Tesla Turbine With Magnetic Bearings II

June 16th, 2013 by admin

Another little Tesla Turbine using magnetic bearings and driving a genrator off the floating shaft.

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  1. labidus74 says:
    January 14, 2013 at 2:47 am

    good job, look fantastic!

  2. Seal6Sniper says:
    January 14, 2013 at 3:19 am

    Did you make the belt pulley wheel for the DC motor yourself? I’ve had a heck of a time finding sources that sell them. Everyone offers the motors but not the pullys or gear heads or even the belts for them. Any info much appreciated. Nice work!

  3. PlasmaStar9 says:
    January 14, 2013 at 3:44 am

    Thanks. The belts came from a dual cassette player. I made the pulley out of 1/2″ thick clear polycarbonate.

  4. Seal6Sniper says:
    January 14, 2013 at 4:51 am

    Thanks for the info. What are you using to cut the perfect circle wheel? Do you use a router bit to make the belt groove?

  5. PlasmaStar9 says:
    January 14, 2013 at 7:15 am

    Circle was made with a hole saw, then turned on a lathe

  6. villagefem says:
    January 17, 2013 at 7:24 pm

    Wow. how much..?? smiles…

  7. SantinoDeluxe says:
    April 30, 2013 at 3:57 am

    rpm was still climbing… what psi is that air? and is that even enough info… what volume of air per time unit is the compressor putting out?
    ive been trying to put numbers together for a project i want to start. steam tesla turbine driven by either a solar collector or wood fire, generator side is a big question mark atm. possibly a ceiling fan motor or something. any suggestions? id love to make 800watts AC if possible. ive never done anything like this before. all help is welcome.

  8. PlasmaStar9 says:
    April 30, 2013 at 4:31 am

    The hose pressure was set at 50psi but drops to around 35 with the valve open. The air tank is 3 gallons and it powers the turbine for about 30 seconds with the compressor off. The 9 holes in the nozzle are only .003″ diameter each so it’s pretty resrticted. Maybe a junk yard or Ebay used car alternator for your generator –AC ouput if you jumper past the diodes. . Don’t think a ceiling fan will work for several reasons.

  9. Vincent Alexander says:
    May 10, 2013 at 12:40 pm

    Wow you get mad props! Clean design! You ready to make some $?

  10. Shannon Long says:
    May 20, 2013 at 10:58 pm

    This may sound weird but I have been having dreams about this kind of stuff, and I have made a set of designs from those dreams, I was wondering if you would look at them and help me make a model. my email [email protected]

  11. ufoengines says:
    June 8, 2013 at 6:29 pm

    Very Cool!

  12. evildrome says:
    June 10, 2013 at 7:40 am

    Very nice work.

  13. TommyMacDaddy1 says:
    June 16, 2013 at 4:49 pm

    If you need small pulleys and belts search WM Berg
    No I don’t have any monetary stake; Just trying t help. I know how difficult it ca be to source these things…