Part 2-Restoring the Prototype of a 2 Cylinder Rotary Steam Engine

[JamesrPQ]

This is an interesting concept. Hope it gets put in a car or something someday.

[rayunseitig]

@JamesrPQ Thankyou James, we will keep our fingers crossed.

[TheSupergranny]

Hi Ray, Thanks for the interesting presentation of your photos. It goes well with a voice over...Great way to share....I love your use of Annotations.

Cheers, Mary the Supergranny

[rayunseitig]

@TheSupergranny Thanks Mary, I'm glad you liked my digital pix. I'm still having fun with windows movie maker and my still camera that shoots mpeg. Im the early '70's I was a Cinema Major at Univ. of Southern Cal. Times have changed.

The steam engine is one of my Dads many interests along with color photography fuel cells and all sorts of way out stuff. In the time of Tesla, Edison, Westinghouse and the like. Once again we are in an exciting age of invention huh.

[rayunseitig]

Check out part 3.

Part III

[FireDropTechnologies]

Ah steam turbines!

Yay! I draft proto types as well,

and have a steam turbine in the patterns.

I wounder how your form would hold against my form,

Yors looks to be more steam volume per rotation ephisan,

but I think my'n would make greater tourque and is certainly better sealed for higher pressures. Let me know if you get it running, how the spec's look.

[rayunseitig]

@FireDropTechnologies Hi there. Yes I was thinking more along the lines of the expansive properties of steam (1600 times in volume) than the jet action of turbine. Did you have a chance to see Part III? Just video of actual machined parts. I won't cut to the chase but let you enjoy the film yourself. LOL

Thanks for your thoughts. Good luck!

[FireDropTechnologies]

@rayunseitig nope, but it's on the too watch list.

[primeobserver]

Great work! Somebody did some fine work there, with manual machines I'm sure. I'm guessing lathe, milling machine and rotary table, or just a large lathe with faceplate, for all but those parabolic "hooks", which elevate this machinists position among his peers! Care to share? Unwinding helical feed or just fine handwork?

Bet it's fun to slowly rotate it and watch the tip sweep the parabolic cavity.

Just a proof machine, no seals, lot's of air by-pass?

I'll be watching for part 3.

[rayunseitig]

Thanks primeobserver.

Yes mills and lathes, in various shops in Chicago and on the west side of Los Angeles. One was a centrally powered belt driven shop.

I'm not inclined to machines myself. LOL

The parabolic curves generated on the fly were eteched by a pattern and then removed by hand with a file. :-) Boring.....

Part 3 is all but done and 'in the can' in film terms, we may just end up with a shot of turning it by hand for the camera as all that blow by with no seals.

[chesterfield44]

Thats very interesting Ray I'm eagerly awaiting part three

[rayunseitig]

Thanks for the thoughts. Now I'm really getting motivated. This weekend final shots edit and post. I hope it works. :-)

[PTLRcecil]

Thats a cracking wee beastie you got there. Look forward to seeing it go.

[rayunseitig]

Thanks, I've been getting things ready and have a lot of shots of the prep now. Next, the hook up to air and then cross myfingers again.

[mxkko]

When part 3?

[rayunseitig]

Well, I'll just get busy shooting and editing the footage Soon- but It requires, cleaning up the parts, getting a few things from the hardware store, getting the fittings to plumb to the comressor for air power. I'm hoping it will turn somewhat.

There are no actual seals you know.

r

[rayunseitig]

Comments are apprecitated!!!!