NOMADICISTA

The big one on the right is one I gave her frozen. I told her that the hill rats in Simi were much bigger than those scrawny "'hood" rats she keep gettin' from that abandoned apartment building. At least she remembered to cut the tails off. I told her not to try and finish 'em in the pan b...

Saw that when i was a kid.....I only remember lucy trying to cook dinner while Desi was up front driving.....i was laughing my head off....

Thanks Rudy...i learned a bit on this one.....

I think ginger will get a kick out of the Rumley as she has hands on experience with farming.....

Thanks Goodclue.

I wouldn't use aluminum except it is a timing gear with very little load. had it been one of the gears running the flat belt it would be steel.

The machining time would be very long in steel.....

Hey...quit yellin' at me!!!!!

Thanks....didja see the samwich!!!

Well, that's it for this project....time to celebrate with a nice sandwich from the Gildford Mercantile!!

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/geekus/move%20and%20stuff/whatitgoesin-1.jpg You can't belive how nice she sounds! It's musical to hear and those big pistons are moving a lot of air! On the other side there is a big spool for running a flat belt. he has an antique thresher and will be thresh...

Now for the finale....what does the old girl look like? just as pretty as they get......

Arv and my boys getting photographed for my "bragging rights photo"

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/geekus/move%20and%20stuff/gearinstalled-1.jpg Nice....it is back in the gearbox and seems to turn just fine. http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/geekus/move%20and%20stuff/gearsmeashandeverything-1.jpg another view....the pressure angles seem to touch at the...

After drilling I used a spring loaded center to keep the tap running true to the hole.

I designed the hub with two flats on it so I could hold it for other operations. It was easy to get the keyway at top dead center!

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/geekus/move%20and%20stuff/gearcopy1-1.jpg Well, I got real lucky. I had to down load a free plugin for my cad software to draw this thing. Since I did not know the pitch diameter I worked off the od and kept playing with the pitch diameter in the program till ...