User:Raybelec

Raymond T Belec

Chaput Hughes

Ontario

Canada

I heard about Open Scource Egology on CBC radio. I have been a student of machine Tool History for a while. I like to build things I guess I always have. Right now I am most interested in:

Multi-Machine Lathe Platforms.

Accessories

Power hacksaw.

Portable hydraulic line boring and large hole drilling.

Hexing Mill for making nuts and bolts.

Thread tapping machine for making valve bodies and threading nuts.

Rapid Pipe Threading Head for making bolts and threaded rod and threading pipe

Components

1. Spindle Head and Shaft System

2. Bed Rail System

3. X and Y Travel systems

4. Spindle drive system

5. Ridgid Pipe Threading Head

6. Skid Frame

7. Hydraulic power generation system.

Development

50% complete

Build a high torque low RPM lathe that is portable,powered by hydraulics.Constructed from a Diesel V-8 engine block complete with cyclinder heads and the bedway and base made from railway ties. That can fuctioning as a vertical or hoizontal lathe simply by standing it on end or laying it down. This is then housed in a 20' shipping container or trailer for portablity. This may be set-up for a varity of machining services.

Prorotype 0% complete

The engine will be mounted in the inverted position. The oil pan will be on top and the dome down. The bedways rails will be attached to the engine block via the cyclinder heads. The design concept is not rigidity but flexability, and ease of calibration. The Crankshaft will be replaced by a straight shaft running on brass bushings attached to the flywheel driven by a hydraulic motor.

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