[TheForge] Little Giant drive motor

[DragonsWatch]

Hi Ralph,
    Loved your site.  Must be nice to work in so organized a shop.

    I would like to read the article as I will be pouring the babbit in my
hammer.  I had seen an article somewhere but can not remember where.  I also
suspect I will be pouring babbit in the clutch hub also.
    Do you preheat the frame with a weed burner or rose bud before you pour the
babbit?  How do you recommend squaring up the shaft to the guides?
    I think I am going to mount the motor to the side also.  Seems like the
easiest way to go.  Thanks!

Larry

Ralph Sproul wrote:

>         Larry,  The motor mounts I saw at LaCross that Sid had put on the
> Little Giants was mounted off the the side of the hammer.  If you have to
> repour the babbit in the hammer, I have an article on the Metal Web News on
> how to do that.  The real trick is to keep the preheat on the housing up to
> 300-350 for a nice pour with no cold shunts in the babbit occuring.
>         One thing not mentioned in the article is to sqaure the shaft to the
> guide face of the hammer at first when locating the shaft for the initial
> pour.  This article was six years old, and I didn't mention this point when
> I wrote it.
>         Sid no longer offers his rental mandrels as no one returned them
> from what he said.....so you will have to make up shaft end collars for the
> pour if you have excessive end play in the main shaft. Sid also sells
> oversized pins for the arms.  I just finished doing the babbit pours and
> oversized pins on Doug Wilsons hammer last week......it makes all the
> difference in the world as to the hammers smooth operation.
>         As a note, I have a side motor mount on my 50 LG and it works well.
> I like the upper belt systems also......but they take more to build in doing
> a tower or running it off the building frame.
>
> Ralph