This guy is a bit like Wile E coyote, except his stuff works. It's a great channel because he shows the good, bad, and the ugly of the R&D process. I used to design and build machines for a living. I was more of a CAD designer who could also build, but one of the guys who I worked with could just start bolting spare parts together and make something that worked. We were as different as night and day, but we both respected eachothers abilities. The guy on this channel reminds me of him, which is a great compliment.
Thats funny becuase I used to build automated specialized machinery prior to starting Vulcan Gasifier back in 2012. I built automated farm equipment, Production machinery for variouse manufacturing process (Bigt 3, aerospace, and many others) I later became a field service repair engineer (my last job) for a high precision machine tool company. This was for mostly aero space jet engine parts and goverment contracted programs. I used to service the machine that profiled the JWTS mirror segments. Im the one that actually fixed that machine. Anyways these machines were extremely high precision and once you think at that level you are never the same again. lol. Yeah my education is mechanical engineering and I have CAD experience that dates back to the mid 80's starting with AutoDesk R8. Yeah even before Pro E was even a thing. Ive ran every CAD software platform there is.
@Thrive Energy Systems I used to work for a Japanese machine tool company. Our largest machines were 18 oversized tractor trailer loads. All of our geometries had to be within 3 microns. I felt like a failure if I didn't keep them within +/-1 micron. You're absolutely right, working on machine tools, changes you forever.
@@cornpop7805 Yup everything is fluid even a diamond. Everything is always in motion. Yeah the tollerance on the machine ways were 2 tenths per foot so not quite to the tollerances you were working with. The levels we used to scrape the way purches were so sensitive when a train rolled through from a near by train track we would have to wait for it to pass.
This guy is a bit like Wile E coyote, except his stuff works.
It's a great channel because he shows the good, bad, and the ugly of the R&D process.
I used to design and build machines for a living. I was more of a CAD designer who could also build, but one of the guys who I worked with could just start bolting spare parts together and make something that worked. We were as different as night and day, but we both respected eachothers abilities.
The guy on this channel reminds me of him, which is a great compliment.
Thats funny becuase I used to build automated specialized machinery prior to starting Vulcan Gasifier back in 2012. I built automated farm equipment, Production machinery for variouse manufacturing process (Bigt 3, aerospace, and many others) I later became a field service repair engineer (my last job) for a high precision machine tool company. This was for mostly aero space jet engine parts and goverment contracted programs. I used to service the machine that profiled the JWTS mirror segments. Im the one that actually fixed that machine. Anyways these machines were extremely high precision and once you think at that level you are never the same again. lol. Yeah my education is mechanical engineering and I have CAD experience that dates back to the mid 80's starting with AutoDesk R8. Yeah even before Pro E was even a thing. Ive ran every CAD software platform there is.
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Was the machine tool manufacturing company in Florence, KY?
@@cornpop7805 No Muskegon Mi. Campbel Grinder Company
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I used to work for a Japanese machine tool company. Our largest machines were 18 oversized tractor trailer loads. All of our geometries had to be within 3 microns. I felt like a failure if I didn't keep them within +/-1 micron. You're absolutely right, working on machine tools, changes you forever.
@@cornpop7805 Yup everything is fluid even a diamond. Everything is always in motion. Yeah the tollerance on the machine ways were 2 tenths per foot so not quite to the tollerances you were working with. The levels we used to scrape the way purches were so sensitive when a train rolled through from a near by train track we would have to wait for it to pass.
I love this channel
Yeah I think he’s years ahead of a lot when it comes to gasification . Wait to see what happens when main stream catches on .
How many pounds of water weight you figure is in your 55 gal chip dryer. I am all about letting Mother Nature do the work.
I dont know. This fuel probaboly should not weigh more than 80 lbs when dry. Its at least twice that fresh from the pile.
@@Thrive-Off-Gridits funny when you think about a 55 gallon drum of biomass containing roughly 10 gallons of water.
@@M35a2guy Yeah the cam dont really show it. But underneath those chips are soaked like Im shoveling them out of a pond.
@@Thrive-Off-Grid lol