Tesla CD Turbine Blender Bursts On Kitchen Table

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  • Опубликовано: 26 янв 2025

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  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад +1

    The beauty of the Tesla Turbine design that I was exploring, is that it can take very abrupt changes in torque.... In fact, the Tesla Turbine is the only turbine design that can take supersonic shocks well.
    The magnetic disc pack itself survived the bursting turbine experience just fine, and held up amazingly well in a year of "SinkScience" testing before that.

  • @VashoneHudgins
    @VashoneHudgins 14 лет назад

    It is great that you are not hiding this. You didn't fail, you found another way to make improvements. I am amazed that we have not been using this technology!

  • @GREENPOWERSCIENCE
    @GREENPOWERSCIENCE 16 лет назад +1

    Nice video Rick. Keep up the cool videos. How was the shake?

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    Hey, GPS
    Thanks for comment. The shake (smoothie , as I call it) was wonderful. Especially good after all the cleanup work from this mini-disaster!

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    Thanks for the theory!
    I think in this case it was a matter of the output hose had a loop of sitting water that the high-pressure air just couldn't blow out fast enough, so the backpressure blew the top off instead.
    The blender and turbine discs can be totally stalled out and still pass pressure through the discs of the turbine. It's simply the force of fluid adhesion on the discs that turn them, not like in pumps that can blow because of perfect sealing.

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  15 лет назад

    Thanks for the comment! It's folks like you that restore my faith in mankind and keep me going!

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  15 лет назад

    The CD Turbine produces about one watt of power on faucet water pressure. If the same sized discs could turn 40,000 rpm (say with special metal or ceramic discs, not CD's) then it would generate well over 30 horsepower.

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    Thanks!
    The cover over the turbine CD cakebox is a near-bulletproof polycarbonate tube, and it would contain any reasonable explosion of the CD turbine.
    I would not recommend running a CD Turbine on compressed air without adequate protection.
    (and use a tinfoil safety toque as well !!)
    As for electricity, I actually have a few videos showing the CD Turbine generating power...but I keep it under 12 volts for some semblance of sanity!

  • @AdminOnDuty
    @AdminOnDuty 16 лет назад

    Can't say it wasn't somewhat expected, but your reaction time was spot on! I think that's the fastest manual shutdown sequence I've witnessed to date. :) My toilet works on the same principle (air hammer). I've heard of plumbers blowing faucets off of sinks from that action. In both cases a compressor is not needed. Simply adding air to the city water pressure is sufficient to compress the air in the pipe. When the air expands...voila! Explosive action :D
    Great Video!
    Cheers

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  15 лет назад

    I hot-glued the entire top back on, but the poor little turbine was never the same. Since then, I've taken the disc pack out and trashed the case. The turbine's 23-disc CD disc pack is still usable after 2 years of intermittent use.

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  15 лет назад

    There are several points...
    1.) To see a Tesla turbine perform useful work.
    2.) To demo a Tesla turbine design that is revolutionary because of no shaft, seals or bearings.
    3.) To show that a Tesla disc turbine design runs on multiple fluids, which other turbines cannot do.
    4.) This turbine set-up runs on solar power, collecting it through the day and storing it as compressed air. It's inefficient, but it's completely off-grid, and free.
    5.) It's just a fun way to run household appliances!

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    Have no fear...it will be resurrected!
    The disc pack is in surprisingly good shape even after a year of abuse, and I have ideas for a couple of improvements to a new nozzle and case.

  • @heliarche
    @heliarche 15 лет назад

    you proved it can be made to do a job, and gave me a good laugh.
    Keep on it man.

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    Hehe, I've still got all my fingers!
    Glad to hear you enjoyed my movies.
    Don is "the Man". (Mr Wizard for those who don't know)

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    Thanks for the comments and links. Good luck with your alternative energies website!

