Stirling Engine

I decided to create a small Stirling Engine. This is just the first to see some of the simpler complications of a Stirling Engine design. I started by making a gamma style engine. It will be composed of 2 cylinders, a heat sink, and a crank shaft. The cylinders will be made from copper because copper transfers heat well and it was readily available as scrap from school. The design was made on Inventor.

I have taken a propane torch and some solder and turned a sheet of copper into a hot cylinder, and a displacer piston.

The heat sink has had a hole drilled out of it with very large drill bits. The final hole was 1-5/8".

The next step would be to place the 1-1/2" copper tube, and attach all the copper fittings which would be bought at a store.