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Old Nov 11, 2012 | 12:16 PM
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Wow good skill man.. Can't wait to see it finished
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Old Nov 11, 2012 | 12:20 PM
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U mate are a legend..!!!
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Old Nov 11, 2012 | 12:52 PM
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Old Nov 11, 2012 | 04:29 PM
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How did you end up making that sleeve? Is it machined out of one billet piece, a machined cast piece or a tube pressed into an oval shape and then machined or something?
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Old Nov 11, 2012 | 11:51 PM
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No, no and no
It's cut with gas, (don't know what it's called in English..)
Then I have all machined the inside and outside in two setups.
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Old Nov 12, 2012 | 11:01 AM
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Sorry if I missed this...but are you actually machining epitrochoidal inserts for your rotor housings?

Which I guess would mean you're also machining your own housings....?
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Old Nov 12, 2012 | 02:58 PM
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Correct
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Old Nov 12, 2012 | 05:04 PM
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Mate our workman ship is crazy!!!

What are you going to cost the inner part of the housing with for durability??
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Old Nov 13, 2012 | 10:12 AM
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Man, that's bold!!!
Experimental housings and rotors...
So you can make a 1.6x too...

Dude...


Grtz Dee
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Old Nov 13, 2012 | 12:06 PM
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Duuuude....

That means the ports will have to go through the sleeve and into the housing?

Will you then need to create "port sleeves" that mount flush to the interior surface of the housing sleeve and extend into the housing itself?

I would think there would be major opportunities for leaks.

Very interested in your engineering approach for this.
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Old Nov 13, 2012 | 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by demongo
Duuuude....

That means the ports will have to go through the sleeve and into the housing?

Will you then need to create "port sleeves" that mount flush to the interior surface of the housing sleeve and extend into the housing itself?

I would think there would be major opportunities for leaks.

Very interested in your engineering approach for this.
Haha, and whats the differense from today you mean?
Large problem is more fun than small ones
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Old Nov 13, 2012 | 09:27 PM
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this is simply amazing. i cant wait to see a finished housing!
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Old Nov 14, 2012 | 10:14 AM
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You are totally bonkers! Should become a wicked rotor
Mass production in a few years to keep the "old" rotary scene alive?


Originally Posted by demongo
Duuuude....

That means the ports will have to go through the sleeve and into the housing?

Will you then need to create "port sleeves" that mount flush to the interior surface of the housing sleeve and extend into the housing itself?

I would think there would be major opportunities for leaks.

Very interested in your engineering approach for this.
You've never seen home-made peripheral port housings?
They all have to make sleeves
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Old Nov 14, 2012 | 12:54 PM
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wow i like this
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Old Nov 19, 2012 | 12:53 PM
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Old Nov 20, 2012 | 09:38 AM
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Are you going to use brass as a plain bearing?
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Old Nov 20, 2012 | 09:57 AM
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No, it was just for the mockup. The shaft havn't been grinded on those surfaces yet. So the OEM bearing will not fit.
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Old Nov 24, 2012 | 01:54 AM
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It rolls on! Have got so far that I could push the cage down from the boxes and start welding.
We have a total chaos in the garage right now, it use to be pretty crowded, but now it's extremely ...
We've only 100m2 to share

Started with one side, it took a terrible time because I was terrified to grind too much every time. Think I lift up that pipe in place hundreds of times.

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Pipe number two took 10minuter
Suspect everyone is doing like this, but I simply took two paper and rolled around the ends of the finished tube. Templated by, measured the distance between the papers on the tube, and made ​​sure the seams were aligned with each other.
Then I took off the paper, and turned inside out on the next tube. Mirror: D
Again, it was I who was a coward, leaving a few millimeters on the first try, but then I put on like a glove!
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Here is a view through the speaker hole. The passenger side rear view.
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Welding!
It was at the famous, that it was possible to bring down the cage when it is so tight everywhere.
Had to break away mounts to the dashboard.
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Old Nov 24, 2012 | 08:46 AM
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Very nice as usual
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Old Nov 24, 2012 | 12:05 PM
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Have welded all of the cage so far, and did also the rear axle today.

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Old Nov 26, 2012 | 10:45 AM
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Some stainless flanges for the exhaust done by a friend with waterjet/aquajet.
But they are about to get stuck in the CNC before they are done

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Old Nov 26, 2012 | 10:46 AM
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Can't wait to see this with wheels , is going to looks bad ***
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Old Nov 27, 2012 | 12:40 PM
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Done with port matching and a little offset just to put the pipe into steady when welding.

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Old Nov 27, 2012 | 02:56 PM
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Old Dec 1, 2012 | 09:44 AM
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Have used the CNC Lathe to turn my bushings to all wishbones today. Also has a movie on this, but it is so cruel big, so I have to do something there ...

Acetal (POM), also called Delrin, and stainless steel sleeve which is internally reamed to tight fit the bolts.

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