Kastle's Lathe

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Created in Solidworks 2014 (Student) as a class assignment. The minimum requirements as follows: - Top down design methodology - Skeleton model containing surfaces, sketches, and reference geometry - Minimum of 10 discrete parts - At least 1 surface model - Optional - configuration part(s) - Optional - Some form of mechanism (gears, levers, hinges, or other motion) My project includes: - 63 files consisting 1 major assembly and 9 sub-assemblies - 113 components in the overall assembly - 6 Configuration parts - 3 surface models - All assemblies include at least 1 flexible (not fully constrained) part - The main assembly includes 3 groups of interacting assemblies that sharing motion - There are a few multi-body parts that were downloaded from McMaster (primarily bearings and gears for the foot crank assembly) Some notes of interest - This project is incomplete - There are a lot of parts missing and/or incomplete - There are several files included that are either no longer in use or have no content - There are a few work-arounds in place for some of the moving parts that I have not given the attention they deserve - There are interactive assemblies where the correct ratios of motion are incomplete (like the tail stock where the barrel does not have distance/travel constraints implemented) I certainly went way overboard with my choice for a project and while the overall assembly is incomplete, and the class is now done, I may or may not continue with the project to completion. Then again, perhaps I may continue with some additions in the process of learning more Solidworks functionality. I'm quite proud of the effort that I put into creating this assembly and I learned quite a bit in the process. Enjoy! L.Kastle