[TheForge] Re: OT Threads ?

[Mike Spencer]

Ralph quoth:

> It was a marathon weekend here.  I line bored the lower rod section
> for the Nazel...I sent you pictures...

I know, I know, Spring is coming but since nothing else is green just
now you thought you'd make me green with envy. :-) Nice to have the
mill.  Since the A&O had a heavy, Babbitt-clad bronze bearing, I
didn't mess with anything like that.

> Bummer on the motor not having power enough for the hammer
> though....Are you thinking of going electric for the A&O now? Or going
> to try a larger engine drive?

First some tinkering and tweaking so see if some little fix will push
the effective power over the edge to working right.  If not, then a
bigger engine.  I have a perfectly good front half of a 1987 F-150 6
cyl. 4x4.  I think I can tuck the rear axle under the back of the cab
and have the rear drive shaft project out over it to a coupling.
Still vague on the details but that's Plan B.


- Mike

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