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Amane Studio IP8E Manual

Karupika solar cooker, kirapika solar cooker series
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The Karupika Solar Cooker
Do-It-Yourself Manual V3-I
Model: IP8E / F
Amane Studio
1. Checking the Parts ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 2
3. Assembling the Core Bar Assy. ・・・・・・・・ ・ ・ 5
4. Assembling the Mirror ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 9
5. Assembling the Parabola ・・・・・・・・・・・・・11
6. Mounting the Core Bar Assy.・・・・・・・・・・・ 14
8. Adjusting the Angle of the Trivet ・・・・・・・・・・17
Thank you very much for purchasing the Karupika solar cooker.
Please read carefully this do-it-yourself manual, and assemble the kit properly.
Please have this manual in your careful keeping and provide for a rainy day.
Please refer to the User Manual for handling the solar cooker.
We humbly ask you to understand that the do-it-yourself kit is not covered by our
one-year warrant.
from the Kirapika Solar Cooker Series
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    The Karupika Solar Cooker from the Kirapika Solar Cooker Series Do-It-Yourself Manual V3-I Model: IP8E / F Amane Studio Contents ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 1. Checking the Parts ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 2 2. Assembling the Outer(circumferential) Frame ・・・・・ 5 3. Assembling the Core Bar Assy. ・・・・・・・・ ・ ・ 5 4.
  • Page 2: Checking The Parts

    1. Checking the Parts Please check all the parts and their required quantities you have in the package. ○ ○ ○ 1 Core Bar: 1 pc. 2 : 1 pc. Knob Bolt C: 1 pc. Core Bar Extension ○ wing nuts : 2 pcs.
  • Page 3 ○ 18 Leg No. 1: 1 pc. Numbers punched. ○ ○ 19 Leg No. 2: 1 pc. 25 Sighting Device Assy.: 1 set ○ 20 Leg No. 3: 1 pc. ○ ○ 30 Knob Bolt D: 1 pc. 29 Finger Nut K: 1 pc. ○...
  • Page 4 * Screws and nuts are supplied in somewhat extra quantities. Keeping them in monkey dishes helps your works go well. Your needful tools; * A Scotch tape,scissors, Phillips screwdriver, and cutter-knife. NOTE! The driver bit should be a Phillips #2, and a heavy-duty grip required. ✔...
  • Page 5: Assembling The Outer(Circumferential) Frame

    2. Assembling the Outer Frame ○ ○ 15 on KARU Flange Top 5b . 1. Mount the Handgrip Check the facing. ○ Fig. 1 Close-up ○ Fig. 2 The Summer Angle Setter 13a can be used as a wrench. Fig. 3 NOTE! ○...
  • Page 6 ○ ○ 11 , with the Nut 2. Screw the Trivet Rod E 36 on its screwed part, into a screwed hole ○ ○ on the Core Bar ○ ○ ○ Prior to Step 3.2 the Nut 36 is mounted ○...
  • Page 7 User Manual. Select the set of circle charts applicable to the latitude of your area, and then select “a.” or “b.” shown below. a. I will rearrange the solar cooker to the appropriate position for each season, because I want to be able to use the solar cooker all the time, all year round. b.
  • Page 8 Position B ⑯ ① Loosely tighten the Spacer Sleeve on the Core Bar The concave part should be at the front. * How it is mounted when looking from above. ○ ○ ○ ○ Fig. 20 Fig. 21 ○ ○ ⑯...
  • Page 9: Assembling The Mirror

    4. Assembling the Mirror 1. Bent two ears on each of the KARU Mirrors ⑥, ⑦ and ⑧ on the right lines marked with notches at a 45-degree angle. See Fig. 27 It is highly recommended to bend them against a hard edge of a table or anything else to achieve sharp lines.
  • Page 10 ○ Rear face of the Center Mirror Assy. (Aluminum basis metal surface) press fitting nut Metal band * Hookup Fig. 29 * Hookup ○ 3. Lay down the Center Mirror Assy. on soft cloth (the Parabola Cover may be used), and loosen the screw as shown on Fig.
  • Page 11 ○ Toothpick Metal band ○ Using a Toothpick 35 makes it easy to ply the band from the Center Mirror ○ to make a space where a Mirror is inserted. Fig. 31 ○ 7a with the screw once 5. Fix the Mirror Rear face ○...
  • Page 12 Fig. 36 3. Put Scotch tape over cut lines of the ○ 22 . Column-base for assembling work 4. Place the inter-crossed plates, prepared in Step 5.1, into a column to make a regular octagon. × Fig. 38 ✔ ○ Fig.
  • Page 13 ○ 22 . 6. Put four triangle pedestals around the Column 7. Put the Frame on four Pedestals. NOTE! The workshop should be large enough for you to move around the Parabola, rather than moving it around. If such a place is not available, and if you must Fig.
  • Page 14: Mounting The Core Bar Assy

    ○ ○ ○ ○ 3 and 4 , driving a warp of the mirrors to the outer areas. When still a warp remains, loose some of nearby screws for adjustments, and tighten them fully again. NOTE! Any of Incorrect bent-lines, mentioned as a NOTE! in Step 4.1 (Page 9), makes it impossible to avoid warping.
  • Page 15 ○ ○ ○ 10 at the 4a side into the hole on the Mirror 8 surface. 3. Set the Bush 4. Remove the “washer tightening Screw” from the end of the Core Bar Assy. ○ ○ Fig. 49 ○ 4b side ⑧...
  • Page 16: Assembling The Pan・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・16

    ○ ○ 4a with two Flange Nuts 10. Set Holder A 46 loosely tighten. Fig. 56 ○ 26 . 11. Tighten the Bar with Knob Bolt C ○ At this job, check the square hollow of the Bar-end Washer ○ correctly covering the end of the Core Bar Extension Fig, 57 ○...
  • Page 17 ** Now, you start the next stage, the adjustment of the main body. Please refer to the “User Manual”. ** 8. Adjusting the Trivet 1. Assemble the equipment, following instructions in the “User Manual”. Your solar cooker assembled from the kit, as it stands, does not hold the pan in a perfectly horizontal position due to the following defects;...
  • Page 18 3 points support at the bottom periphery. Fig. 66 Fig. 67 ⑫ ⑪ Rod-ends hang slightly from the bottom. Manufacturer-and-Seller Information Amane Studio 1138-1, Shionada, Saku City, Nagano, 384-2102, Japan Phone: +81 267 51 5430 (Japanese only) Fax: +81 267 51 5431 e-mail info@amane-studio.jp http://amane-studio.jp/...

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