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building the combustor I have been making a strong effort to get in updates as soon as I can. Much more work is done on the combustor, and everything seems to be going together very well. On to the update!
After getting the nuts welded to the flanges the main combustor body needs cut down to the right size. Using a piece of poster board type paper, I can square up one end of the tube, and make a cut line for the section that we don't need. Two inches needs removed to bring the combustor body to 12".
Now you can see the cut is complete and the combustor housing is at the correct size. A little grinding is needed to clean up the edges.
Before the flange can be fully welded on, it must be tacked into place. This insures that the flange or the tube does not warp during the rest of the welding. Because there is such a long weld bead needed all the way around the flange, I will do sections at a time, alternating sides to keep heat distribution even throughout the metal.
A few shots of the flange after being welded. A check was done to make sure that there was good weld penetration on both sides.
These are the pieces for the flange and flange funnel. This connects the hot side of the combustor to the turbine. The flange is 1/4" steel and the other pieces are 3/16"
After squaring up the pieces, they were all tack welded into place and then checked again to make sure they were still square.
The flange and funnel welded to bottom combustor plate.
A few more shot of bottom combustor plate and turbine flange after welding was completed.
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