[TheForge] Flatbelt excitement

[Garrick Peterson]

Greetings from a lurker.

 While I can not provide a concrete solution, I can throw out a few
possible solutions from the realm of Theorycraft:

 Make a clutch system that transfers power when the load shaft is
rotating slower or equal to the power shaft, and disconnects when the
load starts rotating faster than the power. (See an engine starter or
gas powered hobby car's clutch for practical applications)

 Alternately, modify your hammer's balance so there's a constant load
instead of assymetrical load.

On 6/1/06, Demon Buddha <osan at netlabs.net> wrote:
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> Mike Spencer wrote:
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> > I dunno if a tensioner idle pulley would fix it up or not.  A much
> > shorter belt would probably help a lot.  Time to do gardens so I'll
> > have a week or two to think about it before I get back to hands-on.
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>         How about a pinch idler?  Two idlers opposite one another at midway?
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