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Ed Beckley’s Evil Twin 127 Inch V-Twin Powered Jump Bike by BTR Moto

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Curt Winter of BTR Moto has created this custom jump bike for Big Ed Beckley of Checkered Flag Productions. Some of you may recall Big Ed's jumps decades ago. He has been busy promoting numerous types of events including Pulling, Arena Cross, and Monster Truck nationals. Ed is also back to jumping and he is going to jump this custom bike this Father’s Day, June 16th at the … [Read more...]

Building Your Basic Gasoline Diesel Engine

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Most of you know, internal combustion engines are generally divided into two types: spark ignition and compression ignition, usually running on gasoline when we use a spark and diesel fuel when we don't, but a compression ignition gasoline engine? How does that work? Even more to the point, why bother? Engineers believe they may be able to achieve as much as 50 percent better … [Read more...]

Direct Digital Manufacturing Disrupts the Process of Casting Complex Metal Parts

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Old school machinists, listen up, a newly developed technique for creating ceramic molds to a foundry-ready state for investment casting of intricate metal parts may disrupt the current process in a big way. We're confident that our approach can lower costs by at least 25 percent and reduce the number of unusable waste parts by more than 90 percent, while eliminating 100 … [Read more...]

The Hossack Engine – a Square Piston Two Stroke

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Ever hear of Norman Hossack? Of course you have. He designed the Hossack suspension, often confused with the far more basic girder front suspension and adapted by BMW under the name Duolever, but the Hossack engine? What's that? Well, it's just your average square piston two stroke, that's all. When I received an email from Norman, I read through his description of the … [Read more...]

Autodesk Inventor Fusion Mechanical Design Software Free Download

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The explosion of new computer tools for anyone with a desire to work in mechanical design and manufacturing is impressive, and here is an opportunity to try out a real heavyweight from Autodesk. You can download Autodesk Inventor Fusion, which is offered as a technical preview, and use it free of charge until it expires, but that's quite a long time down the road, January 1st, … [Read more...]