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    Hehe, yes, it seems to me that we should be able to take advantage of that water hammer effect to provide micro-bursts of high pressure into the nozzle.
    In theory, that is! Another experiment I did with 2 turbines, running in series, blew the case off #1, when I shut off #2 !!
    There's big pressure available in water hammering... if we can nail it down...(hehe)

  • @skysurfer
    @skysurfer 11 лет назад

    MacGyver would be proud, man! Sorry it took me this long to find your videos, that was fun.

  • @wrf121
    @wrf121 16 лет назад

    You should try a pressure washer for the power source. Maybe, fix it so the wand from the local car wash could be attached, to keep down costs if you don't have a pressure washer. Possibly need to be a bit stronger, though.

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  15 лет назад

    When it comes to steam and high-speed rotating steel parts, there are some real dangers involved. However, it will probably work. 4 inch is likely good for 30,000 rpm or more. You need high speed; the torque will be very low with such small discs. If the disc does come apart, not much will stop it, so make sure you have a significant case aound it! Avoid carbide bits, as they can fly off easier.
    Tesla used .030 inch thick discs. The thinner the better, but his often warped.

  • @VanGaore
    @VanGaore 16 лет назад

    Yeah, if you use hotglue it should be okay. It might be an idea to use slightly thicker plastic, although I doubt there would ever be enough pressure to make the plastic tear apart or shatter.

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    When I say blew the top off, I meant the very top of the clear plastic cover was sheared off/ torn off/shattered. hehe
    Yes thicker plastic would be preferable...
    But this is cheap and fun!

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    It's was used as the outside cover over the CD cakebox in the above movie, and I've used it for a couple of higher-speed destructive tests.
    It's hard to kill...although I will be trying to do so, when I make a couple of new high-speed turbines using poly as the case. 1/4 " thick would be better...but I can hammer on this 1/8th and jump on it, so it's not too bad!

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    There have been some technical problems...Let me see... broke my SinkScience turbine in November, broke my arm in December, broke my computer in January, and now I'm too broke to even finish my bankruptcy!
    However, I'm working on a new project in spite of it all...a Tesla pump and turbine generator inside a 6 inch x 3 feet long polycarbonate vortex tube. This will be the basis for a new set of experiments to take the Tesla CD Turbine concept to a whole new level!

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    If they are treated carefully, the cakebox can take 100 psi air while running. But block the exhaust outlet hose with water,like I did :(...and kaboom!
    This same turbine ran occasionally for almost a year on faucet water pressure before I accidentally blew it up.

  • @00bean00
    @00bean00 14 лет назад

    @MrfixitRick Well, yes of course it does, it's a conductor. That's how we can have shielded cables.

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  15 лет назад

    Heat and DVD's don't mix. Steam will warp the discs in about .3 seconds, I've noticed, hehe. You would need to build a separated air-pressure chamber that remains cool, when compressed by steam or heat somehow.
    It would be best to build a proper Tesla Turbine that can run on alcohol. But of course, that costs money.

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    You have pretty much read my mind!
    How about a turbine/generator/pump/motor combo for real versatility?
    I'll have to take some projects apart to recycle magnets. Lots of ideas, so little money!

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  15 лет назад

    Yes, a cover other than a CD cakebox would make logical sense. I like to see the discs moving, so clear polycarbonate is the best choice. I'm building one now that will literally be bulletproof...which I will demonstrate if I can talk my buddy with a shotgun into it!

  • @markuks
    @markuks 16 лет назад

    that wasn't as catastrophic as i'd hope. I was looking more of cds sticking to the wall like ninja stars , magnets breaking everything, shattering the camera lens.

  • @ninjajim
    @ninjajim 16 лет назад

    whats the hold-up rick? When are new cd-turbine vids coming out? Its been like three months!!!

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  15 лет назад

    I'd like to try lots of designs, but a true Tesla Turbine gets expensive real quick, especially if it has a machined shaft, high-speed bearings, seals, and a machined case with special nozzle.
    Unfortunately my $10. per month experimental budget doesn't go far, so for now I experiment with recycled CD's!
    The ceramic discs I really want to use will cost $600 - $1200 apiece to be made.
    BTW, T.E.B.A. has taken down their web sites and has little useful info on the net now apparently.

