[SEL] "Free wheel, Locked wheel"

[Jim and Diane]

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the pictures, really interesting.

Jim

Jim and Diane Kirkes
Hemet, CA
jd.kirkes at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Croft" <dave.croft at ntlworld.com>
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Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:34 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] "Free wheel, Locked wheel"


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alan Bowen" <rustaholic777 at yahoo.com>
> To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 1:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [SEL] "Free wheel, Locked wheel"
>
>
>> Right you are Rick,
>> Plus you can have the belt on the loose pulley for engine starting.
>> I have a very nice old power hacksaw.
>> It was built to be powered by an overhead line shaft.
>> You flip a lever to move the belt from the loose pulley onto the locked 
>> one. The saw starts
>> cutting.  When the saw cuts through,,, the frame hits a lever that moves 
>> a rod that comes around
>> and moves the belt back onto the loose wheel.
>> And here I thought that switch was such a handy thing on my electric 
>> metal cutting band saw.  They
>> HAD to put that switch there to make it do what the old timers did 
>> mechanically. 8>))
>> Alan Bowen
>
> Hi Alan, I took the following pictures about 20 years ago in a derelict 
> cycle repair shop.
> I bought all the machine tools but couldn't access the motor & shafting.
> Sorry the pictures have deteriated over the years.
> See
> http://community.webshots.com/photo/74826143/303878124sNtrFH
> http://community.webshots.com/photo/74826143/303884342KxBWkW
> http://community.webshots.com/photo/74826143/303884364vcBeYh
> Dave Croft
> Warrington
> England
> http://community.webshots.com/user/crftdv
>
>
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