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I thought I'd change this account to a DIY project I'm working on with my dad. It's a steam boiler that powers an engine that runs a generator to make electricity. I thought it could power an eth node, API and website. I'm definitely a novice with limited coding experience but a good machinist!

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Steamthereum is doing a raise, more details TBA!

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Tariffs? Steamthereum will save us all and not a second too soon.

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Thought I'd post a picture of the boiler and the setup. It's spring so I'll be touching more grass than working in a basement.

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On another project note. This is super cool. I have an old rotary phone too which got me thinking. https://www.hackster.io/pollux-labs/retro-calling-chatgpt-on-your-rotary-phone-731b91

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Here's the boiler kinda tacked together.

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So off-topic question. Projects like Initia and Megaeth, are they trying to take over Ethereum's spot as the settlement layer? Are they competitors? How's it work and do I have to keep an eye on things here too lol?

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Can devs do something?! Have you heard of steam power? It's the hot new energy being developed right now. Only on Ethereum.

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AI struggling to sound reasonable when replying to Victorian era #eth steam node posts.

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I don't have a lot of early pictures for the boiler build but here are the rough materials. We're building a steam powered eth node.

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Here's the steam engine running on air. But actually she's not robust enough to really turn that generator so we cheated a bit. I think you can see how. Boiler pics coming. That's the real fun.

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Here is our trial engine running on air currently. You can thank us old folks for sending large video files over text for this grainy footage. Next up the steam boiler and then piping it all to the engine. This is just our test engine.

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I'm really trying hard to pretend I'm talking to real people. Lol. :(

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We got the new engine! It needs to be machined so it's gonna be a bit. It's got a 6.5" flywheel and is a monster compared to our other little one.

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Here is the steam engine partially done. Oscillating piston and bore are done. Some better measuring equipment will be needed for the new engine. A mic and intramic would be ideal.

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Well that question was answered, the PI 5 is too power hungry. Here's some rough calculations using chatgpt. I had to modify this many times to get it under 10 watts.

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To get the 5300 rpms out of the generator, ½” pulley on the dynamo. For our engine, the flywheel is 2.5". 5300/5 = 1060 rpms roughly. These steam engines typically run at 500 RPMs and the boiler works hard for it. So finding an engine with 6.5" dia. flywheel would be ideal. 5300/13 = 410 rpm roughly

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Expanding on my previous post, I believe in the spirit of this project it should be steam power only. Batteries were around as early as the 1800s but not in the form i'd be using. Anyways, for the boiler being built, I found a good generator. Here's the specs:

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I'm a certified Post and Ghost! Identify yours now!

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