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A motorized coconut scrapper

My dad, brother and me made a motorized coconut scrapping machine. Thought of sharing with everyone on how we made it.
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The total cost would come to around 5000 Rs. The price is inclusive of

  1. cost of making the stand, 
  2. shaping the metallic scraper part (lathe required), 
  3. 2 splendour motorbike ball bearings, 
  4. 2 pulleys, 
  5. 1 belt, 
  6. 1 shaft for attaching big pulley to ball bearings (lathe required)
  7. Motor 1400 rpm. This itself costs 4000 Rs.!!!!
  8. Screws for attaching the machine to table
  9. flat plastic container for preventing the scraped coconut from flying all over the place. :-)
  10. We also made the table, but designed a very ugly looking sturdy table. Pressed wood will not do.
The mechanics are very easy to understand and the stand is quite strong to take a good beating for several years. The pulley system is required to lower the speed of the motor without losing torque. The parts which require machining are the actual scrapper shown in Fig 9 and the drive shaft attachment between the ball bearings shown in Fig 6 and 7.
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