Dave Gingery didn't add a parts / materials list to his books because he wanted you to do the math as you went and gather as much scrap as possible. Remember when the books were written it was harder to find some items and easier to find others. You will soom find out now matter how hard you plan ahead you will never be able to be exact in your figures. I would recommend on getting started on making castings as Dave outlined them then finsih each part as you go. This will help you get everything to fit and work as designed. Dave teaches us to be patient and to work as accurate as we can during the build. Some scrap aluminum will yeild more usable metal than others due to the amount of dross and crud it gives off. I like car wheels (A-356 alloy) and as I remember it took about 4 wheels per machine?
Wonk
--- In gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com, "george0135" <georgew@...> wrote:
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> I am hoping to make a start on building the machines from Dave's books and a though occurs to me , what weight/amount of metal is needed to make each machine , i dont recall it being mentioned in any of the books
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> anyone got the answer?
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> mtia
> George
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