Multimachine: A $150 Lathe/Mill/Drill made of Concrete and Scrap Metal

Metalworking lathes are necessary to the production of almost everything but are too expensive for rural areas of developing countries. I re-discovered an almost-forgotten World War I concrete machine-tool-making technique that can be used to build inexpensive but accurate tools for use in such areas, as well as in trade schools and shops anywhere.

About Pat Delany
77- year-old lifelong inventor who in 2000 began creating tools for the developing world. They include: the Multimachine, an accurate, all-purpose machine tool made from vehicle scrap; a $3 man-powered drill that can drill large holes in the hardest steel; a treadle-powered cell-phone charger made from scrap. His latest project: a lathe made from concrete.