Magnet motor in Argentina

[hartiberlin]

Omnibus, I have not yet tried Emachineshop yet. Do they have their own CAD program or do they just accept DXF files ? I am currently not at home at my PC , just only at my PDA, where I can not try it....

[Omnibus]

Yes, they have their own CAD which also calculates the price and you can order it from there. It allows you to chose the method, material and so on. I don't know yet what the extension of the files is. You can download it from their site and give it a try. I'm curious what your impressions will be. In general it seems like a great idea.

[hartiberlin]

Emachineshop seems to have their own CAD software. Is it 3D or only 2D.
Maybe we can all download their free software and use this to design a Torbay replication and post the Emachineshop files over here and everybody can access them and make them better step by step ?

[Omnibus]

Yes. Exactly. This would be a great solution. Especially if those more familiar with it can help in drawing the more complex details. As far as 3D, you draw it in 2D but then it has 3D rendering to see how the detail looks like. I thought it was just for illustration.

[silverdragonrs]

i am finally able to get back on the site thought i might have been banned for being to stupid or something

anywho i usually go with my gut on this kind of thing and i must admit that emachineshop does not sound the way to go.... 95% of the people will not be able to afford it (myself included) i agree with releasing a detailed 3d model of the device including all the peices I am good with bryce and have several other programs worth using but i am afraid i do not know enough about the device to attempt anything. I do have an extensive work shop on my property and I may be able to help with the production end assuming the material is easy enough to manage just one person. the magnets may or may not be possable in my shop i have never attempted to cut/carve a magnet before so i do not know (probably not)

given that the rotor and rotor cap are made of a low temp metal I should be able to create them the elevating arms and the bases in my shop. I must forwarn that It would take me a few months to create all the molds and perfect the techniques involved but in the end after they are made then turning out ten or fifteen of each part should only take a matter of days.

my only price would be the materials be sent to me and I need one peice of equipment that i do not have anymore... a computerised laithe <sp? ...... in addition I do have cad and could use it to directly create parts over the laithe.....

(this is a last desperate option) I am no professional just lucky enough to have the means to do this. (my shop really isn't build for this kind of detail but could pull it off with a lot of effort)

on to more realistic subjects..... how much are we talking about on emachineshop to do this entire project? $100 a peice and there are how many peices involved?........ I thaught that Talbots site said it only cost $150 U.S. to build the thing.... or did I misunderstand?

on a redneck slap it together note..... how important are the details on this thing... i understand that there are many fine details in a device like this... so a guy like me with absolutely no money probable couldn't just grab a file and start carving bevels in magnets and weld a few peices of metal together or create molds and such... this is more than likely going to be a project for computer aided machining.... right?.....

anyways I am just trying to figure out how the little guy is going to get his hand on/make one of these devices once you all finish the design.

(thinking out loud)
danny