Hello again. I have not spent a lot of time on this forum for a while. The DES engine project is not moving very fast. but I do plan to get moving again. No, really.

Now about that green paint. A neighbor bought two large oilseed crushing presses from India. Sadly he passes away before he got them set up and running. His wife had called a number of times asking if we would like to buy the presses. I was a little concerned about the usual problems with machines from that part of the world. Just did not want to spend good money on an unknown machine. I also did not want to insult a friend will a low-ball offer. As time passed it was indicated that any offer would be considered.

So we went and looked at the equipment. The presses were BIG, very BIG. And they had that pale green paint, and generous amounts of casting sand flaking off in the gear boxes. How could I not love that. We made an offer of about 1/4 of what they sold for and I think they might follow us home soon. We should get an overhead crane in the shop before we start taking them apart. I see a lot of heavy lifting in the future. And if you need any casting sand I should have a bunch any day now if you don't mind digging it out of a gearbox.

 

 

Thanks for the all the thoughts.

No I have not machined or purchased a pulley.

 I just remembered I have a repaired radiator that came out of a skid loader. That is what I should use if I want to make a somewhat portable unit.

Now another question. Are you making or buying the thermostat housings? A friend showed me one that I could copy, but it looks very heavy to be hanging on the shaking flange.
Is it possible to machine out the stock flange and slap a thermostat in the recess? 

I just built a frame/skid to mount an engine, pump an oil tank to run a wood splitter. My 84 year old dad wanted electric start on the splitter. Now I just need to super size the frame and mount the roid.

I feel your pain. I have a roid project that needs to get done and a screamer that keeps the lights on when needed. The screamer ran 24 hrs per day for 5 or 6 days last year at 1 gal of gasoline per hour. Do the math.

I had to do some major bending of the fuel line on the 8/1 to make it work. Sometime it could get the "fuel hose" treatment.

Thanks for the advise.

I thought a type K belt was an automotive belt.

I could have a neighbor with over 50 years of tools and experience make a pulley, or sneak into my nephews shop and use his big old honking lathe and break some of this tools. I am not a machinist at all, but I can make metal shavings and sometimes actual parts. 

I still want a shiny pointy cutting thingy to cut the grooves. I just need to find someone to sell me one.   

Where can a simple minded farmer that does not speak "machine tool" buy a type K insert to cut the grooves in a pulley?  I would like to buy something on the new world wide web thingy if possible.

A fear I have is now that everyone can listen to me drawl along in the video I can no longer fool people into thinking I am smart. 

Yes I know the fear of sounding like a hay seed. I got a little air time on a TV show. Lucky for me another person in the segment was from the south, so I fit right in.

The segment starts around the 33 minute mark on the clip, and my small part starts at 37:24. My favorite shot (the drive over) is at the very end.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIE0kE2k1qw&list=FLwGO4n9iexYrJz5CoMzhM5A&index=2&feature=plpp_video