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