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[Ian S C]

Welcome Vamoose, hope we can help you, without confusing you (and others)too much, we are like any forum, ask a question, and get a number of answers, all a bit different for you to sort out, but you are used to thinking out side the square by the sound of it,so you'll be OK. Best wishes . Ian S C

[khan_ta]

i'm a solar cook, looking for other uses for my parabolic reflectors; and other alternatives for PV-panels. I'm here; at least, to express my appreciation for the initiative to this forum!

[Beauregard]

Hello, my pseudonym is Beauregard, and I am in high school. I do not have any industry experience, or any machining experience (again- in high school), but I do understand the basics of machines (I have worked on fixing tractors and harvesters on my grandfather's farm). I am working on a Stirling Engine with only one or two parts that need to be machined (a piston and a crankshaft). My family inherited a machining lathe from my other grandfather which I have used extensively-for wood (goblets, lamps, pens, bowl, etc.), but I don't know how to use it for metal (I want to learn though). I am making a Gama type engine, similar to the old "Soda Can Stirling Engine" using metal pipes. My plan is to try to make a design that could be easily replicated in 3rd world countries without the need for imported parts.

[Administrator]

Welcome to the forums!

Machining skills come with practice. You have an interesting project planed!

Welcome aboard!

Boydhouse

[graeme p]

Hi
Have just joined this forum. I am a fitter machinest by trade and have just built one of Jan Ridders LTD .
And I have just about finished a LTD ringbom engine. Not sure if it we run because I am trying to make it
from a youtube video .Would love to have a bit more information on ringbom engines.

Graeme p.

P.S Can anybody help in a copy of Rudy Memin books on stirling engines.

[Ian S C]

I went to google and put in stirling engine book by Rudy Memin, and got quite a lot. His book is in French, so not a lot of use to me, although I can read French pictures. Ian S C

[Mick]

hi, I,m mick from Sydney . I,m interested stirling engines and in paricular solar power producing stirlings. I stumbled on to the stirling technolgy a few years ago as i was looking for model stuart staem engines on youtube and then followed the stirling links to finally come to a stirling energy systems (SES) vidoe, which got my interest. So i think there really is merit in the technolgy.

i wish to build an alpha stirlng. I purchased the book how i built a 5hp stirling engine , maybe this will be a base line for a start. I am a boilermaker and welder . I have years of experience with carbon steel, stainless steel fabrication. and perssure pipework. I have a small hurcus metal lathe and hope to use it on this project. Hopefully i can learn and share information on this very intersting site.

regards Mick

[theropod2]

Hey Mick,

I'd say you have all the skills and tools you need. I'd set about targeting a .5 HP engine. If you can get that on a long term running basis, maybe powered by the sun, you'd really have something. I'd look at the RIder-Erickson pumper engines from long ago, and the large LTD Stirlings we've posted about here. Big and slow with a lot of torque would be cool to me.

Welcome!

R

[Mick]

thanks theropod2 , yeah a scaled down version will do me and i,ll see how i go from there.

[vamoose]

Hey Mick,

Nice to see a fellow Aussie joining. Have recently joined myself and am about to start making an Alpha engine also. I've had some helpfull feedback from other members that might be worth a read. Also take some time to look through the forum, there's good stuff scattered throughout, or start your own topic. Goodluck..
vamoose

(oh, and possibly save your posts in a document or something just in case. I lost my initial posts when there was a system problem and they couldn't be retrieved, its happened to others too)..

[Mick]

thanks Vamoose, yeah it looks like a good site, but i think is the only active stirling forum, the Stirling Society I think has a forum but is not active.

[nwolf2000]

hi,I am an mechanical engineer from China,I have spend most of my time on stirling engine design.
Thanks for letting me join,good luck.

[dtrombley]

Hello and greetings.

Just a curious amateur (at many things). Assembled a few pop-can engines and played with LTDs.

[ROMI]

Well I've heard of these stirling engines for a couple of years, but very busy life don't allow me much free time to start playing with them.
I hope in the next 5 years to succeed in building one out of a soda can.....

Regards.

[stonefly71]

Hi all I'm new here.I live in Ohio with my 2 kids. I'm disabled and looking for new things to get into and have been wanting to build a Stirling for a few years now. I've watched a ton of videos on YouTube.and cant wait to get building.