How to Build a MultiMachine: A Video Walkthrough
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2013
- The MultiMachine is a Do It Yourself machine tool set designed for use in the developing world. Able to be built from basic materials available worldwide, and designed to serve as a lathe and milling machine, the MultiMachine and related projects (including the Concrete Lathe) can help an artisan build and repair agricultural equipment or even serve as the backbone of a small factory. This video accompanies the written (open source) instructions for building a MultiMachine.
The project is open source, as are others from Pat Delany and his MultiMachine Working Group. For more about the open source machine tools project, please go to www.opensourcemachinetools.com - Наука та технологія
I know this video is old, but I wanted to say thank you very much for providing it. I can tell that a lot of hard work and thought went into planning and building this machine. A traditional lathe is way out of my reach financially, but an old engine block and some scrap steel cirtainly is not. This video is exactly what I've been looking for. Thanks very much 👍
I love this channel it's freaking genius and the fact it was done by a fellow Texan just makes me Texas proud. Well done sir.
"Easy to build! - note: your definition of easy may vary". In all seriousness though, kudos on the brilliant work and thank you for sharing it with the world. I may have a PhD but it isn't in engineering, machining or computer science so I feel extremely lost. I am still able to appreciate the amount of time and expertise that went into designing this machine. I am jealous.
themasculineintelect I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.
I got it in my about tab.
I think the creator of this machine lives roughly an hour from me. I would love to look this over in person. I'm not a machinist, but I appreciate all the thought and creativity to design it.
The people behind it are genius,so simple and still can do the job,i think ill build one
You can tell the conventional thinkers in the comments, they are the ones that say it can't be done. Look up some of David Gingery's work. If you need a new idea, look at an old book. Substitute brains for money. You can get .001" tolerance with a file and sandpaper, I've done it. It was required in the school I went to.Ways on lathes and mills are routinely resurfaced using hand scraping. Granite surface plates are resurfaced on site, by hand.
All this take a LONG TIME. And patience, and brains enough to think unconventionally, to come up with solutions other than taking it to someone or buying something.
David Gingery wrote "If you don't want to do a project just write down the first dozen or so thoughts that come to your mind and you will have at least a half dozen good excuses."
Don't let conventional "wisdom" get in the way of doing something unconventional.
well said
Resourceful and gives me another vision to consider when I am at the salvage yards and/or looking for free items.
Interesting observing some potential methods also that can improve performance I'm thinking. Maybe heat treating some of the parts (I guess the grinder attachment got me wondering about if having a tight tolerance cross slide added), tapered head higher quality screws, using some rebar maybe and epoxy to fill in some of the hollow cavities?
Gives me an idea for a better bed to mount accurate ways, rack and mounts for lead screw, feed rod(s), etc. for the wood lathe I have since the head stock and spindle is heavy duty though the bed and ways are just ~1" steel rod. Interesting method to consider if ever get to that scale need. Neat, thanks... never ever though about using cast engine blocks or heads for anything else.
First of all cool video very interesting use of materials. Having said that this is not a machine you could build in the back woods of Africa and you will most defiantly need more skills to build this than a simple bicycle mechanic. Funny thing here is you need one of these machines to build one of these machines kinda catch 22 i think.
Best thing if you want a good lathe that has the potential to become a multi-machine is to build the Gingery model lathe. I would however beef up the unit just a little to allow for larger stock to be turned on it. Straight from the book i think it is a 6x14 or something along those lines. I beefed up mine to be a 9x20 and then poured lead into the voids in the bottom of the bed ways. Im not finished with mine yet but i believe with the extra added weight it will be a much better and more accurate machine.
Tony Emory I don't think you need a machine to build this setup. All you need is a surface plate and scrape the engine block.
Did you have to change any of the other dimensions to make it all work? Ide be very interested in learning what you did as I am getting ready to start my gingey lathe and wanted to beef it up a bit
Anywhere to get all print needed to make the gingery lathe. I want to see if I can find enough scrap to no not have to cast any of the parts.
This is so cool!
cool machine, just add a small engine gearbox example from a micra or justy, then your speed changing is in order.
Very interesting as far as ingenuity. Lot of thought went into this. I'm afraid to tell you tho, it definitely can't machine with any precision. One can see the wobble in the stock even after being machined. Precision machining requires precision equipment. A+ for ingenuity.
So, how was the original precision equipment made?
This may seem complicated but it really is not. If he had showed a full video showing the entire machine in operation it would have been easier to understand how everything works. Regardless if you were to attempt something similar you just have to be patient and look over everything until you figure it out eventually you will understand it and it will be so easy to you.
Why in the pluperfect hallelujah did he not show a full video?
What does the contraption do?
It is like a person who NEVER saw or heard of an automobile, and you show them the nuts and bolts that put it together with NO clue of what it is.
Unbelievable.
+pat dee
Lol, you're supposed to have heard of the Multimachine metalwork combo mill/lathe from before. If not, there are docs on the site to read about it. There's even a full pic of it at the beginning. Even so, it's supposed to be so modular that a full picture might not help that much ....
micscience I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.
I got it in my about tab.
@@flat-earther I'll take a look at it but I am highly skeptical. All the flat earth theories fall flat when pressed.
@@Micscience Okay great because most people have ignored.