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    I've got a busted pressure washer that I will be experimenting with.
    Also, an electric automotive fuel pump seems in the zone to try as well. I like the idea of 12 volt portability and using solar power to charge..

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    I never drink and drive a turbine..
    I'm intoxicated with going fast; I just went too hard on the throttle pedal! hehe
    The turbine magnetic disc pack survived, and it's correct to say the resurrection is in progress!

  • @HomePowerWind
    @HomePowerWind 14 лет назад

    Merry Christmas Dude.

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    Actually, I'm using polycarbonate. It's much stronger than Plexi. (bulletproof glass is 1/2 inch polycarbonate)
    I'll be playing with 6 inch diameter tubing with 1/8 inch wall thickness, and 1/4 inch thick end plates, bolted through.

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  15 лет назад

    Haha, thanks for the blender tech info. What an incredible blender!
    If my turbine could turn 50,000 rpm, it would develop about 20 horsepower. With proper ceramic/nanocarbon turbine discs, this would be an easy reality. Except for the $12,000 for the ceramic discs, that is!

  • @randomnstupid
    @randomnstupid 16 лет назад

    RIP tesla cd turbine... we all know you are in a better place now

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  15 лет назад

    Do you pay for your AC power? This is free energy from the sun!
    The solar panel charges a 12 volt battery which runs the compressor to store air in the tank. A 12 volt bilge water pump runs the turbine, with a boost of air pressure when needed.

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  15 лет назад

    Those are two of my main criteria for my videos...it's gotta work, and it's gotta be fun!!

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    More than a "leak', hehe. Blew the whole top right off the CD case!
    However, the main CD disc pack, is miraculously unharmed. Even after almost a year of intermittent abuse, and the "explosion", the 1/2 inch neo top magnets are still holding strong with marine goop!
    So I will hotglue a nozzle onto another CD case, re-use the recycled CD pack, and I should be back in action.

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  15 лет назад

    It can handle up to 120 psi if the outlet hose is not blocked like I did (oops!)

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  15 лет назад

    When you plug in your perfect blender, you use Tesla's inventions of AC electricity and the AC motor to power it. Although these are great things, Tesla said his greatest invention was his Tesla Turbine.
    I promote the Tesla Turbine by incorporating it into as many fun things as possible, including kitchen gadgets.

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    I have 6" polycarbonate tubing with 1/4 inch thick end plates to play with next.
    I prefer to push the limits of a cheap, disposable turbine that can be built for under $10 by a kid.
    The CD case is capable of running the turbine at constant 120 psi pressure or more.
    I made a boo-boo by restricting the outlet hose by allowing water to back up into it. I then gave it too much "throttle" at the foot control for air pressure.
    Too much, too fast = boom!
    (good comparison with cannon! ;)

  • @beehard44
    @beehard44 14 лет назад

    maybe if you put the CDs closer (like the original tesla turbie) then it would be more efficient with air

  • @NeilCaulfield
    @NeilCaulfield 16 лет назад

    im guessing cakeboxes arent rated for high pressure, which explais why it went kaboom

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    Haha, thanks. It's always more fun when things happen unexpectantly!

  • @rwsandham
    @rwsandham 15 лет назад

    Girls, keep it at 5 hp and 50,000 rpm and use a metal turbine case with at least a
    4" wing style cutter blade and stainless top with a reversable air nozzle on the turbine rotor .
    (Blind Guru has the top you need . This is a micronizing no emf radiation blender ... no emf radiated food like blend tecs 3.5 hp 50,000 rpm blender and this can work off solar generated steam or compressed air and will be much quieter especially when the turbine is properly encased and not venting to atmosphre.)

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  15 лет назад

    Haha, great comment. Many great ideas and inventions have actually come about from experiments gone wrong... penicillin for example.
    And I did learn a few things from my little surprise as well...

