HK1 Tin Can Stirling Engine Plans, DIY Science Projects

[dzdice]

Now make it spin at a certain frequency and we'll have music xD (nice job..! :))

[MrTokelosh]

if ralph harris had an engine it would sound like this

[JoeyBelgier]

My homemade dubmachine goes wubwub wubwub wubwub

[specallez]

It's a nice engine. I suppose all the people complaining about you charging for the plans will be happy to work for me, for free ;)

[haworthluke]

hahahaha your selling the plans and you even sound surprised that its working at the start "hey its running again. do you see it"

[themanyone]

@haworthluke That's not me. That's somebody I never met who made it and sent me the video from across the country. Amazing technology we have...

[muddymuddymuddmann]

I MADE ONE LIKE THAT 3 YEARS AGO WITH THE PISTON VERTICAL. THE CAN WAS THE SAME THOUGH. IT MADE THE SAME SOUND WHEN IT RAN. LOTS OF FUN.

MUDDy

[airsk8hrg]

Is that a bullet shell

[mrbooziebrews]

my pockets itch !

[helliviknow]

thumbs down because you charge for these plans.. its a simple tin can motor with a bullet for power cylinder. nothing special. why the fee?

[themanyone]

@helliviknow It's a legal requirement to pay child support. As soon as that is paid off we'll give away the plans. How's that?

[s14driver]

great job dude, household items kick ass

you should shorten the tube or even put working cylinder on the top plate by simple soldering to reduce dead space, because it affects perfomance significantly. every little space that isn't swept by the displacer or the piston is acting like a spring and decreasing overall power by reducing pressure

[TomashPL58]

I've built my own stirling just by looking on videos. No plans, no numbers. One afternoon and it works on Delta T lower than 30C...

[gored12]

i made one but it esploded

[MrLeonard55]

Pretty neat

[horshak1]

don't know how to get the plans? built my piston out of a piece of 1/2" brass pipe from a lamp.End filled with JB Weld Cylinder is a paint marker cut down with tubing cutter. Hose fittings are brass ferrels from qutoparts. Displacer is a plastic peanutbutter lid. Stainless rods from hobby shop model planes. Going to try soldering 2 cans together for heat chamber and cut top one to hold ice. Using toilet (brass) bolt drilled out for displacer rod guide to keep water out of displacer cylinder.

[geraldlee33]

I have never seen anything like this, it is bad ass.

[plasticjesus108]

looks like one of those fuck machines for mice. Very neat!

[HOPPERFZR]

some dude makes a cool thing and you go and say something trailer trash ,grab a brain

[bazengao]

@HOPPERFZR mmmmm... brains... xD

[fernandesilyt]

How made the piston?

[ishouldplayzelda]

it looks like a magnum shell with.............what ever that thing is in it.

[nyjoe92]

this wont be too cheap to build with you scam artists selling plans for $14 its funny how you say "cost ten dollars to make" then read the fine print , "manual cost 14 dollars" RIP OFF

[intheshitter]

tie me kangaroo down sport,  tie me jangaroo down

[carlgrigg]

@intheshitter I was singing Ging Gang Gully but see what you mean :)

[trossachs2003]

I feel perfectly fine thank you.

The answer to your first question can be found in Ricardo's Law of Comparitive Advantage. The answer to the second would be found by listening to me sing (though if people were willing to pay $14 to listen to me then I would start singing pronto).

But that notwithstanding, you are never gonna be the renaissance man you aspire to be when you resort to shabby snitty little insults at the first hint of criticism.

[themanyone]

Ok, I'll give away my secret for free. The answer, of course is that they are paying for my time, from somebody who has actually built the engine. Although you can get the plans from a library, the chances of the librarian building one is rather low. Appreciate the comments!

[trossachs2003]

$14 is very steep for plans for tin can stirlings when there are so many resources on the web that are free and so many books, with plans, available from libraries.

[themanyone]

Why do people buy food when they could just grow it? Why do people buy music when they can make their own? I'm not sure. You are free to get your information wherever you want or make your own. Try making some videos. You'll feel better.

[clemofish]

how did youseal the tube?

[themanyone]

It's snug enough that it doesn't need sealing. I made this back in 2000 and documented the construction as best I could. See description for plans. It could be more efficient, but it's still one of the cheapest to build!

[clemofish]

it would cost me money to buy the document

[Kabbekaggerlagg]

I love this thing :D!!!! Great Job!!!!!!

Yesterday I started to build one of these nice engines. I hope i coult finish it today and i hope it runs too :)

Greetings from Germany to all fans of the stirling engine

[Furczyslaw]

Good work, what you used to bulit to cold cylinder?

[yoonvh]

it makes such a cool noise :p

[yankee5456]

this probaly sounds stupid but ...

how dose this work?

and

whats the tube form going from the fly wheel back to the can?

thanks

[DNM35]

very simple physics..stirling engines work on the pressure difference between hot and cold air ...that difference is used to reciprocate a piston

[tangofizz77]

cute sound

[518schenectady]

in theory u could heat your house for free in the winter using snow and ice with a bigger engine in a basement or garage or shed. why are we not using this to make electricity ?

[shigalbigal]

... so stupid haha :D

There's a candle/torch at the bottom the ice is for the hot air to cool down ;)

hot air=pressure

[enadon1]

the power piston looks like a shotgun shell. is it?

[ab2tract]

looks more like a .45

[marcelhattingh]

No, its a .22

[pietzeekoe]

shot gun?

shot gun shells are plastic

[jhwtech]

waiting for a how to build your own.

nice home made piece.

looking forward to the how to video

[jhwtech]

whats this?

a bullit, a plate, wow show us how you made it

[bland456]

how did you make that

[saffronwales]

i love that sound! itcould be japanies torcher.

[caifan132]

Very good!

[proutsos]

great sound too!

[DTHuey]

"Tie me kangaroo down, sport.. tie me kangaroo down"

[DTHuey]

"Tie me kangaroo down, sport... tie me kangaroo down"

[flimpop]

to diymania:

LOL :)))

[rangerssteamtoys]

what did you use as a cylinder and piston? I must know.

[diymania]

whats that sound ?

[juduskrinkle]

if you could do this with a better system and better pumping system, you could set up a perpetual motion situation-ish would be cheating though

[roidroid]

what

[cyborgtroy]

Um, no......

[bgineat]

boop boop boop boop boop boop LOL cute