Member postings for Andrew Nash 1

I am reading the series on Steam Turbines with interest and am following up on the references to early models implemented and described in Model Engineering. However it it does not seem that reprint options for many of the references exist.

I can not find any geneal references to scanned versions of early magazine editions - I am surprised that DVD collections of the early magazines are not offered for sale. I am happy to buy hard copy or (better) DVD collections - do they exist and can someone point me in the right direction

I am enjoying this series immensely. For a while I have been toying with electric power generation models, and for power generation, consistent hight speed is one of more important design criteria.

The level of engineering and science theory in these articles has been challenging but rewarding

The tolerances for blade to shroud manufacture, the work to produce large numbers of blades and the potential for failure have all been daunting. So I was delighted to see the conversation move from de Laval, to Parsons and now Rateau implementations.

It seems like the Rateau from a design and implementation perspective offer a reasonable trade-off with the potential advantage of running at lower steam pressure. I am hoping Mike will move on to provide some suggestions for builds and materials.