Jet Engine

Home made gas turbine jet engine to the design in the book by Thomas Kamps.

Diffuser Vanes

The diffuser vanes are fitted into curved slots cut into the solid central “hub”. I cut the slots with a simple jig on my hobby woodworking bandsaw. It’s definitely not designed for this, but it worked a treat and produced a kerf that was a lovely fit on the 1mm sheet aluminium vanes: (The pen…

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