Whistle

I mentioned in a previous post about a plan to use steam for "something". Well, I found that something. It's a 5 note air-whistle that makes the sound of a train! It's copper and has a threaded end so it can be attached to piping, which got me thinking.

The plan is coiling something like steel dishwashing hoze or copper piping around my exhaust (which heats to 500+ degrees). Then, I let water from a small tank in to the coil using a valve and once the water hits it, it will flash-evaporate causing steam to shoot through a pipe in to the whistle making a sound.

That's the idea, anyway. All my roommates think it's not going to work so I'm going to do some experiments on the stove with boiling water to see if I can even get the thing to whistle in the first place. Fingers crossed!