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[url=https://classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=213458#p213458:1vth7usi said:Steve83 » Yesterday, 2:20 pm[/url]":1vth7usi]
Nice! I'm doing something similar with a Visible V-8...magnets inside the pistons and coils around the cylinders. It might work...
A very slow project, that may or may not ever be completed...
A very slow project, that may or may not ever be completed...
It’s just Fun stuff.[url=https://classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=213499#p213499:16dufm7m said:DaveKamp » Yesterday, 6:00 pm[/url]":16dufm7m]
[url=https://classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=213458#p213458:16dufm7m said:Steve83 » Yesterday, 2:20 pm[/url]":16dufm7m]
Nice! I'm doing something similar with a Visible V-8...magnets inside the pistons and coils around the cylinders. It might work...
Well, Steve... you'll at least have this one as a tutorial... but take it for what it's worth... He succeeded in some things, but failed in others.
This kind of thing happens frequently when people learn to machine on CNC, not in real life. Lots of wasted steps, lots of wasted materials and effort, and a considerable loss of precision... and a solenoidal engine that won't self-start when dead-centered. He should've rotated the rear two 90 degrees.
Steve... if you do this with your 'visible V8', use rod magnets instead of plain steel. Use shorter stroke, wind the coils much 'shorter', use finer wire. Drive it with a stepper motor driver, or hall-effect sensors on the crankshaft.
Since the V8 crank is a dual-plane, you'll be able to start it from a standstill in any position. With magnets, you can reverse the polarity of the windings to both push and pull the pistons... this will allow you to run it very slow, or fast.
[url=https://classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=213598#p213598:40ugdgbm said:skiri251 » Today, 1:10 pm[/url]":40ugdgbm]
I wish I had his setup.
Of all those parts, I can only make conrods with my hacksaw and HF cheapy drill press. LOL
[url=https://classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=213608#p213608:2a0tapti said:DaveKamp » Tue Oct 08, 2019 8:26 pm[/url]":2a0tapti]
[url=https://classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=213598#p213598:2a0tapti said:skiri251 » Today, 1:10 pm[/url]":2a0tapti]
I wish I had his setup.
Of all those parts, I can only make conrods with my hacksaw and HF cheapy drill press. LOL
I've got a friend who, as a teenager in an Eastern Bloc country, made a replacement connecting rod for his salvaged single-cylinder Jawa on a concrete doorstep, with a cast-iron bread-pan, a bucket of playground sand, a hacksaw and a file... finish-bored it with a hand-brace.
It's not the machine, it's the man. From the perspective of practical and economical engineering, CNC really limits one's capacity to learn about the realities of building. Sure, what they build looks cool, but take away the computer, stepper motors, and G-code, and most guys can't build.
Some people think the stuff I do is amazing or fantastic... in truth, it ain't squat... :headscratch:
That's like famous "The World's Fastest Indian" story.
I don't have a lathe or milling machine of any sort, CNC or not.
[url=https://www.classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=213627#p213627:3rxgdd4o said:DaveKamp » Wed Oct 09, 2019 9:59 am[/url]":3rxgdd4o]
That's like famous "The World's Fastest Indian" story.
I don't have a lathe or milling machine of any sort, CNC or not.
Exactly the case... (but not the lemon tree... :whistling: )
As for lathe or mill... we CAN fix that, Skiri-san...
How are you for shop space? Got a 2-car with a workbench?
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