I have emc up and running I just need to buy some
glass scales for my Kusuga
Paul
Heidi Johnson wrote:
> Private
>
> Ok Paul, I'll keep you posted as to how things progress, I may
be ready before 6 months but
> I'm not able to promise anything. There is going to be a
transition stage over which I'm
> going to have to get this up and running, and all tuned up,
thats going to take time.
>
> I'd originally planned to use the Mach software, I'm not sure if
thats the route I'm going now as
> I've come across some issue's. It may end up being EMC, or
something else. Do you think the
> bell housing would be better cast via investment casting rather
than sand? Might be more money,
> that is unless you have the ability to do your own investment
molds?? I'm hype'd about the turbo
> compound stuff as I'm also working on my own airframe design,
which would greatly benifit from
> the increased efficency and power of the turbo compound.
>
> Jarrett
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rotary Engine <rotaryeng@earthlink.net>
> Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 9:48 am
> Subject: Re: Private Bell housing
>
>
>>Six months would be OK. I am kind of focused
>>on the turbo compound thing and my resources are limited
>>as well. What stuff are you using to control the
>>mill?
>>
>>Heidi Johnson wrote:
>>
>>> Private
>>>
>>>Paul, I am interested, however I'm resource limited for now as
>>
>>I'm putting pretty
>>
>>>much everything I have into getting this machine up and
running.
>>
>>In about 6
>>
>>>months I would be REALLY interested, but I'm not sure if you
>>
>>want to shelve
>>
>>>the project for that long do you? I've also got some good
>>
>>contacts up
>>
>>>here in Canada which do specialty casting, I might be able to
>>
>>work something
>>
>>>out with them. I actually plan on getting into small run
casting
>>
>>myself but not for a
>>
>>>year or two. I'd like to get into casting alum manifolds via
>>
>>investment casting, this is
>>
>>>one of the future projects I'd like to do w/ my mill. It will
be
>>
>>a 5 axis at that point so
>>
>>>that is a year or more down the road.
>>>
>>>Jarrett
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi Jarrett, Do you want to go into biz on this bell housing?
>>>>If you machine the sand cast pattern out of a solid block
>>>>of aluminum I can fix you up with a foundry that
>>>>can cast it. They claim .140 wall. As you know the wall in
>>>>the Rhino part is .2. Check the draft on my Rhino drawings.
>>>>
>>>>I talked to Tracy about it
>>>>and he likes it. He has sold over 175 gear boxes.
>>>>No changes in the motor plate. Consequently it will
>>>>fit everything he has made.
>>>>
>>>>I'll give you plenty of free ads on the news letter in the form
>>>>of plugs. Also Tracy might buy them from you and sell
>>>>them instead of what he is doing. Vast improvement in
>>>>the cosmetics if no weight savings.
>>>>
>>>>Paul
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>----------------------------------------------
>>>>No changes Paul. Looks a lot better than the other bell
>>
>>housing
>>
>>>>to my eyes.
>>>>
>>>>Tracy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> PRIVATE ADAPTER PLATE
>>>>
>>>> Hi Tracy,
>>>>
>>>> I now have access to a low cost NC milling machine and I am
>>>> thinking of building a precision aluminum sand casting
>>>> pattern for a bell housing. This will yield a consistent
>>>> wall thickness.
>>>>
>>>> We have settled on
>>>> a place for the Schertz beam that seems to keep
>>>> everybody happy so we don't need built in motor mounts.
>>>> That will cut the weight. I think we can build this at
>>>> around 8 pounds which is about the same as the current
>>>> adapter plate with blocks and long 10 mm bolts.
>>>>
>>>> Are there any changes that need to be made in this
>>>> casting? Have you made any changes in the adapter
>>>> plate since this drawing? Is the RX8 ring gear
>>>> the same as the 2nd gen ring gear? Machining
>>>> changes are trivial so they do not need to be
>>>> incorporated in the casting.
>>>>
>>>> It should fit the RX8 engine just by drilling
>>>> a few extra holes. It can also be rotated to move
>>>> the starter just about anywhere.
>>>>
>>>> Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Well I can no longer keep quiet on this issue.
>>>>:-) I wasn't going to say anything about this
>>>>until I was perfectly ready, however due to the
>>>>many discussions along this line in the last
>>>>little while, I'll just mention it briefly.
>>>>
>>>>I'm in the process of aquiring a large format
>>>>Milling machine. It will be used solely to produce
>>>>molds and buck's for composite work. I should
>>>>have it in and operational by early to mid summer
>>>>if all goes well. It will have a very large
>>>>footprint [measured in feet.. not inches] and the
>>>>ability to machine anything up to MDF, including
>>>>high density foam's."
--
Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
How do you like it? Have you got into any of the kinematic's of it or anything?
Mach and EMC are distant cousin's from way back, just that MACH was re-written for winblows.
Jarrett
Don't have it working yet but the user interface looks real nice.
Blake came out and installed it for me. It is called Brain Dead
install and comes complete with a SUSE (Novel) Linux operating system.
As far as I know Blake had no trouble intalling it on a
2 or 3 year old Space Walker I had lying around.
What brand of NC mill do you have. I have a Kusuga.
Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
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