ngin33rin 2 years ago
Please don't try this at home!
onthecuttingedge2005 2 years ago
I plead temporary insanity. I was lucky to survive in the next movie with the blade whipping around at thousands of rpms. (Youtube/watch?v=Dn6MR0Wslf8)
Some important principles were learned, but now that I have successfully done this wacky experiment, nobody else should have to!
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
Yea without an actual physical connection your lucky you didnt cut your finger off
Bzilla09 2 years ago
Im sorry man
I think its really cool
I did not mean to put you down
Just go by a diamond blade from home depot
its the same size for a circular saw, but wont cut you
mandaltby 2 years ago
lots of free time
too much pot
mandaltby 2 years ago
Oh yeah, pick on the handicapped guy in pain trying to save the world. Great.
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
Anyone else feel uncomfortable with a circular saw blade spinning at up to 30k RPM (maybe not this model) held on simply by magnets?
Where is your sense of safety, Mr Fixit? :)
ppardee 2 years ago
Why didnt you show us it working?
txroyscock 2 years ago
from the more info box:
"This is a proof-of-concept, and later Mrfixitrick videos show it actually running."
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
Won't the outside case also spin?
eyeAMtwinkEE 2 years ago
No, the discs spin inside the CD case and make the magnets outside the case spin. The case stays still.
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
This is very new to me. What are some of the uses of this? Can I bolt something like this to a car engine (I'd leave the saw blade off.)
jobfromdayone 2 years ago
Hehe, you can't bolt this to anything warm because it would melt the hot-glue!
However, the basic Tesla Turbine idea is sound. Nikola Tesla considered his disc turbine to be his greatest invention, and even offered a version to Ford for their model T. (Ford declined, and tried to get Tesla to join their Industrialist society instead. Tesla refused and promptly booted them out of his lab ;)
Tesla had versions of his turbine that ranged from 110 horsepower to 10,000 horsepower. Bolt that on!
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
You have an interesting voice (kind of reminds me of Steven Wright or the late Lorenzo Music). You ought to put out a demo sample for "Opuzzvoice" and see if you can make some bucks on the side doing voiceovers.
Matrix29bear 2 years ago
Hehe, that's funny when i consider the number of negative comments about my voice far outweigh the positive. I was thinking someone would pay me NOT to use my voice!
MrfixitRick 2 years ago
Fantastic!!!!
BanjoNaps 2 years ago
holy moly. Are you insane? you are just asking for that blade to come flying off of there and cut your hand off.
robert8450 3 years ago
The insane part was that in the real live test, the saw blade actually stayed on, and my body parts did, too!
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
Lets see it in action
nothingzippy 3 years ago
Go to the "more info" box to the right >>> for links to see videos of this baby running!
My later turbines work even better...check out this one for example, Youtube/watch?v=L8v_dnIn-s0
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
I've seen many tesla turbine attempts made using CD's and magnets, but i've always thought that having the magnets on the outer edge of the CD's was a bit of a cheat without realising it.
The CD's would give the flow of air/fluid something to push on directly, acting like a crude turbine blade.
Have you tried using ring magnets around the center of the CD's to ensure all your drive is coming from the effect of viscosity?
LordCakeskull 3 years ago
It's true that part of the torque available in the turbine is because of the magnet washers on the outer edges. This is something that the old master, Nikola Tesla, experimented with extensively.
In fact, he suggests in his Tesla Turbine patent that 6-12 washers be used on the outer edges of a disc this size, and double that for larger discs. This will increase the starting and low speed running torque, without negatively affecting the high-speed qualities of the discs, according to Tesla.
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
For a look at a CD Turbine at almost 15,000 rpm with just discs, no magnets, see my video "Tesla CD TUrbine With Hi-Speed Disc Pack". youtube.../watch?v=bUOVhIxLKb4
Cornell university students used the CD Turbine idea and built an air motor to successfully power an experimental Lunar or Mars Rover platform. Straight discs at 15,000 rpm and it beat the other piston-powered competition.
youtube.../watch?v=FpbBVkP8__8
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
no follow up to this because he was killed when he turned it on. Blade came loose and cut him in two...
jmosler9 3 years ago
Rumours of my death are highly exaggerated.
However, the next video of this thing actually working was, and is, genuinely scary.....YouTube/watch?v=Dn6MR0Wslf8
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
i love crayzy americans
SwedishFRAagent 3 years ago
Yes, me too!
There are also crazy Canucks (Canadians) as well...which is what I am!
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
there are unnecessary friction which slows the blade down
bpham07 3 years ago
The attractive force of the magnets indeed slowed this unit down...in fact it would barely run. it was only when I flipped over the magnets so they were in repel mode that the magnetic coupling was able to work, and this unit then spun like crazy. See next movie, youtube/watch?v=Dn6MR0Wslf8
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
that looks dangerous
prewareq 3 years ago
It was dangerous! I wouldn't do it again, nor would I recommend anyone duplicate this experiment. I did it to generate some interest in the capabilities of the Tesla Turbine design.
However, it did run with the sawblade in the following movie:
YouTube/watch?v=Dn6MR0Wslf8
And carve a pumpkin with the Steampunk PumpkinCutter at Halloween...
Youtube/watch?v=aoRh8T_VX-Y
And I've had a lot more fun, in mostly safer ways, since than!
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
what if the blade came flying off. yeah then recommend selling . what a hit
ianstheman6695 3 years ago
lol maybe like the one in your next vid XD maybe i shoulda looked at that first. have you tried 3 motors joined together to see what sort of tourque you can get out of it.
Man if cd's are that good imagine how good an LP would be. I could cut rock and mountains
ausdude31 3 years ago
The concept of joining several CD Turbines together magnetically is feasible.
It might take a couple of air compressors or a lot of water pressure/volume to power them though.
I'd like to try it, but alas, no money for magnets.
The LP sounds like a good idea, except they can't take the high rpms and would require lots of air.
However, a real proper 10 inch Tesla Turbine could develop 110 horsepower at 30,000 rpm. That was Tesla's smallest model. It could probably cut rock fast! hehe
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
MUMMY MUMMY come quick, dads 3 super strong magnets let go and his skilsaw has severed some vital organs on its way to orbit around the earth. Does the new version come with a solid axle which you can mount the blade too. What about 4 of these bad boy motors in series lined up under a wood saw table driving the saw. You could cut wood and vacuum the dust at the same time. Maybe put them in a tin can with a shaft mounted through the centre. Would be sweet as!! and a bit safer ;-)
ausdude31 3 years ago
Hehe, haven't got hurt yet...except from some hot glue when I made the thing!
The CD Turbine will blow up under high rpm. Magnets and discs can fly. I don't run the turbine on air pressure now except inside of a protective cover.
The newer PumpkinCutter version (YouTube/watch?v=aoRh8T_VX-Y) has a post to kinda keep the blade on.
I was just thinking again about the table saw version...it "wood" make a great video, haha.
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
LOL, looks like half life 2's gravity gun!!
henribas 3 years ago
I want to see the video of when he tried to use it.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Stormrunner0002 3 years ago
He did. Look it up, it is one of his videos
spinafire 3 years ago
unlikely :P !!! since it will be spinning fast im pretty sure it will fly off, lol
AllRoundMangaFan 3 years ago
Before you jump to conclusions, have a look at this saw blade spinning REAL FAST, without a shaft, in the next movie, "Running the Tesla CD Turbine Prototype With Saw Attachment" YouTube.../watch?v=Dn6MR0Wslf8
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
FUckin Wicked Mate
jzarfas 3 years ago
Wait 'till you see the running of this crazy thing!
The next part is " Running the Tesla CD Turbine Prototype With Saw Attachment" youtube/watch?v=Dn6MR0Wslf8
followed by the short but sweet, "Running The Tesla CD Turbine To Catastrophic Failure"
youtube/watch?v=KBLm1lpSBMk
The best part is when I carve a pumpkin for Halloween with a new machine with sawblade...
Youtube/watch?v=aoRh8T_VX-Y
And it goes on and on from there!!
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
cute vid
91163304 3 years ago
that looks HORRIBLY dangerous and awesome!
caphits 3 years ago
Yes to both.
It ran like a banshee on air pressure...truly scary!
youtube/watch?v=Dn6MR0Wslf8
That is not an experiment I would duplicate again in that manner!
