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Frame for the tri-clamp twin walking-beam gamma

What frame holds two tri-clamp beam engines on one crank? · Hardware · basis: Design values

Long Earth Society build part. The frame of my twin beam engine. The engines

Exact dimensions. True size, with no printing tolerance added.

sizes
2 in table

Notes

  • One base for two walking-beam units side by side, 139 mm apart: cradles, two beam posts (mirror images), the shared crank's two uprights and the generator bracket.

Sizes

featurevalue
base730 × 274 × 8
unit spacing139.0

Where the files are

Other publishers' files are linked, not hosted. "verify" = check the license at the link before commercial use.

Long Earth SocietyEngine buildsweb, videoLES site

Free files

★ Free files 1 parts. Generated by Xem Studio from the standard; threads are plain cylinders at major diameter. CC BY 4.0. index.json

twin-walking-beam-gamma-frame-2intwin walking-beam gamma frame: base 730 × 274 × 8, four cradles, two beam posts, two crank uprights with 608 pockets, generator bracket, holes for two torch stands and two shroudsSTEP · STL

Plain text: sheet.txt · JSON: /api/geometry?object=tri-clamp-twin-walking-beam-gamma-frame

Frame for the tri-clamp twin walking-beam gamma, isometric render of a generated part
Render of twin-walking-beam-gamma-frame-2in from the free STEP; not to scale.

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Questions

Why mirror the second unit?

So both units' rods and links run on the crank's inner side and one shaft carries both webs, the flywheel and the pulley between the two bearings.