Jet Engine

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

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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