However, I did learn important ideas about this device which I am still developing, and yes, it was incredibly awesome!!
and I later made a Steampunk PumpkinCutter model that carved a pumpkin last Halloween!
youtube/watch?v=aoRh8T_VX-Y
And on and on....hehe
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
This must be the most DANGEROUS SAW,i have ever SEEN.[its a CRIMINAL ACT to use it WITHOUT A GUARD].
chaz3691 3 years ago
Really? OH, MY GOD, I'VE BROKEN THE LAW!!
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
Lol you'r going to jail and anoher brilliant invention goes down the toilet......
XarraX9009 3 years ago
OT:
arent you affraid when your going to test it the saw will fly off? (hmm I feel saw 7 comming up hehehe) but seriously have you thought of a way to keep the saw attached to the housing. I could see a very usefull application in areas where electricity would be hazardous.
XarraX9009 3 years ago
See my Pumpkin Cuttin' Ceremony video (youtube/watch?v=aoRh8T_VX-Y) of a CD Turbine machine I made with somewhat of a holder for the sawblade. By the end of the pumpkin cuttin', I felt at ease with the machine!
It remains,however, very difficult to cut a curved surface with a skilsaw blade!
You are right that there could be applications for this device. Generally, there already are hydraulic tools available for most situations, with a battery power pack or power source such as compressed air.
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
In answer to your first question about whether I was afraid...yes! The first time I tried the magnetic coupler was with the sawblade...(in retrospect a piece of cardboard would have been smarter, perhaps), but I did learn a major lesson in magnetic field interaction as the turbine would not rotate with the coupler in attraction mode, so I tried what I usually do...the opposite! In repel mode, the CD Turbine took off and wailed like a banshee...and so did I!
(see Youtube/watch?v=Dn6MR0Wslf8)
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
Funny you mentioned toilet, because the design I'm working on now actually works off the toilet...when you flush, the turbine goes around! It will sit on top of the toilet, look real steampunk-like and do something cool! Stay tuned!
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
Your design may work fine. The Reed Turbine has a good ring to it! Good luck with your work.
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
That is not how Tesla turbine wooks...
TommeyLeeReed 3 years ago
What do you mean, Tommey? Explain.
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
Tesla did not have the exhaust port through the shaft! Tesla had a plate in between the disk to allow the pressure to flow 300deg.+ to the exhaust port. This allow the water or air to force the disks in a circle motion.
TommeyLeeReed 3 years ago
Since my turbines don't have shafts, I've simply drilled the post to allow the fluid flow to spiral out.
Tesla had holes in the centers of the turbine discs to allow the fluid flow to exit through the central exhaust.
The inlet nozzle fluid flow goes around the outside of the discs in a circular motion, and then spirals in to the center, where it exhausts.
or, as wikipedia says about Tesla Turbine, "As the gas slows and adds energy to the disks, it spirals in to the center exhaust."
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
You need to see the real Tasla turbine design.
The steam turbine does not have the exhaust at the shaft, the real design was not like that.
I have all of Tesla patents and I will sent you a drawing of how its really is made.
TommeyLeeReed 3 years ago
Ok, thanks, I would love to see a Tesla Turbine that doesn't have a center exhaust outlet. I have seen most of the Tesla's turbine designs; for example, I have a picture of Tesla patent #1,061,042 and it certainly has the exhaust out the center.
All of the engineering literature I've read on Tesla Turbine is based on the exhaust in the center, so it would be unusual if you had a picture showing something different.
Perhaps I've missed something, and I look forward to your drawing!
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
look up patent num. 1,061,206
this is a basic design.
TommeyLeeReed 3 years ago
Ok, I've looked at the Tesla patent # 1, 061.206, and my opinion and ideas stand as they are.
Quote from patent:
"the fluid travelling in a spiral path and with continuously diminishing velocity until it reaches orifices 14 and 20, through which it is discharged."
Orifices 14 are the center holes of the discs. Orifice 20 is the center outlet where the fluid exits.
You are confusing the two valves, which are used to reverse the turbine by shutting off one valve and opening the other.
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
There is one like your design, its 1,061,142.
The other one was used to turn a generator.
1,061,206
TommeyLeeReed 3 years ago
lol
JbOxRh 3 years ago
For a early video of this unit running on compressed air (and me running the other way!), see YouTube video watch?v=Dn6MR0Wslf8, "Running the Tesla CD Turbine with Skilsaw attachment".
