Panther 600 V12

[James6605]

An own design , air cooled V12, with a propellor speed reduction gearbox and supercharger.
The conrod is the first one. Needs different bolts, and both ends still need reaming.

The bright yellow cylinder heads are 3D prints, in order to check dimensions etc before cutting metal.

 

[AdvenJack]

Quite wonderful !!!!!

 

[Brian Rupnow]

Very impressive build. You've got a lot of hours in this one.--Brian

 

[e.picler]

Impressive work. Congratulations!
I saw that it will be Glow Plug version.
Was it CNC machined? Which CAM are you using?

Edi

 

[ShopShoe]

Congratulations. Wonderful work so far. If you posted anything on this one earlier I missed it.

I hope you'll post more of your progress on this.

--ShopShoe

 

[James6605]

Thanks gents.
It was CNC machined, but due to time constraints I haven't touched it in years.

Busy clearing away some domestic chores and I will get back into it.

I'll keep the thread alive when I get something done.

 

[Kskie]

Wow very impressive workmanship

 

[jwcnc1911]

WOW! That is awesome, and you apparently have some cool toys to make it with. That block was all stitched on a CNC machine. That crank looks awesome too.

 

[James6605]

Some progress has been made on the cylinder heads in the last week.
The observant will see that I got all excited and machined the cam center too low, so there is not enough room for the valves!
Check twice, cut once as they say.
Revision 1 being done this weekend thanks to my ever patient brother.

 

[James6605]

 

[Rudy from Norway]

What can one say... this is art. Please ceep us updated. Very entertaining.
Rudy

 

[Cymro77]

Beautiful, as someone noted - you must have some neat toys in your workshop! I love it.

 

[James6605]

Thanks for the kind words Gents.

I do have a home converted CNC mill, but all this work was done by my brother Andrew at work. (He's the new member Andrew Routledge that just liked the thread)
He consults as a tool and die maker for 3 machine shops. The owners have been VERY generous with their equipment available at no cost to support us. They even get nose out of joint when we do work at one of the other shops in preference to theirs.
Wonderful people.

 

[Greg Penty]

Yes James. Nose very out of joint. That 4 th axis is sitting idle!

 

[Andrew Routledge]

Yes James. Nose very out of joint. That 4 th axis is sitting idle!

Nobody cares

 

[James6605]

Hey Greg!!
One of our generous friends.

 

[Greg Penty]

No snarky comments from the spanner boy please.

 

[Greg Penty]

Hi James. Previous comment not intended for you hehe!

 

[James6605]

In our local indigenous language, the word for metal or steel is Simbi.
My brother Andrew’s nickname is Professor Simbi, and the latest cylinder head photo shows why he’s called that!

 

[payner]

As someone already said " this is art " .
Can I ask what cad program you are using ?