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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

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!

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.

Welcome to the forums!

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

Welcome aboard!

Boydhouse

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.

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

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

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

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

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)..

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.

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.

Hello and greetings.

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

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.

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.