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
and even if it was magnet on magnet stil the preasure is to big becouse of the CENTRIFUGE FORCE .. so after it will get some speed it wont stay more then 1 secound :P.. But test it =))) we wont see any stupid videos animore ... becouse looking at you some one with less inteligente can replycate it so you will end up kill others ... SO TEST IT FAST .. Maibe we wont see you around animore
mariusporneala 3 years ago
I safely and successfully carved a pumpkin with my bladed device...check out my Pumpkin Cuttin' Ceremony...watch?v=aoRh8T_VX-Y
The concept works fine, but I certainly would not recommend anyone try it with a skilsaw blade like I did. In later models I use a post to keep the blade in place.
You would have to be as crazy and lucky as I am to get away with it.
However, you might like to see the other 15 videos I made using this principle before you say it will not work.
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
YOu are freaking stupidu .. you will end up kiling ur self .. bether not test it .. HOW STUPID you are thinking that the NEO magnets can hold that blade ...REMEBER Is not magnet On magnet .. IS magnet Plastic magnet so that blade will jump so eazy out and cut ur hand or your cest .. depending on your LUCK .. pofff ...
mariusporneala 3 years ago
Yes, I thought it would just jump off when I tested it. But it didn't...it stayed on all the way up to max rpm. It only works correctly in repel mode of the magnets...in attract mode it would not turn the blade.
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
yeah, ur a pretty strong optimist, relying on magnets hehehe :)
tabletka666 3 years ago
Still have all my fingers!
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
i want see how it works so do it work?
csnolifer 3 years ago
Sure it does! I have several videos showing the compressed air versions, and many more showing the CD Turbine running on faucet water pressure. The one you need to see is "Tesla CD Turbine Pumpkin Cuttin' Ceremony", at my YouTube/ MrfixitRick See the "About This Video" >>> for more links.
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
you are a mad scientist bro
phantom187 3 years ago
Yeahhahahahaha...(insane laugh).
MrfixitRick 3 years ago
Dont fuckin use that thing man, that looks dangerous as hell!
garvess 4 years ago 3
Too late!! See my really scary video of this sucker on 120 psi air at high rpm, called "Running the Tesla CD Turbine With Skilsaw Attachment" followed by "Running the Tesla CD Turbine to Catastrophic Failure" for more craziness. There's more, too, and so far I still have all my fingers!
MrfixitRick 4 years ago
TESTLA IS BEST FUTURE
rozdani 4 years ago
"Ere many generations pass, our machinery will be driven by a power obtainable at any point of the universe." ...Nikola Tesla
MrfixitRick 4 years ago
It ends up having not enough power on hose water pressure, so I ran it on 120 psi air pressure. It took off and ran like crazy. And so did I!
Early movie available of this called, "Running the Tesla Turbine With PumpkinCutter Attachment"
See Youtube/MrfixitRick
MrfixitRick 4 years ago
I don't get it...water-powered saw..Ok...why all the other overhead of magnets and cds..???
Roudter 4 years ago
The CD's represent the discs used in the Tesla type turbine, a design from 100 years ago. One set of magnets act as spacers between the discs, so the fluid can flow through. Another set of magnets on the top corresponds with, and magnetically couples with, the magnets attached to the saw blade, outside of the CD case.
MrfixitRick 4 years ago
The controllability of the so-called "scary" halloween model Tesla CD Turbine, with magnetically attached Skilsaw blade, was very good. It did kick a bit when pumpkin guts jammed the blade guard, though.
MrfixitRick 4 years ago
Found your clip after all and some others too. Very cool stuff. I'm used to pushing to make a cut, and all the portable hand saw blades turn clockwise (as viewed from the blade side), in your set up the blade is set for cutting fine, but one would need to pull to make the cut, like in a radial arm saw. No big, you are quite the craftsman and engineer doing all those things.The rotation of the blade will also impact where the sawdust goes, usually right down the back of the operators neck. C-Ya
rayunseitig 4 years ago
Ok, I get your "point" now, so to speak! And you are right...I had to mostly pull to carve the pumpkin during the PumpkinCuttin' Ceremony video. And pumpkin guts went down my back...and all over me!
MrfixitRick 4 years ago
That's it? I wanted him to cut something with it.
Lockemeister 4 years ago
This was theory and building. Check out my "Pumpkin Cuttin' Ceremony" as example of many running CD Turbine videos. The link to my YouTube/MrfixitRick is in About This Video>>&