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Post by captbob on Nov 5, 2015 9:33:26 GMT -5
Dang Ed, I wish I was as particular peculiar as you. fixed it for ya
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Post by Intheswamp on Nov 5, 2015 9:54:54 GMT -5
Really interesting video, Jim. Thanks for posting it. Btw, I've already changed the rotation of the motor... ...jk. jk = "just kidding" <GRIN>
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Post by Intheswamp on Nov 5, 2015 9:55:26 GMT -5
Dang Ed, I wish I was as particular peculiar as you. fixed it for ya Thank you, Bob.
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Post by Intheswamp on Nov 5, 2015 10:07:17 GMT -5
LOL. Why did you do that ? You have defied me. I remember you wanted a particular direction of rotation. Dang Ed, I wish I was a s particular as you. Jim, that's my problem. I get so particular with things that I'm slow about getting things done. I with I had the engineering and building abilities that you have...you've got a great gift.
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Post by jamesp on Nov 5, 2015 11:00:47 GMT -5
LOL. Why did you do that ? You have defied me. I remember you wanted a particular direction of rotation. Dang Ed, I wish I was a s particular as you. Jim, that's my problem. I get so particular with things that I'm slow about getting things done. I with I had the engineering and building abilities that you have...you've got a great gift. I build stuff all the time. Tools out in the rain, abused and over used. Hey, if you save money building stuff then you get to be a slacker in taking care of your tools. I am pretty much a hack, and do only what it takes to get the end product. But over built regardless. Used to supervise large crews of millwrights, iron workers and electricians. Installing heavy machinery. Being a crappy engineer they started reading the drawings and told me to weld and run the torch LOL. They taught me well and I ended up being torch man and welder for the tougher jobs. They used to place bets on the new guys that would arrive on the job that they could not handle me. Me 6'3" and skinny as a rail; not very imposing, and of course-college boy. But not one to wrestle with, I was in excellent shape. They won bets on me all the time. I made laughing stocks out of most of those guys. Till one day they told me to goose Billy on a hang over morning, about 5'6" tall and about that wide. That sucker could run dang fast. I knew he would crush me, no way I was going to go a round w/him. I could feel his fingers on my back trying to grab my t-shirt, me in a full sprint scared to death for 300 yards. He never caught me and laughed about it the next day. And my wrestling career was over after Billy. Boy was he mad. He'd a killed me.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Nov 5, 2015 12:39:41 GMT -5
I think he used some chromed muffler bearings, too... Hey Jean, this is man talk. Oh I forgot, you keep all the vehicles fixed in your family. Including your 1964 Corvair. 1964 Corvair in running shape=PHD mechanic
James, oh yeah, I learned all about chromed muffler bearings when I took shop in high school.
I used to have a '64, now a '63.
This is my first one, circa late '70s after participating in a Flag Day Parade over in Casa de Oro with the Corvair Club. Stars and stripes pressure sensitive vinyl just temporary decorations.
Both of them. At one time, there were four of them in our family.
Dad's 1963
I'll not hijack Ed's money pit thread with car stuff. I'll start a new thread for this.
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Post by captbob on Nov 5, 2015 13:00:49 GMT -5
How is Ed supposed to feel like family if his thread is not hijacked? that was as off topic as I could find...
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Post by jamesp on Nov 5, 2015 13:44:36 GMT -5
Voluptuous cars Jean rockpickerforever. A Corvairian family no doubt. I see the hijack police got involved. kidding captbob Where should we fly to next; Cuba was a common destination for hijacks. How a bouts motor reversal school ?? Ed ?? Back to work, welding a roof on my little welding area. Dang rain, been a rain forest here. It is all wet, and I had to come down after getting shocked on my privates. tmi Hijack #3(note wetland sign @ lower right):
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Post by rockpickerforever on Nov 5, 2015 13:57:46 GMT -5
Voluptuous cars Jean rockpickerforever. A Corvairian family no doubt. I see the hijack police got involved. kidding captbob Where should we fly to next; Cuba was a common destination for hijacks. How a bouts motor reversal school ?? Ed ?? Back to work, welding a roof on my little welding area. Dang rain, been a rain forest here. It is all wet, and I had to come down after getting shocked on my privates. tmi Hijack #3(note wetland sign @ lower right): Privates? Master Sergeants? Majors? Lol. That'll teach you to weld in the rain! Wetlands, indeed! You talked about covering your weld area a year ago! Best make that a priority so's you can get a jump on stockpiling fire pits for next year's anticipated record season. (Without damage to your, ah, body...)
