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Fireant

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  1. Today I finished up some shelf brackets for my step-daughter. Kinda small and fiddly, but satisfying. It was an exercise in soldering (the scrolls are pinned & soldered to the top bar and the top bar is mortised and soldered into the vertical bar). The machine screws are just placeholders- when installed they will be replaced with wood screws into drywall/studs. My biggest win on this project was reflecting on how, over the years, my skills have improved- when I started out, there was no way I could’ve managed drilling a 1/8” hole in the center of a 1/4” round forged scroll. Today, every one of these pins came out dead center. Had a shot of Kentucky’s finest to celebrate.
  2. Thanks Frosty, I got to thinking about it a little more- the clutch spider is in a fixed position on the shaft, fixed in place with a tapered pin mated to a flat on the shaft. I can dry-fit it in place on the shaft and take measurements from there. The distance between the front of the spider to the back of the crankplate, minus the length of the front bearing housing, should give me the total space to take up with spacers. Put half the stack between the crankplate and bearing, and the other half between the spider and the bearing, and Bob’s yer uncle… right? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Seriously, if anyone can tell me I’m wrong, I’d love to hear it before I put this thing back together. I don’t have nearly as much experience with this thing as a lot of you here. It was easier than I expected to pull the shaft and crankplate off, but I don’t want to have to do it over and over again. Oh, and Frosty, don’t sweat the digressions and stories- it’s what we do. My wife asked how was the forge meeting? I said “ABOOFSATS- A Bunch Of Old Farts Standing Around Telling Stories.” Lee Shade Tree Forge
  3. …I wasn’t paying attention when I pulled the crankplate/shaft out of the bearings, so when the spacers between components fell out and hit the dirt, I now have no idea which ones go where. Looking for any advice on this. There are three sets of spacers in differing ID/OD, but there are no obvious recesses in the bearing/housing faces to fit any of them I’m thinking it would seem logical to measure the shaft length to the backside of the crankplate, and subtract the distance between the front and rear bearing faces- that should give me some idea of how much to shim between the crankplate and the front bearing face so that the end of the shaft is flush with the rear bearing face. Where I’m stuck is figuring proper spacing between the spider and the back face of the front bearing. the friction pulley and the front face of the rear bearing. Any advice? Am I overthinking this? Many thanks, Lee
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