I think this is a great idea! One more step in self booting. Pat ... __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL – Something to write home about. ...
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Carl McIver
carlmciver
Dec 4, 2005 10:39 pm
What's to keep you from driving the rotor with a belt and at the same time cutting a groove into the stator next to the belt? When complete, clean up the mess...
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wombat4622603
Dec 4, 2005 10:02 pm
... spot ... I'm extremely impressed by the 200 amp MIG welder made from scrounged parts. I do think that arc welding is an essential technology, provided you...
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wombat4622603
Dec 4, 2005 9:53 pm
That does make sense. David ... support ... belt...
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Bobby Yates Emory
liberty1_27606
Dec 4, 2005 9:47 pm
I should have said that I was talking about what a starter could go while cranking a high-compression engine. Darwin's comments are correct if the starter is...
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darwin wandler
darwinwandler
Dec 4, 2005 6:00 pm
... Time is completely dependent on load on the motor. you can increase time by putting a small 1 OHM or 0.5 OHM high wattage resistor in sries with the 12...
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Jeff
jhan5en
Dec 4, 2005 8:05 am
Bobby Flat belts have been powering things forever. They are far more efficient than V belts. If you have ever tried to put muscle through a V belt you would...
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Bobby Yates Emory
liberty1_27606
Dec 4, 2005 5:53 am
Pat, I feel you need to concentrate on the old style V-belt. While we are used to seeing poly-v belts, I doubt they will be readily available in poor...
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Pat Delany
rigmatch
Dec 3, 2005 7:19 pm
The junkyard did not deliver the Volvo engine Fri. but will do it Monday (they say). I hope so because I am going to test every kind of belt drive that I can...
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Jeff
jhan5en
Dec 3, 2005 7:07 am
Lets stick with a polyvee flat belt. The lathe doesn't need positive drive and the polyvee is very easy to work with. any modern car has a few under the hood. ...
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wombat4622603
Dec 3, 2005 1:17 am
I have found countless uses for body putty and epoxy over the years. A lot of my inspriation came from patternmaking books. David Wimberley ... a pic. ... I do...
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mike otter
kafoom
Dec 2, 2005 10:01 pm
Sorry Pat, I was'nt keeping up on the posts. That drive reduction idea is something else. I thought you were doing something totaly different. Nice job... ...
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Pat Delany
rigmatch
Dec 2, 2005 8:42 pm
Sitting here waiting for a complete Volvo 240 engine to be delivered.($100). The thing is filthy in and out so I'll spend my xmas money on a pressure washer....
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kwolson2002
Dec 2, 2005 6:51 pm
Pat - That sounds like it would work very sweetly. I thought someone might be interested in having a look at this page on Tony's website: ...
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Pat Delany
rigmatch
Dec 2, 2005 5:47 pm
Just suppose we would stack 2 horizontal blocks. the bottom one would serve as a spacer for the top one that would have a crankshaft, flywheel and gutted...
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Pat Delany
rigmatch
Dec 2, 2005 5:17 pm
The gutted starter motor serves only as an intermediate shaft. The hardest part of building a home built machine tool is getting it to run slow enough so that...
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Pat Delany
rigmatch
Dec 2, 2005 3:49 pm
Guy This is the series of 5 Lindsay books "Echoes From The Oil Country". 95% of the subjects covered (steam engines) don't really apply to us and the other 5%...
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Bobby Yates Emory
liberty1_27606
Dec 2, 2005 7:42 am
Mike, Astonishingly short - like 30 seconds. Although I have run them much longer, I think I skating on thin ice. Bobby ... -- Toward freedom, Bobby Yates...
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Bobby Yates Emory
liberty1_27606
Dec 2, 2005 7:21 am
Pat, Building on David's idea. Get another belt of the same pitch. Turn it wrong side out around the rotor, cut to length, and glue it into place. This is a...
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GuyW
wguy47
Dec 2, 2005 4:21 am
Pat: what books are those? -Guy-...
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mike otter
kafoom
Dec 2, 2005 4:01 am
Pat, How long can you run a starter before it gets to hot?? Mike Anthony kb8ooe ... Yahoo! Personals Skip the bars and set-ups and start using Yahoo! Personals...
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Pat Delany
rigmatch
Dec 2, 2005 2:51 am
Hi Jeff You should try those "Echo" books. The idea that a guy hikes up a mountain to completely overhaul a multi-ton engine engine and just takes his tools in...
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Pat Delany
rigmatch
Dec 2, 2005 2:38 am
David What a great idea! pat...
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wombat4622603
Dec 2, 2005 2:32 am
... Here is an idea for putting the mating teeth around the rotor. Either by adding material (with epoxy putty) or subtracting material by turning the rotor,...
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Jeff
jhan5en
Dec 2, 2005 2:32 am
Nice work pat. At work we have a saying "one test is worth a thousand expert opinions" keep building it's more fun. I was thinking that two slits would support...
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Pat Delany
rigmatch
Dec 2, 2005 1:57 am
Thanks Carl A guy wants to sell me a Nissan engine for $50 to build a temp lathe. It has everything except the starter. I'm going to see if by any chance the...
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Carl McIver
carlmciver
Dec 2, 2005 12:02 am
Excellent job. Earlier I was thinking about taking the inner windings and rotor parts out, with a standard V belt, but you've for sure made it simple, just...
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Pat Delany
rigmatch
Dec 1, 2005 3:53 pm
Thanks Kevin Don't laugh, I epoxied it place! A tack weld or a spacer would do fine. This is really for the engine block based "temp" lathe.A flywheel...
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Pat Delany
rigmatch
Dec 1, 2005 3:34 pm
A very kind person loaned me the Lindsay 5 book series "Echoes from the oil country". Most of the books (read 3 out of 5 so far) are about small shop repairs...
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kwolson2002
Dec 1, 2005 2:41 pm
Pat - Looks great! How did you keep the starter's gear out at the end of the shaft to engage the flywheel? I'm guessing a sleeve of pipe or similar, but just...