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Post by jamesp on Nov 5, 2015 16:35:48 GMT -5
Sorry Ed, showing progress for the day. Gave up when the ole knees started talking back. Six 20 foot purlins burned in, on this (of course) non-permitted shed. Despise permits @#$!% govt. telling me what I can build on my own place Will miss the drip irrigation system for hanging 5 gallon tomato plants to left along wall up high.
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Post by Intheswamp on Nov 5, 2015 17:10:02 GMT -5
Hijacking my thread? No problem. Corvairs...bomb-proof sheds...no problem. But what I want to know is how Bob figured out how to get behind my house and what in blue blazes is T-Bone doing in that picture?
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Post by captbob on Nov 5, 2015 17:23:22 GMT -5
LOL
Actually taken at one of my gun classes up on the Alabama side of the border near Crestview FL.
T-Bone? that's just wrong...
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Post by Intheswamp on Nov 5, 2015 17:41:50 GMT -5
The other one we call Rib-eye.
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Post by captbob on Nov 13, 2015 0:25:45 GMT -5
What's the latest on the tumbler build Ed?
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Post by Intheswamp on Nov 13, 2015 7:33:36 GMT -5
Life getting in the way of progress, Bob. Most of the parts are sitting there needing to be installed...need to get a hinge if I go with the gravity belt-tensioner design for the drive belt and, of course, will get the belts when I figure out what length I need.
Still undecided about the span between the rollers...<snip> had gone into percentage differences in weights of different barrels bearing on the rollers, blah, blah, blah, ...TMI.
Maybe I can tinker with it tonight after I close shop.
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Post by Intheswamp on Nov 13, 2015 19:44:58 GMT -5
Ok, here's a little progress... Bolted down the bearings and installed some stand-off rollers... IMG_7371a (Custom) by Intheswamp, on Flickr I had to replace the felt gasket on the back of our clothes-dryer drum a while back and while doing that I figured I'd replace the rollers, too. They actually looked good, but while I had it torn apart I figured I might as well going ahead and replace them. The old rollers are finding a second life as barrel stand-off rollers. And something else...I've never been able to drill straight...crooked is my trademark.<sigh> IMG_7373a (Custom) by Intheswamp, on Flickr The posi-traction end... The white pipe is some 1/2" pex tubing. There's a 1/2" washer between the pex and the roller. The lag bolt is 1/2". IMG_7376a (Custom) by Intheswamp, on Flickr IMG_7377a (Custom) by Intheswamp, on Flickr An overall shot of it...it doesn't look much different from before things were bolted down. Btw, I used 1/2" bolts. That 2x12 board laying in the front I'm considering using for my roll-off table (with a piece of 2x10 added to it it. Center-to-center span of the rollers measures at 5-3/4"...I can still spread them another 1/2" or so. The 4" barrels will not work without some more washer filing (another story). That's a 6" cap and coupling along with at 4-6 inch bushing on the rollers. IMG_7378a (Custom) by Intheswamp, on Flickr Here's a mock-up of the 2x12 pushed up close to the roller...there's only about a 1/4" drop from the roller to the 2x12 board. The only thing about adding such thick and wide boards is that they will add to the tumbler's already substantial weight. I'll probably back the wood away from the roller a little bit more than it is in this picture. IMG_7381a (Custom) by Intheswamp, on Flickr Still to do... 1. - Install motor (wiring and mounting). 2. - Purchase belts. 3. - Build barrels. 4. - Tumble more rocks.
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Post by captbob on Nov 13, 2015 23:21:32 GMT -5
That's looking good Ed! Most ingenious "stand off roller" I've seen. Will be stealing using that idea.
What is holding your posi-traction pulleys in place - set screws?
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Post by quartz on Nov 14, 2015 0:21:05 GMT -5
Good repurpose idea with those end rollers, I like that.
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Post by Intheswamp on Nov 14, 2015 8:22:54 GMT -5
I'd saved those rollers (I'm a packrat) when I did the dryer repair...wasn't even tumbling rocks then. I'm thinking about getting some nylon or washers and sandwiching in the rollers...might help better with wear and squeaks. The rollers had no bearings nor washers...simply a friction fit, the best as I recall. I'm thinking the shafts they turned on were a bit more refined metal than those lag bolts but I figure they'll work till something wears out. The posi-traction pulleys are held on by the set screws, Bob. I'm still trying to figure out the belt situation. The pulleys are 3" and the center-to-center distance of the roller shafts is 5-3/4"....I'm figuring a 20-21 inch belt. One online calculator shows that I need a 20.92" belt, so a 21" might do the trick. I've thought about even rigging a third pulled below and between the two posi-traction pulleys for a belt tensioner.
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Post by captbob on Nov 14, 2015 8:44:54 GMT -5
Won't an adjustable (link) belt work?
I wonder how long a heavy duty rubber band would work. The thick ones like you may find in the produce section at your grocery store.
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