[SEL] Hercules update, now Herc XK's

[Glenn A Karch]

To all,

The change to the 3 hole flywheels was a safety measure.  It first occurred
on the industrial used engines (Jaeger).  It helped to keep idiots and
shovel handles from getting mixed up in the flywheels. No claims are made
for the positioning of the square nuts on Jaeger mixers.

Glenn

Glenn Karch
Haubstadt, IN, USA
Hercules Historian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Curt Holland" <curt at imc-group.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Hercules update, now Herc XK's


> Bill, Tom,
> Any thoughts as to what the holes were for on the XK's? Was this to
> support rammed molds? Something for shrinkage?
> Was it advances in casting technology that allowed the elimination of
> the holes on the  JK's?
> Would be some good history to know....
> Curt
>
> Germoamer at aol.com wrote:
>
> >In a message dated 6/1/2004 10:17:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> >bboyce at swat.coop writes:
> >
> ><< were the
> > solid flywheels limited to the xk's >>
> >
> >Bill,
> >
> >The XK's had wheels with holes in them, while the JK's had completely
solid
> >wheels.  I have one JK and two XK's.  The JK is all original, coming from
a
> >friends family farm in Lynchburg, Virginia.
> >
> >Tom Schmutz
> >
> >
>
>
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