  • @eddiefreddie39
    @eddiefreddie39 16 лет назад

    You do a great video man ,bravo. Can you do one using your turbine as a pump? Maybe magnetically coupled to a second one running on air? I think what you are doing has amazing potential. peace

  • @i-make-robots
    @i-make-robots 14 лет назад

    @MrfixitRick Keep up the great experimenting. I know how good it feels when something works. :)

  • @Spore0011
    @Spore0011 15 лет назад

    p.s what would happen of u took ceramic wrap and wrapped the discs like that? would that work?

  • @ninjajim
    @ninjajim 16 лет назад

    how are the repairs going rick?
    p.s. killer safety hat I feel like I'm watching signs.

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  15 лет назад

    @ambitious2012
    That could work in this application.
    However, Tesla ran his 6-inch turbine over 30,000 in 1910. With .030 inch discs. I think we can do better than that 100 years later. I'm shooting for 100,000 rpm with ceramic nano-carbon discs that can take 4000 degrees temp. Only they are over $2000 each...

  • @Spore0011
    @Spore0011 15 лет назад

    what does a 23 disc pack produce in power?

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  14 лет назад

    @cheesebum55
    RF is Radio Frequency

  • @cat2cube
    @cat2cube 15 лет назад

    use a metal/pvc pipe?

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    That would be my Tinfoil Toque. It protects me from flying debris and conspiracy theories.

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    You can see the sheared top at 2:22

  • @gizmo664100
    @gizmo664100 13 лет назад

    @MrfixitRick he becuas it a pedal do it like driving dont floor it ease into it . it wasnt your disghen realy just tomuch pressuar to quickley I would assume. sorry about the spelling.

  • @beehard44
    @beehard44 14 лет назад

    back to the drawing board but i don't see any new videos...

  • @AlexandrGreen
    @AlexandrGreen 16 лет назад

    I have rated your video FIVE STARS :)

  • @00bean00
    @00bean00 14 лет назад

    Do you wear the foil-plated cap for kicks or for conspiracy/UFO theorist reasons?

  • @VanGaore
    @VanGaore 16 лет назад

    Ahahahaha oh man you were right!! Hope the leak didn't do any damage!

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    Gees, I feel like I should have a "wake" party for a friggin' recycled CD turbine! haha
    Glad to see folks get a little attached to such a simple machine...it's like The Little Train That Could.."I think I can, I think I can", chugga chugga, and took a heck of a lot of abuse for almost a year.
    I think a real Tesla Turbine, running at home on garbage waste with no emissions, would produce a similar fond attachment...and properly designed, it wouldn't blow up, either!

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  14 лет назад

    @00bean00
    I wear it for fun, but there is a serious use for tin-foil hats. The aluminum foil acts as a RF shield, as demonstrated in my latest movie, called "The Tinfoil Tuque Test: Do Tinfoil Hats Work?".

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    Folks who like this video can vote for my Instructable in the "Part Like It's 1929" Contest.
    Help me make Tesla more famous!
    The link is found to the right >>> in the "more info".
    Thanks in advance to those who choose to help!

  • @AlexandrGreen
    @AlexandrGreen 16 лет назад

    I have on my web site CANADIAN WIND patents of Nikola Tesla and online video.
    You have to check these patents too.

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  15 лет назад

    There's never enough power, I say! It's the plasma containment system that needs refinement, hehe.

  • @ninjajim
    @ninjajim 16 лет назад

    Well you really went and did it this time Rick! I bet you were drinking some of your famous punch before the incident, am I right?! J/k anyways is it safe to say that this is not the last we'll see of the amazing Tesla turrbine?

  • @rwsandham
    @rwsandham 15 лет назад

    Try 316 ss about 4"-6" dia disk
    3 disk 2 shoulder .
    1" x 25" = 125 hp 2shoulder 3 disk .
    T.E.B.A.. ask Jeff Hays

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    HOTGLUE !! (hehe, either will work, but I think I'll build a new cakebox)

  • @hansomme
    @hansomme 14 лет назад

    What is the point of this?

