The flywheel of the Stirling Engine fits around the flywheel hub and doesn’t do any mechanical work, but serves as a nice representation of the energy being produced by the Engine. The flywheel is made of acrylic and was cut and etched with a lasercutter.
First, I designed the to-scale flywheel in the graphics software Inkscape because it exports .dxf files, which are compatible with the lasercutter software.
Next, I sent this file to the laser cutter and cut out the shape.
The flywheel was finished!
Later on, I glued the flywheel hub to the flywheel for additional stability.