It's a long series that ends up covering many topics. I suggest watching from beginning maybe at least one third of the series where the globe versus flat topic is discussed.
any thoughts on making a Bridgeport type mill
gmosphere I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.
I got it in my about tab.
any new updates to the video.. I really would like to see one in action.
seniortexmenistan I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.
I got it in my about tab.
@@Texaca I suggest watching it to learn stuff you may have not heard before.
You will either learn something amazing or get a chance to laugh at flat earthers; great deal either way.
@@flat-earther 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'd rather watch Paint Dry.. that's more productive. I don't watch stuff like that. First place it's Tooooooooooooooo Long, if they can't make a point in 5 minutes, it's not worth my time. I'm old, my time is limited, and so is my Attention span, thanks to my migraines. 🤔
I have to go put a battery in my car.. it's more important, than anything related to Flat Earth comedy.
Thanks, but no thanks. Have a happy holiday. ✌🏽
Plus it has nothing to do with this video, on the Multimachine
@@Texaca Okay. That's fine. I appreciate your reply.
_NASA fanboy questions_ is another series with very short videos(2-5min) if you want that is in my about tab as well. It doesn't go into flat earth but it questions the globe model.
Yes no relation with Wultimachine but a random suggestion.
cool. wish this video was made a little better.. maybe showing a completed machine... but I still appreciate the effort.
You are better off having an engine lathe and a metal planer which are the two basic machine tools that started the machine tool age and thus started the industrial age. The lathe is used to create a metal planer which in turn is used to create A BIGGER AND MORE PRECISE engine lathe which in turn is used to create A BIGGER AND MORE PRECISE metal planer and so forth and so on until they are of enormous sizes and at the same time were used to create the jigs, tool holders, positioners, aligners, extenders KNOWN AS MODULAR AND SCALABLE JIG EXTENDERS used to hold a much wider and longer and thicker and higher working block needed to be machined, bolt lockers, rulers, protractors, micrometers, and all kinds of machinists measuring devices, gadgets, instruments with preciion bolt lockers in them. From them came the vertical mill which is one of the few machine tools that can mechanically reproduce themselves. Then came the shapers, the millers, drill press, benders, stampers, grinders, drill-mill, the works!
Even as a skilled mechanic this seems like a lot of complicated hard thinking work. I could probably do it, but the whole 'low budget thing' goes out the window when you have to start factoring in using machine shops in the first place.
Yep.
BTW Swan I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.
I got it in my about tab.
@@flat-earther kindly shut the fuck up
what is the accuracy of this machine?
When can we expect to see a concrete lathe actually working (better yet a build) video.
Curt Filipowski did a build series of the concrete lathe about a year ago. It's here:
ua-cam.com/video/lxqxlexybqE/v-deo.html
very ingenious setup but the precision is not there , usually, to machine to thou precision, the machine itself must be machined to 1/10 of a thou in general precision
Steel is not used in machine tool main framing because it spread instead dampen vibration as cast iron do successfully
Jacques Poirier it uses proven WW2 era tech or concrete and steel to limit the vibrations. And car engines are machined to extreme tolerances, that's where the precision for this comes from
Those tapered roller bearings can explain a lot of the rigidity of this extraordinary junk-built machine tool.
douro I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.
I got it in my about tab.
I think maybe to get more exposure for you would be just to make some more videos of just using your machines. because I did the search and only found this one video.
austinwagon I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.
I got it in my about tab.
I really like this idea--I would try it, but see some obstacles. The problem with this presentation is a lack of clear plans, drawings, etc. An overall layout oif an example machine, with labeled parrts as you would see in any machine tool owners manual. There is none of this in any of the material presented her, u8nless I am missing something. (Yes I did download the PDF). There is no explanation of what each part does; for example, what is the exact function of the steel plate and slide assembly that apparently joins the two engine blocks? Equivalent to the vertical slide of a milling machine, I presume? It woould be easy to state this in the plans somewhere, a bit frustrating that a lot of explicit info is not given. This critique is given in the spirit of improvement, not condemnation...
johnheuser I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.
I got it in my about tab.
isnt this from the home shop machinist perodical
Possible. It's been featured in Make, too. Or are you talking about the machine Delany used as the base?
I'm a visual person - all the parts need to be laid out and the thing built to understand what's up. This was a waste of one hour, I'll pay someone to build the damn thing a post it on UA-cam - 3-6 hour video- just name your price I mean it
Hello Steve, have you found anyone to accept your offer ? Personally, I can see the cost being in the range of a couple thousand dollars, between materials, travel for parts; & parts cost ! * I'm pretty sure that he built this from mostly scrounged materials - but that takes a LOT of time LOOKING for 'scrap' ! ! "Send me a message at my channel if you still are interested - I mean it too ;) ( I have a background in experimental machinist work. )
Did you find anybody to do this yet? I'm about to start my build if you are interested in me filming it and making a few hour production out of it let me know
stevetuttle I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.
I got it in my about tab.
i feel dumb
carlitosgy6 I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.
I got it in my about tab.
We need to sick this guy on the Democrats and the watch them all drool themselves to death.
is it just me or is this just about the worst presentation ever?
It’s you
kinda unprofessional ? yes, but it is definitely not the worst presentation ever.