CEB Prototype 1 Fab

Here are most of the details for fabricating CEB Prototype 1.

We start with raw metal. Drill holes in the structure pieces, 7/16" x 6 inch u-channel:

Begin putting the frame together:

Use 1/2", grade 8 bolts, and the frame is complete:

Cut Nylon 6/6 liner to size, and use it for abrasion resistance for the compression chamber:

Install the Nylon liner in the compression chamber:

Add the plate for the compression chamber box, with the Nylon underneath:

Put in spacers for the bottom of the frame, as the 5 inch cylinder that we used was fatter than 6 inches of the frame width:

Assemble and stand the machine:

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Take out the acetylene torch:

And slice up metal pieces for the pressing plate:

Grind and prepare pressing plate assembly:

We used a 20 kW tractor power-take-off (PTO) genearator to feed the welder.

Here is the prepared pressing plate assembly with cylinder pin: