[SEL] "Free wheel, Locked wheel"

[Blacksmith]

    Typically the drive pulley was as wide or wider than the two
tight/free pulleys and I suspect it was not crowned. It depends
on how far apart the shafts were - wide separation not as
critical as close spaced shafts.

Bob Willman
The Eagle's Anvil
Bowling Green, Ohio
WB8NQW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Strobel" <Richard_Strobel7 at msn.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 14:10
Subject: Re: [SEL] "Free wheel, Locked wheel"


> > Hi Rick,
> >
> > I suspect, but can't say for sure, that having all the pulleys involved
> > "crowned" is enough to allow for some misalignment without the belt
> > running off.
> > If I were setting it up, I would try for aligning the power source
pulley
> > with
> > the driven pulley, and let the idler pulley be a little out of
alignment.
> > What's your situation?
>
>
>   No situation yet Ron.  Just nice to know trivia in case we ever get our
> line shaft.
>
>
> HEY THANKS GUYS!!!
>
> RickinMt.
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