4 August 11
Concrete lathe from WWI to be remade for developing countries
Engineering for Change reports an engineer in the US is reviving a Lucien Yeomans patented method for building lathes designed for specific tasks using concrete, pre-fabricated metal and jigs to precisely place the parts. The design will be public and a construction manual for the screw-cutting lathe will show how to build it using concrete and scrap metal.
“The goals are two-fold: affordability and precision. And the hope is that these lathes will soon churn out parts for tools and machines, including complex parts such as those that compose engines, pumps, and even other lathes.”
The original design was developed to build ordnance in WWI.
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