top | item 32709366 Steam powered Raspberry Pi pico 18 points| rwbhn | 3 years ago |twitter.com 4 comments order hn newest abdullahkhalids|3 years ago This is so cool. I hope they are burning coal to produce the steam to go full steampunk.Someone should do a water wheel powered one next. pengaru|3 years ago > I hope they are burning coal to produce the steam to go full steampunk.That's a commercial off-the-shelf hobbyist steam engine, they prescribe using smokeless fuel tablets like [0].Coal would just make a bunch of soot and a big mess in general.[0] https://www.amazon.com/Esbit-1300-Degree-Smokeless-Tablets-E... bronikowski|3 years ago I wonder how efficient a water will would be? Made with current tech, bearings, etc. load replies (1)
abdullahkhalids|3 years ago This is so cool. I hope they are burning coal to produce the steam to go full steampunk.Someone should do a water wheel powered one next. pengaru|3 years ago > I hope they are burning coal to produce the steam to go full steampunk.That's a commercial off-the-shelf hobbyist steam engine, they prescribe using smokeless fuel tablets like [0].Coal would just make a bunch of soot and a big mess in general.[0] https://www.amazon.com/Esbit-1300-Degree-Smokeless-Tablets-E... bronikowski|3 years ago I wonder how efficient a water will would be? Made with current tech, bearings, etc. load replies (1)
pengaru|3 years ago > I hope they are burning coal to produce the steam to go full steampunk.That's a commercial off-the-shelf hobbyist steam engine, they prescribe using smokeless fuel tablets like [0].Coal would just make a bunch of soot and a big mess in general.[0] https://www.amazon.com/Esbit-1300-Degree-Smokeless-Tablets-E...
bronikowski|3 years ago I wonder how efficient a water will would be? Made with current tech, bearings, etc. load replies (1)
abdullahkhalids|3 years ago
Someone should do a water wheel powered one next.
pengaru|3 years ago
That's a commercial off-the-shelf hobbyist steam engine, they prescribe using smokeless fuel tablets like [0].
Coal would just make a bunch of soot and a big mess in general.
[0] https://www.amazon.com/Esbit-1300-Degree-Smokeless-Tablets-E...
bronikowski|3 years ago