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MARBLE LIFTING AUTOMATION
steamer:
That's pretty cool Brian!
Dave
Brian Rupnow:
The next step is to convert everything into plate and angle sizes that are readily available and add appropriate threaded holes and counterbores. There is still a bit more work before I am ready to pull detail drawings from it. That crank with the green handle, is going to become a 1/2" shaft supported in some form of bearing with a 5" diameter pulley on it, that can be driven by an o-ring drive belt from one of my engines.
Brian Rupnow:
--- Quote from: Arbalest on October 06, 2013, 02:00:06 PM ---Check out Matthias Wandel's site: http://woodgears.ca/
He's built exactly that in wood. Very simple mechanism but still strangely fascinating to watch!
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Arbalest--As I said in my very first post, "Imitation is the greatest form of flattery!!" I'm not claiming to be the person who came up with the original idea.--Still and all, there is a world of difference between seeing something work and being able to duplicate it. --Brian
Brian Rupnow:
These devices are very interesting, as they harken to the mechanical automation of the first half of the twentieth century, prior to PLC's and electronic controls. I have worked on hundreds of automated machines as part of what I do professionally, but I've had very little to do with this type of automation. I would like to build this machine in "modules" that are essentially a stand alone piece of machinery that can operate totally on its own (driven by some form of engine of course), but can also be expanded into part of a greater complex of machines. The problem seems to be that you mustn't "paint yourself into a corner" drive-wise. Whatever type of motive force operates the first machine must be of some type that can be "extended" to drive the other machines in the complex. Although it would be possible to use a "line shaft" to operate individual machines, this type of machinery generally didn't. Machine A fed power on to machine B which in turn fed power on to machine C and so on--. The other plus is that instead of having to build a very complex 500 hour machine, it can be built in much smaller segments as in blocks of "50 hour" machines that still can be operated on their own.
Brian Rupnow:
There--That's almost enough for one day.
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