SO it turns out making large aerogel monoliths is an incredible challenge in engineering, patience, and chemistry.
I can make little beads and small pieces all day long... I'd even go so far as to say I have the 'gel' making process down to an art. BUT, Manufacturing the large chunks I envision...
@Void - Not directly.
I've been asked quite a bit about it, so I've uploaded some images of the surface of the panels.
It's very hard to capture... but the 'woodgrain' effect you see on pieces labeled "current" is still very much visible through the "final" texture, but the camera has a hard...
*I forgot to add the result:
RESULT - Each of the 6panels used to construct Helios contains 718,800,000 individual 42" long fibers - each approximately 1/50,000th the width of a human hair and each with a strength of about 48,000 kN·m·kg−1 (High carbon steel is rated about 154...
I've been asked some questions regarding the struggles in creating the panels used to construct Helios... so here is goes.
I will elaborate with a photo walkthrough when I can find the opportunity in the next few weeks.
Material Composition:
Base Materials:
- Carbon
- Nickel
- Lithium
-...
Thanks for the reply, and the message.
You are somewhat correct in that Aerogel is a very hard thing to find a supplier for... much less a supplier willing to cater to my trivial requests.
It was a daunting task that I dedicated a couple months to (part of my delay with making this project come...
@Zargon - Thank you man. Very much appreciated.
@zagood - haha, that's great. Thanks for posting.
@DisgruntledVirus - I don't mind you asking at all man, but I'd prefer not to say. Let's just say that you could get a fine family sedan for less than this machine will cost. Thank you very much...
I've been diligently plugging away.
I decided to trade in the project log for a big bang at the end.
Many issues arose when fabricating the 8mm thick panels - there was a great numbers of unsuccessful trials before arriving at the solution seen in the images below. A total of 64 layers were...
These are likely your best bet:
Tower Carry Case
Thermaltake Xaser Bag
If you're willing to come up with a creative carry solution, I have a couple Pelican 1640 transport cases - I use them for my rigs when they need to be moved. Top notch quality, and very recommended.
Otherwise I'd suggest...
A 'small' order today from McMaster (physically speaking) - the necessary stainless steel hardware, fasteners, and misc. bits needed to assemble this project:
I can feel the enormity of the cost of this project already...
the parts to hold it together cost $1,180.03USD+tax and shipping.
The...
The high-grade composite panels required for construction of this project are being manufactured this week!
The panels in question are 16mm thick and composed of an astonishing 52layers. (The details of manufacturing will be released with the update... there's some CRAZY science and pressure...
All these wood cuts? Lol, I think you're referring to the paper prototypes? They aren't wood, but high-density cardboard... called Art Framing board, it's usually used as a matte in picture frames.
And the cutout with the little lego man on it is in fact Carbon Fiber. It's a very very thick and...
Wood?... Dude, just...no.
What gave you that idea.
The initial plan was to use Titanium, but there's been some interesting advanced in Carbon Fiber that make it a more appealing material... read the thread if you're going to post please.
Thank's a lot mate. Luckily I'm going to CNC router the panels to size myself - I've been working with this material for the better half of my life, and I really love working with it, it's a great material to use. The panels are being custom manufactured to a pretty hefty 1/4" and will contain...
Greetings, ;)
There's been a small change of plans... I'm having some custom super high-tech 0.25"thick carbon fiber panels made for this project, as opposed to the titanium as planned. I may still make one from Ti because the idea excites me, but the short term will not see that happening...
Thanks a lot guys.
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I've scratched my head at this patenting dilemma all day now... and here's what I've done for the modder's everywhere:
<--click for details
I've put a creative commons licence on the design
You are free:
to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work
to...
A user by the name of NFC over on the XS forums presented a very interesting point to me this afternoon. I think it would be a good opportunity to share the concern, and express my beliefs and intentions.
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NFC put this concern before me:
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Here's my response:
You present an...
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FOLLOWING DESIGNS ARE EARLY REVISIONS AND HAVE BEEN UPDATED WITH THE ABOVE CONCEPT
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REVISION 2.0
This revision see's the following changes:
- new, smaller, custom reservoirs made from 0.25" acrylic
- revised construction material from 6mm aluminum to 0.25" titanium
-...
There has been quite a number of comments on my illustrations, so I'd like to take a moment to explain how they are created.
All the drawings are done in Adobe Illustrator (version CS2 drawn entirely on my teeny-tiny eeePC 1008HA)
The perspective technique used is called projection mapping...
Thanks a lot man, Murdermod is certainly something to aspire to (I've actually been trying to sit down and have coffee with Charles of Murdermod, here in Vancouver, for a little while now, but our schedules seem to consistently conflict)
Please feel free to comment.
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Tiny update - I...
Hello everyone, Langer here.
I've been and active posting member in the computer modding community since about 2004. Some of you may have seen my last large project - a case mod called project: PrometheusCU. That project is soon coming to an end and I an beginning the planning phase of my next...
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