[SEL] Lineshaft equipment

Richard Strobel Richard_Strobel7 at msn.com
Wed Aug 3 06:01:30 PDT 2005


I have a tendency to agree with you Paul, seems though that just the load of 
the lineshafting, belting,etc., would be enough to keep it from latching 
up..and especially if one is working a machine.

Maybe not..be fun experimenting

Rick


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Pavlinovich" <pjp at steamengine.com.au>
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Subject: Re: [SEL] Lineshaft equipment


> I agree it would look nicest to use a hit-n-miss - but in a machine shop
> where you need a steady speed and there is a lot of crud flying around,
> I'd be thinking an enclosed throttle governed engine - maybe even a
> diesel would be the way to go. You'd get a nice steady speed and the
> engine would be immune from swarf and chips etc.
>
> Paul
>
> Curt wrote:
> > Rick,
> > How about an appropriate hit and miss engine to drive the line shaft?
> > I've been in a few shops that use engines for the lineshaft. It's a neat
> > thing to go over and crank the engine up prior to doing any work.
> > And to complete any metal shop a trip/drop hammer would be nice.
> > How about an old planer or horizontal mill?
> > Curt
> >
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