[TheForge] cast iron

Fri Aug 9 09:19:00 2002

Andy,

First, I doubt this pulley is making your unit run slow.  It does add mass
and would affect startup but otherwise it would work as a flywheel.

If this pulley is mounted between the bearings and you see a wobble,
something more serious may be the problem.  It may be your shaft is not true
and you can see the affect on the pulley.

Is this a flat belt pulley mounted on the top shaft outside the bearings?

What are you cutting, the shaft or are you cutting up the pulley?

If this pulley is mounted on the outside, you can use a puller to remove it.
If it's mounted between the bearings, you can remove the shaft and then take
off the pulley and check your shaft.

I think it will be easier to remove the whole pulley as a unit rather than
cutting it off.  It would be better if you remove it all rather than just
the spokes and rim.

Walt

-----Original Message-----
From: Gladish Family <[email protected]>
To: Theforge@Mailman. Qth. Net <[email protected]>
Date: Friday, August 09, 2002 1:41 AM
Subject: [TheForge] cast iron

>Anybody got the secret to cutting cast iron?
>Somebody back in the ancient mists of time added a dorky outer pulley to my
>Little Giant, causing it to wobble and run too slow. I tried to cut it off
>of there with the torch and it looked like it was going to make a mess, and
>the sawzall isn't working either...
>Andy G
>
> No matter what happens, somebody will find a
>way to take it too seriously.
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