Twin Seq. Dry sumping for beginners :D

[martauto]

I am just loving this

What do you do for a living ? may I ask.

Mart.

[Turbo-Brown]

I was a mechanical design engineer:-)

[martauto]

I'm was a mechanical design engineer:-)

It stands out a mile to me, lovely to see good engineering put to proper use.

Mart.
( Toolmaker/cnc milling )

[Turbo-Brown]

I have real problems trying to recruit mechanical designers! They have the qualifications, but no interest in or experience of actual engineering!

[martauto]

I have real problems trying to recruit mechanical designers! They have the qualifications, but no interest in or experience of actual engineering!

What a suprise

Mart.

[Turbo-Brown]

One of my best hires for mechanical design was a tool maker. Not the most qualified, but he just 'got' engineering!

[martauto]

One of my best hires for mechanical design was a tool maker. Not the most qualified, but he just 'got' engineering!

Not many of us left so it seems................
Any more pics of the project?

Mart.

[steve_k]

One of my best hires for mechanical design was a tool maker. Not the most qualified, but he just 'got' engineering!

Not many of us left so it seems................
Any more pics of the project?

Mart.

mart, i think there's future engineer in my young son, only 7 but knows how things work/come apart/go back together, he loves anything to do with engineering, i'll encourage him to take it up as a job when he's older.

[martauto]

One of my best hires for mechanical design was a tool maker. Not the most qualified, but he just 'got' engineering!

Not many of us left so it seems................
Any more pics of the project?

Mart.

mart, i think there's future engineer in my young son, only 7 but knows how things work/come apart/go back together, he loves anything to do with engineering, i'll encourage him to take it up as a job when he's older.

Get him in there if he enjoys it mate.
People like us will always be in demand , it`s a shame I have only a few years left before I retire as I could clean up in the future lol.
It`s a style of thinking that sets us apart.

Mart.

[steve_k]

Not many of us left so it seems................
Any more pics of the project?

Mart.

mart, i think there's future engineer in my young son, only 7 but knows how things work/come apart/go back together, he loves anything to do with engineering, i'll encourage him to take it up as a job when he's older.

Get him in there if he enjoys it mate.
People like us will always be in demand , it`s a shame I have only a few years left before I retire as I could clean up in the future lol.
It`s a style of thinking that sets us apart.

Mart.

me & his mum encourage it (lego, stuff like that), his school says that if the lesson involves taking something apart, seeing how it works then putting it back together & seeing how they could go about improving it (at age 7!!!) then he's at the front of the class & wont leave till they've finished.

[Turbo-Brown]

Laptop's being repaired so can't modify the manifold patterns at the moment so have been working on the dry sump pump drive

[Turbo-Brown]

Started skinnying the patterns down, have upgraded the machine so it's 5x faster and can accelerate 10x faster too





Got material on the way for the dry sump pump drive too

[Turbo-Brown]

Last patterns and core boxes for the crank case breather. Devil's in the details!

[Turbo-Brown]

Six patterns and four core boxes pretty much ready to go!

[Turbo-Brown]

Made a couple of castings last weekend. Left is the central manifold with the crank case breather. This went wrong somewhere, you can see daylight out of the wrong side:-( On the right is what appears to be a usable casting:-)

[Turbo-Brown]

[steve_k]

liking the look of those castings so far,

[martauto]

liking the look of those castings so far,

Me too, I`d like to see a vid of the machining

Mart.

[Turbo-Brown]

Machine went horribly wrong so no video unfortunately:-(

[Turbo-Brown]

[martauto]

|Cant see the pics very well as they are photo bucket, have you tried just sending from your phone/pc ?

Mart.

[Turbo-Brown]

Didn't even know that was possible!

[Turbo-Brown]

Couple more

[martauto]

Cheers mate, just lovin all of this

Mart.

[Turbo-Brown]

[Turbo-Brown]

Needs a bit more of a skim,want to get them all to the same state then do one more pass so they're all the same length.

[Turbo-Brown]

Next up, injector holes and spindle bores!

[martauto]

Cheers mate, just lovin all of this


Same again, what system are you using for the cnc ?

Mart.

[Turbo-Brown]

Got a few pieces of the CNC puzzle:
CAD is ProE Creo 6 (actual legit and fully licensed version! )
Toolpaths generated using AutoDesk Fusion 360 (hobby licence)
Motion controller is a DDCSV3.1 which is a Chinese standalone CNC controller and has some weaknesses.
Machine is some unbranded mill which I converted to CNC by fitting ball screws and closed loop stepper motors.

[Turbo-Brown]

[rix313]

Amazing work mate. Cool to see updates again

[Turbo-Brown]

Injector holes nearly done, even found a 14mm cutter, which is convenient!

[Turbo-Brown]

Drilled the holes for the trumpets, once the last injector holes are done there's just the spindle bores and oil breather left

[Turbo-Brown]

Next up, spindle bores

[Turbo-Brown]

Taken about three hours to get the fixture that far! Just need clamps and I can do the spindle bores!