Darryl Boyd’s Stirling Engine Plans
Mr Darryl Boyd has written up plans on how to make your own Stirling hot air engine, and if you read the additional notes, you don’t even need to have a lathe to do it! Mr Boyd has posted the plans up for free on his website, in the interest of sharing information about the Stirling engine – which I think is very noble of him. If you scroll down on the front page, you’ll find the gallery of engines from some of the people who have made the engine (including the one by Mr Gordon Harris, who’s forgiveness I beg for posting his image above). If I can somehow get my nontechnical mind around those plans, I may have a go at making one myself – but of course, in a Steampunk style. If you do the same, let me know.
October 10th, 2006 at 8:56 am
This is amazing, hooray for mr.Boyd! Every Stirling engine I see fills me with creative envy.
October 11th, 2006 at 11:10 pm
I can empathise with your envy there, svo – but you’ve made a beautiful engine yourself! You should be proud of it
December 5th, 2006 at 8:15 pm
I would like to see the plans advertized here.
thanx
January 13th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
I have a small 35 foot narrowboat with a woodburning stove. The stove heats the kitchen/lounge, but little heat gets to the bedroom about 12 feet away. the top of the stove gets too hot to touch. do you think a stirling engine sitting on top of it would drive a fan powerfully enough to blow some of the air into the bedroom? Come to think of it a fan on top of ANY heat source would be useful to shift the heat around……….
January 14th, 2007 at 1:48 am
Alas, Mr Jones, I am no Stirling engine expert, but it sounds like you generate enough heat to power even a relatively inefficient Stirling engine. Possibly making one like the above would work for you, but alternatively you could look in to more efficient Stirling engines that you can buy.
I’m sorry I can’t help more – I wish I could! Perhaps the Stirling engine forum would be able to answer your questions with more authority?
http://www.stirlingengine.com/bboard/
February 22nd, 2007 at 1:16 pm
I used Mr. Boyd’s plans to build my first Stirling engine and it runs great. I am hooked and in the process of building my second Stirling of my own design. Again Thanks to Darryl I have learned a great deal about Stirling engines.