[TheForge] Have you run your Nazel/Chevette lately?

[Darrell]

Mike,
15 HP Phase conversion.
Make a 5 HP Phase converter. Use that to start another 5 HP idler motor.
With both running start a 10 HP idler. Now you can start your hammer with
power to spare.
Darrell

http://www.machinemaster.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Spencer" <mspencer at tallships.ca>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 6:00 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Have you run your Nazel/Chevette lately?


>
> Okayyy.... Back On Topic, eh?
>
> > Have you run your Nazel/Chevette lately?
>
> Nitpick: That's "Alldays/Cavalier".
>
> No.  I *have* run it single-handed, i.e. without a 2nd guy to drive the
> hammer, the Chevy or both.  I've hammered hot steel and hot wrought
> iron with it.  I have proof of concept.  That is, I put it back
> together right, there is reasonably good control, nothing goes
> bash-bash that isn't supposed to.  (Something did, but I fixed it.) It
> hits like a sonoffabitch.
>
> But it takes a half an hour or so to start: install battery, check
> fuel for water, re-attach some cables and switches, lube external
> throttle, check the tires & oil, remove squirrel nests from engine
> compartment etc.
>
> And when it's running, it's pretty scary.  The car's going about 40
> mph and straining hard.  What happens to that big irreplaceable hammer
> gear if I blow out a tire from chafing?  Especially if the tether
> tears free?  What happens, for that matter, to tender little me?  I
> can't concentrate on the iron and think about that stuff at the same
> time.
>
> This spring, I'm going in pursuit of either (a) an old tractor with
> sufficient HP and a good PTO or (b) an industrial engine with a
> governor.  (3PH is out of the question and 15HP is getting pretty
> heavy duty -- not to mention heavy $$ -- for a converter or a straight
> single phase motor, even on a 200A entry.)
>
> A last resort will be that I retire my '81 4x4 pickup.  Remove the
> rear drive shaft and replace it so that it becomes a PTO.  Then I can
> move the truck around with the front wheels in 4WD, then put it into
> 2WD and only the rear shaft goes, to drive the hammer.  I have the
> drive-gear & shaft from the original 15HP electric motor.
>
> With the power plant not trying to take off at 40mph, some pillow
> block bearings and other parts from the Farmer's Co-op together with a
> little welding should give me a much safer rig.
>
> Be nice to find a mechanical tach with the right RPM range so I
> could rev it up to just the right speed instead of guessing.
>
> - Mike
>
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