[TheForge] magic tumblers

[Walter L. Mullett]

Terry,

This reminds me of some of the old Popular Mechanics how to articles.  I can
picture in my mind somebody with a jacked up model T using a tire rim and
flat belt to run a sawmill or something else.

We don't think about simple solutions today because a lot of them can be
unsafe.  But they work.

A belt around the rim (no tire) works fine as a pulley.  I've also seen just
a rope used.... knot and all.  If it slips, just through another loop around
the rim.

Walt

>the other way i have found is to drive the cylinders with
>an old tire. drive the tire with a pulley or weld a second
>rim to the tire's rim. using a second rim you may drive it
>with a leather belt to an old hit-and-miss engine. i would
>probably have to draw a picture of this to give anyone a
>clear idea of what i mean.