a woodworker is born

[blame]

That sounds serious! Do you know if there is any nerve damage? Or is that something that you find out after the healing is done? I hope everything is fine. Make sure you take care of that finger. The lathe and woodworking can wait. I don't mind if you post the pictures, although I'm somewhat horrified and probably won't look. But please put a warning in the title for the squeamish (ie, me).

 

 

i have a nerve damage in my hands anyway when my hand hit the saw i didnt feel it. but that finger is pretty painful this morning but not bad.

[Travis]

You do a pretty good job with that chainsaw! Not sure if you need one of those fancy lumbermills! Chainsaw Blame will cut 1/8" veneers with nothing more than a chainsaw!

 

BTW...I like that tractor you have in the background. You should take a pic and I'll turn it into a pattern!

[blame]

lol they look better in the pic then they do in RL but usable those where the feet the i thought i had more pics but thay have seemed to walk off into the lost folder some where i guess

 

you talking about the 8N tractor? i can do that next time i'm up there i'l grab you a few shots

[Travis]

...you talking about the 8N tractor? i can do that next time i'm up there i'l grab you a few shots

 

Yup. I think it would make a pretty neat pattern. Thanks, Blame!

[blame]

today's been a really busy day but i found some time to work on my lathe project abit

i'm working on this in the tractor shed not much room :(

 

 

[blame]

Been working on the steel parts for the lathe. i'd bought some 5/8" round rod that isnt so round if i had a metal lathe it wouldnt be an issue so i spent awile thinking of how to get the not so round rod in the 5/8" bearings. i measured the rod @ 0.618 to 0.631 while the bearing measure 0.622 and the shopsmith drive center measures 0.624

 

so what i've done is grab a file and am whittle at the steel rod till it down to size at leas under .622 doesnt seem like alot but its time consuming

 

soon as the cam is charged i'll get some pics

 

later blame

[blame]

 

3 ends done 1 more to go

 

still need to sand them smooth

[Travis]

Wow....that looks like a lot of work. You're gunna have to build yourself a machine shop Is this for the wheel axle then? Or is it for the centers? Looks like you're getting close to having all the parts.

[blame]

yeah the longer shaft is for the head stock and the short one will be the flywheel axle.

One of the issues i'm having trouble with is finding the parts to connect the flywheel axle to the treadle rod i thought i'd use a hiem joint but couldnt find one the right size so my thoughts are to modify the axle shaft. i'll tap the end of the axle shaft for a 5/16" bolt then mount a piece of the flat stock to it about 1.5 " then using a sliding bushing mounted on the arm to run a 5/16" rod thru it will be mounted to the treadle using the same type hardware

 

simple drawing of my idea

 

in the end this will make for a better way to replace parts if they break

[blame]

pictures of the head stock and fly wheel axle construction

 

[Travis]

Wow, that looks like its coming together pretty nicely! It won't be long before she's done! The wood disk in the center, is that glued in place or do you have it attached somehow?

[blame]

Not sure how i should mount that! Right now its just sitting on the shaft for a mock up purpose. I'm thinking of either pinning it with a short piece of 1/8" rod or drilling a hole for a bolt to tighten it down. Each method has it downfalls. If i drill a 1/8" through hole that weakens the shafting and if i use the bolt the threads will tear out easy. whats your thoughts?

 

I'm going to run into the same problem with the fly wheel axle. I thought at first I'd just drill out a pieces of the flat stock I bought and weld it to the axle shaft but that will make it hard to get apart later if i ever need to take it apart. I was thinking I need to dig around and find a piece of pipe with an inner 5/8" dia. and weld that to the flat stock and use a cotter pin to mount it to the axle.

 

blame

[Travis]

...If i drill a 1/8" through hole that weakens the shafting...

 

I'm not very mechanically inclined, but if the metal rod is also 1/8", I'm not sure how much it would weaken the shaft. My thought is that the rod would help equalize the pressure that would normally be applied to the hole. I think it would weaken it a bit, but not terribly bad.

 

 

I'm wondering also if a friction fit would work? Maybe have a small plate attached to the disk with a nut/tube with a setscrew on it to put pressure on the drive. Maybe one on each side. That way you could tweek the positioning if it isn't totally lined up with the flywheel.

 

'Course I'm just making stuff up. Like I said, I don't know much about this kind of thing.

[blame]

hmm i wonder about just drilling a hole in the pulley and them epoxy a nut into it then the threads wouldnt tear out