[SEL] Auger?

[Bill Brueck]

Nels, small augers are a give-away at farm auctions...nobody wants them.
You'd have the whole works, including drive mechanism, all worked out that
way.  We just sold a longer version, an 8 incher and on wheels that would
reach bins, at a family estate sale.  A little patched up but still worked.
The scrap buyer got it.

Around these parts every major auction company has periodic consignment
sales, some twice a year, some every couple of months.  Seldom is there a
sale without at least one auger on it.

Bill Brueck
   Pine Island, MN USA

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[mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of Nelson
Johnsrud
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 11:52 AM
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Subject: Re: [SEL] Auger?

Thanks Curt.  I suppose that could be done, especially since in the place I
work, part of the manufacturing process begins in the machines as a round
blank cut from a spool of sheet stock.  It would be a simple matter to
acquire a few round blanks of an appropriate size.

I'm actually building a finished cabinet in our rear entry as a bin for
storage of the wood pellets we use for heating.  Instead of a sliding door
at the bottom to dump into the scuttle pail, I hit on the idea of using an
auger, which has the advantage of halting the flow the moment you stop
turning.  I thought there would be less opportunity for a spill.  If turning
it with a crank is too time consuming or labor intensive, I have a small
gear motor here that could be adapted for the purpose.  I don't want to go
all Willie Wonka on this though.  A simple auger in a piece of PVC with a
hand crank is simple enough, but a microprocessor controlled servo motor is
probably above and beyond the call.  ;-)

And for Dave, we'll just call it my little "Manhattan Project."  ;-)


Nels Johnsrud
Manitowoc WI
gop4evr at lsol.net




On Nov 27, 2012, at 9:18 PM, curt at rustyiron.com wrote:

> 
> Nels,
> Not sure what you'll be conveying, but if you don't find something 
> ready made, consider making your own. A round bar or pipe and a hand 
> full of doughnut rings of sheetmetal. Cut them 4" OD and the ID to 
> match the round bar or pipe's OD. Then a single radial cut in each 
> ring. Slide the rings on the bar or pipe and stretch axially. Tack 
> weld. Then stretch the next and attach to the first, and so on.
> 
> I was studying how the screw conveyor under our Pangborn shot blast 
> machine at work was made, and this is the method they used.
> Wouldn't take much to just make the short auger you are after.
> 
> Curt Holland
> Bessemer City, NC
> 
>> I have a project going that "may" be engine-related, and I need help 
>> finding something --
>> 
>> I need a section of about 4" diameter auger about 12-15" long.  Like 
>> what is used in grain augers.  I'm sitting here wondering what type 
>> of old iron related equipment I could procure this from.  Any ideas?  
>> Anyone have something like this?  Off list . . . .
>> 
>> 
>> Nels Johnsrud
>> Manitowoc WI
>> gop4evr at lsol.net
>> 
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