10-12-2012, 09:01 AM
Hi,
Many thanks David. Yes it's been another busy year for me and jobs are already stacked up for next year; I had hoped that as I grew older the size of the jobs would become smaller but things don't go as expected.
The belt information is most useful David; it's easy to take for granted such information gained through experience but a novice won't be aware of the many types of drive belt available. The "hexagonal belt" shown on the website is new to me though and worth knowing about.
The reason I mentioned looking out for an air compressor with a single "V" belt drive is that belts such as the common "A" section belt are very cheap and available in lots of lengths; the matching pulleys are also quite cheap and readily available allowing a novice to sort the clutch drive out easily and cheaply. I've never bought a Poly V pulley so can't comment on costs but for anyone wishing to make the best job possible of installing a clutch to a lathe a Poly V is the way to go.
If our weather was not so dire I could enjoy searching scrap yards and car wreckers for useful items; I'll never forget climbing a pile of scrap electric motors in order to gain access to my big 3 phase transformer; I did this at a scrap yard exposed high on the moors whilst the snow came down horizontally and everything was iced up. as you know David it was even bitterly cold at the last Rufforth meeting; the weather really does upset my projects. Over the last few days I've been practicing CAD because it's been too miserable and cold to play out. I'm forever moaning about the weather but unfortunately I have no control over it and it messes with my plans big style.
I've already turned the new steel mounting so will add the details shortly.
Kind regards, Col.
Many thanks David. Yes it's been another busy year for me and jobs are already stacked up for next year; I had hoped that as I grew older the size of the jobs would become smaller but things don't go as expected.
The belt information is most useful David; it's easy to take for granted such information gained through experience but a novice won't be aware of the many types of drive belt available. The "hexagonal belt" shown on the website is new to me though and worth knowing about.
The reason I mentioned looking out for an air compressor with a single "V" belt drive is that belts such as the common "A" section belt are very cheap and available in lots of lengths; the matching pulleys are also quite cheap and readily available allowing a novice to sort the clutch drive out easily and cheaply. I've never bought a Poly V pulley so can't comment on costs but for anyone wishing to make the best job possible of installing a clutch to a lathe a Poly V is the way to go.
If our weather was not so dire I could enjoy searching scrap yards and car wreckers for useful items; I'll never forget climbing a pile of scrap electric motors in order to gain access to my big 3 phase transformer; I did this at a scrap yard exposed high on the moors whilst the snow came down horizontally and everything was iced up. as you know David it was even bitterly cold at the last Rufforth meeting; the weather really does upset my projects. Over the last few days I've been practicing CAD because it's been too miserable and cold to play out. I'm forever moaning about the weather but unfortunately I have no control over it and it messes with my plans big style.
I've already turned the new steel mounting so will add the details shortly.
Kind regards, Col.
Happiness is a wreck of a cabinet to restore.
