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DIY Stirling engine from a tuna can

DIY Stirling engine from a tuna can

Posted by CoolSolarStuff on Apr 6, 2011 in DIY, stirling | 2 comments
I am currently working on my third engine, after my 1st and 2nd attempts failed miserably… I thought my third engine would run. I thought wrong. It was airtight, it turned smoothly but it seemed that the piston didn’t had...
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Stirling engine homemade hot air diy, attempt #2

Stirling engine homemade hot air di...

Posted by CoolSolarStuff on Mar 23, 2011 in DIY, education, stirling | 0 comments
OK, two days after my first attempt of building a homemade stirling engine, I somehow cooled off and tried again. I fished the 250 ml. soda can I threw in earlier out of the trash bin, straightened it, build the darn hot air engine…...
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DIY Stirling engine out of a soda can, can I make one?

DIY Stirling engine out of a soda c...

Posted by CoolSolarStuff on Mar 21, 2011 in DIY, education, stirling | 0 comments
Homemade Stirling engine, attempt #1 Building a DIY stirling engine was high on my list for quite some time, because it seems a cool idea to have an tin can engine running with the sun as fuel. But before I would build a solar driven...
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