On Mon, 2011-11-14 at 20:37 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > 2011/11/14 BRIAN GLACKIN <glackin.br...@gmail.com>: > > THere is also an extensive set on threads on CNCzone for building a Epoxy > > granite mill. > > It took me 3 months last winter to read first ~160 pages of that thread. > I find it very very interesting and I am sure that I will do some > practical experiments some day. > My impression from that thread combined with that small amount I read > about these concrete lathes is that epoxy-granite has more advantages > than concrete. BTW this also is discussed in that thread. > I really recommend anyone who is interested in this to take a look at > it, but be warned - it will take a long time to read it, because last > time I was there, it had almost 4000 posts. And most of them - more > than few sentences. > > Viesturs
Just a side note. What I got from the concrete lathe idea is that, with the most basic materials on hand, a useful machine could be made and possibly make a better life for those in need. An epoxy concrete material may be out of reach for a third world environment. I'd like to see if any of this has really been applied in real life. I can see how the Berkley stove could be easily implemented, http://darfurstoves.org/ except the sheet steel would need to come from outside. It seems one small issue or material could stop the whole project. A real challenge would be, how to make something useful from plain old dirt. -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 Save $700 by Nov 18 Register now http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