  • @VanGaore
    @VanGaore 16 лет назад

    Oh man!! Seriously? Woah... In that case, Plexiglas would likely be the most preferable thing!! xD

  • @rumdabbadoh
    @rumdabbadoh 15 лет назад

    Naw, i enjoyed the cd tesla generator.. Sad to see it die like that.. But at least it burnt out like a Supernova! Good work!

  • @VanGaore
    @VanGaore 16 лет назад

    Oh you're using polycarbonate? Yeah that stuff's definitely stronger. Were you using it before? If so, do you think 1/8 inch is thick enough? Hehe =P

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    Hehe, I've got 3 busted turbines on my kitchen table right now. Unfortunately, I'm flat busted too! (Being a SinkScientist doesn't pay too well..;)
    However, lack of funds shouldn't stop the fun...so more devices and videos are sure to come!

  • @xCharbel
    @xCharbel 15 лет назад

    Quote of the day
    O it didnt! - Mrfixitrick

  • @VanGaore
    @VanGaore 16 лет назад

    Nice!! Hope it all works out!

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    yeah, I was hoping for at least a trip to the hospital, but the universe wasn't accommodating! Not a scratch! hehe
    I tried blowing up a turbine under a pumpkin but that flopped. A magnet came off and through the plastic case at medium speed. The unit slowed down. Anti-climatic.
    Guess I'll have to build a real high rpm turbine to come apart for a movie. The kinetic energy stored is proportional to the velocity squared, so there's 4 times the energy stored with a doubling of the speed.

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    That is exactly correct!

  • @i-make-robots
    @i-make-robots 14 лет назад

    Empty annotation at the start of the video :O

  • @Yeoffrey
    @Yeoffrey 16 лет назад

    you knock my block off!

  • @magnusrulz
    @magnusrulz 15 лет назад

    houston we have a problem!

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    hahaha...I wonder if they get jealous of each other??

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    Thanks! It's actually my Tinfoil Safety Toque (tm). Made in Canada. hehe

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  16 лет назад

    No wife that lives with me, so I get to be patient with myself instead!

  • @ponder2006
    @ponder2006 12 лет назад

    You rock!

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  14 лет назад

    @aggrav8d
    Thanks! Fixed!

  • @BrickMuffin
    @BrickMuffin 14 лет назад

    2:13 so funny lololol

  • @LupoProduction
    @LupoProduction 15 лет назад

    But the real question is, how did the bananas and ice turn out? jk

  • @P3DRUG5
    @P3DRUG5 15 лет назад

    good morning

  • @impetusarts
    @impetusarts 16 лет назад

    sooo funny!!! keep on doing stuff like that!!!

  • @Spore0011
    @Spore0011 15 лет назад

    Oh i see thank you for the answer.. i added u 2 subscribe have a nice night. that was a real genius thing u made out of only cds, water, electrical wire, and magnets lol.

  • @ninjajim
    @ninjajim 16 лет назад

    just remember when life gives you lemons, use your Tesla turbine to make a punch out of them! Looking forward to more Tesla videos, p.s. good luck with your financial difficulties, those are quite a bitch!

  • @0wardjp
    @0wardjp 15 лет назад

    What you do is extremely smart and I know I could never do it but... are you stoned? you sound like it? lol
    Good work though

  • @XcelentTom1
    @XcelentTom1 16 лет назад

    DUCKTAPE !!

  • @manding00
    @manding00 15 лет назад

    yum jumba juice!

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  14 лет назад

    @jducati11
    Haha!

  • @MrfixitRick
    @MrfixitRick  15 лет назад

    Hahaha, I laugh every time I see that part!

  • @rwsandham
    @rwsandham 15 лет назад

    Edison was only barely qualified to
    wipe Tesla's ass !