New member from Portland, Oregon USA

[Tim Taylor 2Participant @timtaylor2]

Hi all,

Just joined the forum a couple days ago – I'm a recently retired reliability engineer with long term experience in vibration analysis, infrared thermography, ultrasound and laser based metrology technologies.

My primary interests are in model stationary steam engines, and I am in the early stages of designing a scale model steam turbine. My shop equipment consists of a 10×22 manual lathe and G0704 mill that has been converted to CNC, along with two 3D printers – Afinia (UP) H479 & H800, all set up in a corner of my garage.

Looks like a great site – love it so far!

Tim

[Tim Taylor 2Participant @timtaylor2]

[Brian HParticipant @brianh50089]

Hello Tim, welcome and have a happy New Year..

Brian

[Chris Evans 6Participant @chrisevans6]

Welcome along Tim.

[David George 1Participant @davidgeorge1]

Hi Tim welcome to the forum. A turbine would be interesting to see since building a pelton wheel at school it would be nice to see a real turbine.

David

[Tim Taylor 2Participant @timtaylor2]

Posted by David George 1 on 01/01/2019 08:44:50:

Hi Tim welcome to the forum. A turbine would be interesting to see since building a pelton wheel at school it would be nice to see a real turbine.

David

Thanks to all for the welcome and Happy New Year!

Yes it's going to be an adventure. What I want to build is a single stage velocity-compounded Curtis type turbine with a two row wheel with reversing sector. I'm shooting for a wheel diameter of 2.5 to 3.0 inches, but it depends on how small I can machine the buckets and still maintain a reasonably accurate velocity angle profile.

Tim

[Author]

Posts