http://www.modelenginemaker.com/index.p ... 007.0.html
'Cut to the chase', to steal a phrase: This guy designed and machined a 1/3-scale, water-cooled, fuel-injected and supercharged V-10! Having to make his own spark plugs on the way.
I like to believe I know my way around a lathe, a mill and grinders; this guy *invents* new ways around them and does the invented ways with the precision I hope to produce.
If you are not interested in what you can do with machine tools, most of this is going to be boring; scroll to Pg 7, for instance. By page 20, you'll see he's built a scale dyno to find out if it works!
Not to his satisfaction, but I have a feeling it will.
In a just world, this man would be famous
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Re: In a just world, this man would be famous
There so many talented folks out there and very much enjoyed this fellows thread and because we have been collecting new shop machinery (end-mill, lathe, etc).
On a bit different scale and talent, here is a fellow that creates 3D renderings of the 911 engine using software called Creo 3.0. This really caught my attention since we have added a '71 911T which we are in the process of a refresh on this single family owned car since new.
https://forums.pelicanparts.com/911-eng ... lding.html
On a bit different scale and talent, here is a fellow that creates 3D renderings of the 911 engine using software called Creo 3.0. This really caught my attention since we have added a '71 911T which we are in the process of a refresh on this single family owned car since new.
https://forums.pelicanparts.com/911-eng ... lding.html
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Re: In a just world, this man would be famous
Wow...those are some serious skills...
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Re: In a just world, this man would be famous
Truly incredible! The engineering and machine work are beyond impressive. Thx for posting.
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This is truly a work of art, the skill required to manually produce these bits.....I bow down to the guy, just fabulous skills....