GEK v4.2 Gasifier Fabrication Guide – Build Your Own!

Welcome back after a quiet late summer sans Geknews posts.  Sadly, quiet on this end didn’t relate to the long planned trip down Baja.  Rather, we’ve been face down in the details of scaling our 10kw and 20kw Power Pallet production, as well as sprinting towards the finish of our first 100kw shipping container based system.

This of course is not a problem, and we thank all of you for making this adventure more interesting with each passing month. The challenge now is just keeping up with the growth in interest and all of your notes.  We’re now 15 people full time at APL, and it still is not enough.

Here below is some new news from the shop and beyond in GEK land.

New GEK v4.2 Fabrication Instructions  (in process, feedback needed)

If you’ve looked, you know-  the “current” GEK DIY fabrication instructions are a bit of a mess. They’ve been in terrible need of a version update, and they’re not very easy to follow anyway.  This summer the locals undertook on a big project to redo the instructions from scratch, and do so over the most current GEK sheetmetal set- the v4.2.  The first draft of these are now assembled, and we’d love to get some feedback on them before final polishing.  Thank you Ariel, Ike, Abram, Nick and Jess for putting these on the road to fabulous!

The new instructions are offered in two forms- a printable text / graphic document, and YouTube posted videos.   The print instructions and video documentation parallel each other, so you can watch the easy summary in the video, or dive into the details in the printed text and graphics.

Both start with an inventory of “What’s in your GEK Barrels” (which is actually rather useful just to see what’s in the kits) and then continue with vessel by vessel build instructions.  We think the vessel by vessel build organization will be useful, as many people end up just wanting to build one part or another, then set out on their own scheme on other fronts.

Here’s a sample of the text and graphic instructions for building the cyclone.  Download the .pdf file here:  http://wiki.gekgasifier.com/w/file/45500701/Cyclone%20Fabrication%20Instructions.pdf

gek gasifier cyclone

 

The related videos of cyclone building is on YouTube here:
http://www.youtube.com/allpowerlabs#p/a/u/2/C4GyZIvxQp8
GEK v4.2 Fabrication: CYCLONE – Video 3

GEK v4.2 – Level III – Fabrication: CYCLONE


The rest of the videos are available on the ALL Power Labs YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/allpowerlabs or via the direct links below.

General links to the v4.2 CAD files, as well as the rest of the instructions as we post them, can be found here:

http://wiki.gekgasifier.com/w/page/24033107/GEK%20Fabrication%20Instruction

Tell us what you think.  These video and text instructions are still very much in process. Suggestions for how to make them more useful for all builders will be gladly received.  We’ve started a thread in the forum for comments here:  http://gekgasifier.com/forums/index.php/topic/565-new-gek-v42-fabrication-instructions/

That’s it for now.  Hope you find it interesting.

Yes, the forum is up and working once again.  We’re in the process of rebuilding it for much greater usability and relevance.  You’ll see many changes over the next month or two.  Right now it is still a bit rough, but at least the innards are now switched and we have the foundation on which to build a much better community collaboration space.

Thank you again,

jim

4 Responses

  1. I am strongly interested in your 100 Kw power generator. Please inform me when you have a commercial product ready to deliver and the price.
    Thank you

  3. Dear Sirs, we would like to know if there is a workshop here in Europe in which we can see the assembly proceeding of GEK TOTTI 20 LEVEL IV.
    Thanking you in advance, best regards

    IM-EL OSASIO

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