Richard Furrer Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Hello All, So........if you had a large gear from a machine..............about ten foot diameter......what would you do with it? Yes 120"...ten feet in diameter. Table for post-modern Knights? Sundial? Ric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matto Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Put it in the yard vertical and stare in wonder. Or use it as a climbing wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beammeupscotty Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 27 minutes ago, matto said: Put it in the yard vertical and stare in wonder. Or use it as a climbing wall. I like this idea. A gear that large is truly impressive. I remember back in the early '90s when I was working bringing ships out of mothballs to ship material to Desert Storm. One ship had to have the reduction gear housing opened and the gears checked for cracks. People flew in from all over the country, just to see a reduction gear casing opened, exposing the massive gears for inspection. It apparently rarely happens. A bit of heavy industry like the OP's gear can essentially be looked at as a work of art, especially considering that we may not even have the capacity to make such a thing here in this country anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matto Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Hear ya!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House of D Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 A massive Sundial would be pretty awesome... With a massive gnarly forged gnomon jutting from the center... Would be a terrific project for a large chunk of metal and a massive power hammer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Greetings Richard, As many know I love old machinery. My take .. It belongs standing vertical to be viewed and appreciated by itself.. A small sign to make people think.. MADE IN AMERICA ., Forge on and make beautiful things Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 This idea might involve a 'bit' of effort Set up a central shaft with rotational bearings and a thrust bearing, add a small gearbox and motor to the side and you will have a nice rotating platform to display things like cars(or powerhamers) on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Frog Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 A gear like that should stay in Wisconsin... :-) let me know if I should come pick it up..... Seriously, would love to see pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 part of a large sculpture----gear head! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud in PA Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I'd probably wind up with a hernia trying to move it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I agree with Thomas. I would Love to get ahold of a huge gear like that for a sculpture!. actually after getting rejected at the scrap yard i've been pretty jaded but if i had a huge gear like that i'd make something big. The look of the gear would determin it's purpose. a table would be awesome but you would need supporting legs that fit the look. the ideas are limitless. I cant even imagine lifting it to work with it lol. also if you make a table, you'd need industrial thrones/chairs to match. think cam shafts/ crank shafts. I'd love to see what you come up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozenforge Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I would be tempted to find a large bearing to mount it horizontally and see if I could make the wind move it with a cycloidal drive! Just the size of it as yard art would be awsome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swedefiddle Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Didn't they used to make playground Merry-go-rounds out of something like that? Then little Willy got his foot caught underneath. They didn't blame Willy, they called it Dan Gerous!! Little Willy didn't learn, He did it again!! It is impossible to control stupid!! Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumbojak Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Something that big and heavy? I'd use it as a part of a patio, slightly raised from the rest of the flagstones. Give the top face a nice shine to begin with followed by something to give it a bit of a patina (goat cheese comes to mind but I've heard orance juice works as well) followed by a nice coat of wax to seal it in. Then plant a tree in the hole for the driveshaft. The rest of the patio would be flagstones radiating outward. Perhaps old tools and smaller parts cast into concrete to look like slabs cut with fossils. Wrenches, smaller gears, maybe a few nuts and bolts too would work well. Even chain would probably look nice if you had a tumbler to shine it up first. Then treat each piece of metal in the same way as the gear and wax the stones with the tools set in them to match the big gear. In ten thousand years, as mankind emerges from the next dark age, archaeologists will marvel at the effort put into such a structure by "primitive" people. Many theories will be proposed to explain its significance, from calendars to an enormous burial monument, much like Stonehenge. If you really want to mess with future generations a metal sign - cast would be nice - written in a nonsense script would really throw them off. Think of how much effort would be wasted searching for a "Rosetta" stone? Then again, it would look really cool even if none of that came to pass. It'd brobably be durable too if there was a good undercoating on the bottom of the gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 If you could come up with a rack it'd make an impressive front gate. Bad on toes though. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I like jumbo's idea. What a great centrepiece for a patio or courtyard. A tree in the middle for shade. Spectacular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Furrer Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 weight is 19,000 pounds...made in Japan. AND there are two of them. Ric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumbojak Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Two gears? That'd mean two trees. Maybe train them to grow together and weave the trees into a sculpture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Furrer Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 Fly wheel for a line shaft shop? Ric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House of D Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 You have a pic? I'd like to see that gear. D And it would be an awesome outdoor seating area if made into the worlds coolest table...however, you would have to have quite the footings or it would soon turn into the worlds biggest and most aggravating trip hazard due to sinkage. D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Rust Henge! Gazebo/pergola---mount both of them vertically and offset by a little and run cross pieces in the gears to make the roof, then train vines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRS Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Human sized Hamster wheel that powers a single naked light bulb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Furrer Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 Take them to the top of a hill and roll them down? Ric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDarkNebulah Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Im liking KRS idea. You could actually combine both that and Richads and make it into a human sized hamster ball rolling down a hill. And PICTURES! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Gearing for your frozen margarita maker? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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