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Running The Tesla CD Turbine On Water

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Uploaded by on Oct 14, 2007

A messy first attempt to run the Tesla CD Turbine on water pressure from a garden hose. This crude first prototype needs many modifications for maximum effectiveness, but proves a simple point that we can make power from a bunch of recycled CD's.

It rotates! It rotates with a magnetically coupled Skilsaw blade! It didn't cut my arm off!!

The latest model of the Tesla Cd Turbine II runs at 1200 rpm (so far) on water pressure. Experiments continuing...

The Tesla CD Turbine web site:
http://www.cdturbine.com

To learn how to build Tesla CD Turbines, visit my Instructables site at:
http://www.instructables.com/member/mrfixits/

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  • i would imagine there being an exaust

  • The exhaust is through the drilled-out centre post of the CD spindle.

  • Hey lol! I had that same problem! I think I am going to plug it with hot glue all around. I just wish there was a way I could still take it apart afterward...

  • It's true that the cover to spindle base is a more-or-less permanent glue job. It's best to test as much as possible first, before the glue decision! I've tried using an o-ring seal and rubber gaskets, but it didn't work so well! (i.e. I got real wet...;)

  • Water? Wood? Cutting?

    Better off getting a Beaver.

  • You're right...I haven't had a beaver for a while.

    Seriously, I did invent a backpack gas-powered device for girdling trees, called the "L'il Beaver'. It has a chainsaw chain wrapped around a cone as the cutting head and takes big chunks out of tree bark to kill weed trees.

    Not half as much fun as running a magnetically-attached Skilsaw blade powered by compressed air and CD's on a CD spindle, though. (See my PumpkinCutter video ;)

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  • sunteti niste prosti!

  • @MrfixitRick

    Reversing rotation might work ;)

  • get  BEAVER

  • Its a great video, im actually making one myself, but still i had to laught when you said,

    "It is spinning... thats a good sign!"

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