Mark J Norton/OSE Work

Currently

Steam Engine

• Steam Engine Design
  • Getting reviews of the 2011 steam engine design.
• Steam Engine Specifications
  • Build drawings with dimensions.
  • Build instructions.

Things To Do

Steam Engine

• Wiki Work
  • Create a list of tools needed (esp. measurement tools) - Steam Engine/Tools
  • Add steam engine emails between me and Marcin to Steam Engine/Correspondence page and/or forum.
• Research
  • What other steam engine projects on the internet?
  • What are the parts involved?
  • Rankine Cycle Vapor Engine
  • Calculations for TDC Piston Chamber size
  • Calculations for Bump Valve pin length
  • Babbit metal bearings
• Steam Engine Design
  • Consider mounting cylinder on a slant and moving water drain to end cap.
  • Consider a quarter inch nipple to be inserted into the sensor port to avoid steam leading between cylinder liner and case.
  • Adding center bore to valve, and cut off spring insert.
  • Square flanges.
  • Systems Engineering, see Systems Engineering
  • Crankshaft design and specification
    • Balanced crank arms
    • Assembly concepts
  • Review Steam Engine Design
    • Tom Kimmel, SACA - msg sent 5/2
    • Ken Hemlick, SACA - in prog.
    • Jay Carter, SACA
    • Bill Ryan, SACA
    • Karl Petersen, SACA
    • Harry Schoell, Cyclone Power Tech.
  • Add Mufflers links
  • Add High Temperature Thread Sealer links
  • T-slot hardware
• Steam Engine Specifications
  • Specify dimensions
  • Build pages
  • Look into SKDB for build packages, etc.
  • 3D Renders
  • Bearings Source
  • Mineral Oil Sources and Prices
• Steam Engine Build Instructions
• Project
  • Revise Steam Engine Bill of Materials
  • Product Metric Scores, see Product Selection Metric
• Other Steam Engine Topics
  • Water and Air Pumps
  • Vacuum Source

Look into Draftsight - free CAD software that emulates AutoCAD.

Stepper Motor Controller

• Source of controller boards
• Design of controller boards

Resilient Communities

• OSEC Coordinating Action

Weather Station

• Open Source Weather Station - http://oscirrus.see-do.org/

Finished

Steam Engine

• Sourcing piston rings
• Wiki Work
  • Organize Steam Generator Pages
  • Define Steam Engine/Terminology
  • Organize Steam Engine Pages - Created Steam Engine/Index page.
• Design
  • Bump Valve Diagram
  • Piston Valve Diagram
  • Added flange to crankshaft end of cylinder (bump and piston models)
  • Added exhaust plenum (bump and piston models)
  • Engine stand, mount, and frame - part of design 5
  • Crankshaft design and specification
    • Illustration of Eccentric
    • Illustration of Return Crank
• Specifications
  • Piston Ring Source (some found)
  • Cylinder Sleeve Source (several found)
  • Valve Spring Source (several found)
• Research
  • White Cliffs Steam Engine - Steam Engine Design/White Cliffs Report
  • Power Kinetics - Steam Engine Research/Power Kinetics
  • Steam Engine Specifications/Work Diagrams
  • Steam Engine Research/Lubrication
  • Steam Engine Research/Condenser
  • Steam Engine Research/Oil Separator

Stepper Motor Controller

• Source of controller boards
• Design of controller boards

Projects of Interest

• Micro Sawmill
• Nickel Iron Battery

Ideas

• Apply the principles of Life Coaching to | Resilient Communities.
• "Built with our hands, from open source plans."
• Open Source Looms, cloth, etc. [1]

Tools

• Inches to Millimeters [2].
• OSE Wiki Help Wiki instructions
• Bolt Dimensions [3].
• Open Materials [4].
  • Electrotextiles
  • Electroluminescent
  • Photochromic
  • Heat Reactive
  • Adhesives
  • Pressure Sensitive
  • Conductive and Magnetic Paints
  • Shape Memory

General Sources

• Parts Sourcing
• Nuts, Bolts, Washers, etc. [5]
• Bolt CAD drawings at Fasanal [6] [7]