[SEL] A Baker Monitor question

Harry Terpstra h.terpstra at wxs.nl
Wed Jul 21 11:05:08 PDT 2004


Curt,

I'm not quite sure what you mean, but on my 4 hp ball hopper Monitor are no
tapered keys.
Maybe at some point Monitor changed to other keys?


Harry Terpstra
Sint Anna Parochie
Netherlands
h.terpstra at wxs.nl
http://home01.wxs.nl/~terps027/home.html


----- Original Message -----
From: "Curt Holland" <curt at imc-group.com>
To: "SEL(new)" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 5:14 PM
Subject: [SEL] A Baker Monitor question


> Making several new shafts for Devin's Baker Monitor. It looks like the
> parts are held on the shafts with tapered keys.
> I've done measuring and some math on the tapers and am not coming up
> with the standard 1 in 100 taper or 1/8 per foot.
> Taper works out to as little as .192/ft to as much as .480/ft.
> While difficult to measure on narrow parts (only an inch wide),
> generally I'll be in the ballpark, but this is not even close to standard!
>
> Does anyone know if Baker used nonstandard, steeper tapers in fixing
> hubs and gears to the shafts?
> Thanks,
> Curt Holland
> Gastonia, NC
>
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