J-B Weld is the BOMB!!!

Day: 3
It's been two weeks since we've worked on the project, so we were dying to get our hands dirty and make some progress. Richard pierced both the displacer and the pressure vessel, and I, using good, old J-B Weld, glued the threader to the displacer and the nut / bolt to the pressure vessel.

I used the file to grind down the PVC elbow so that it shaped the surface of the body. This was a tiresome act that required a great amount strength.

What you can expect the next day...
We want to finish the "inside" of the Stirling engine and connect the PVC elbow to the body. We also want to connect the flywheel to the crankshaft. We hope our endeavors with amount to a working engine.