[TheForge] New subject, a little tweeking on my LG help please

[peter fels]

My guess is that,  if that bit of the linkage is that badly worn,
then the rest of the linkage has got to also have significant wear.
As you know, that kind of slop is cumulative in effect.
At some point you are going to get frustrated
 and rework all the linkage parts...i betcha.
 This blacksmith divination was result of painstaking interpretations 
of the shapes of your last clinkers.


On Jun 19, 2011, at 5:34 PM, Jerry Frost wrote:

> No bushings at present, one long bolt and the left side of the treadle at 
> the pivot bolt is wallowed out so if I press the treadle on the left side I 
> have to mash it nearly to the floor to get the hamer to engage. I used a pry 
> bar and did a little jiggling to confirm (hopefully) the wallowing is 
> actually the treadle arm and not the casting on the hammer frame as I was 
> afraid.
> 
> Jer
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "peter fels" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
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> Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 3:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] New subject, a little tweeking on my LG help please
> 
> 
>> I'd drill, bush and replace the bolts on both sides.
>> Mark Krause ( who is still incarcerated,) suggested replacing the return 
>> spring with counterweights,
>> for better fine control.
>> 
>> 
>> On Jun 17, 2011, at 5:50 PM, Jerry Frost wrote
>> 
> 
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