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Workshop and Model Engineering

Details of some engineering type jobs

Forming Turbine Blades

Each blade on the turbine blank needs to be twisted to the correct angle and ground to an aerofoil profile. After procrastinating for a long time, I slowly came to the view that twisting and grinding the blades was more about consistency than precision. I made a holder to index the disc for the 19…

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In this section:

  • Crank shortening
  • Anodising Process
  • Problems
  • Spot Welder
  • Introduction
  • Combustion Chamber Inner
  • Combustion Chamber Outer
  • Machining the NGV
  • Vaporiser Tubes
  • Welding the NGV
  • Turbine Wheel Blank
  • Forming Turbine Blades
  • Shaft
  • Bearings
  • Shaft Tunnel and Diffuser
  • Diffuser Vanes
  • Outer Casing
  • Front Fairing
  • Diffuser Cover
  • Intake Nozzle
  • Trial Assembly
  • Finishing the Combustion Chamber
  • Finishing the Diffuser
  • Balancing
  • Tail cone
  • Stand
  • Finished Pictures
  • Test Run on Gas
  • Runing on Kerosene
  • TIG Torch Water Cooler
  • Introduction
  • Z Axis
  • X Axis Carriage
  • X Axis Gantry
  • X Axis Leadscrew
  • Machine Base / Y Axis
  • Y Axis Carriage
  • Mechanical Assembly and Alignment
  • Wiring & First Moves
  • ESP32 GRBL Controller
  • Leadscrew Problem
  • Work Table
  • Re-Working the Spindle
  • Finished (Sort of)
  • Sand Filling
  • In Action
  • Making a Stiffer ER11 Spindle


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