[SEL] Lineshaft equipment

Jeff Allen transteck at earthlink.net
Mon Aug 1 17:07:45 PDT 2005


OOPS!! :-(

http://oldirongallery.com/LS.html

Jeff Allen wrote:

> Hi Rick,
>
> Here are the lineshaft pictures I took this weekend. They are from the 
> blacksmith shop in Bird City. I shrunked em down a bit. Anyone wants 
> full size contact me and I'll build another page. Huge files. The 
> machine next to the lathe appears to be a mill. The project in the 
> vice looked like a bolt they were cutting the head on. Not running 
> while I was there.
>
> Jeff Allen
>
> Richard Strobel wrote:
>
>> Well this weekend, Corky got two of those IR radial, horizontal, 
>> engine/compressors, 1 very nice HUGE drill press (about a 30" table, 
>> w/#4 morse taper) which we'll use on the lineshaft and I got a nice 
>> kiln.
>>
>>  So now we have a metal lathe, power hacksaw, drill press, and 
>> possibly a bench grinder.  What other type of equipment was used in 
>> the ole mom and pop lineshaft driven machine shop??
>>
>>  We are led to believe that a lineshaft turns ~400 rpm..correct me if 
>> I'm wrong.
>>
>>  Thanks gang in anticipation
>> RickinMt. _______________________________________________
>> SEL mailing list
>> SEL at lists.stationary-engine.com
>> http://www.stationary-engine.com/mailman/listinfo/sel
>>
>>
>>  
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> SEL mailing list
> SEL at lists.stationary-engine.com
> http://www.stationary-engine.com/mailman/listinfo/sel
>
>




More information about the sel mailing list