Real spoons for a pelton/turgo

[MVIDSMITH]

I  used to work for a flatware manufacturer, I have access to some real spoons of various shapes and sizes. I was wondering if anyone has used real spoons to make either a turgo or pelton wheel. Being unemployed after the last big layoff has left me without the needed cash to buy a real one but I do have access to a shop that can weld things up and do limited cnc work on mills and lathes.

Mark

[Flux]

I would have thought spoons would work well for a turgo, I believe someone did a design with plastic spoons, that seems a bit dodgey but metal ones should be fine for small nozzels as long as you can fix them on satisfactorily.

For a pelton you would have to cut flats on them and braze them together in pairs, messy but still possible.

If you could get them stamped out with fixing lugs in place of handles then I think you would be on to something.

Flux

[nickelbender]

I believe there is a fellow in BC ( Victoria area, but I can't remember ) who built some small 100 watt range turbines with real spoons, probably a turgo. I saw them on TV some time ago.

[alterfuels]

I have a tergo wheel made from spoons running in my yard.  It was made by a local fellow and has worked pretty well for quite a few years!