[modeleng] Re: Mystery thread
- From: "Jeff D" <jeffdayman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:15:23 +0000
It's better on the slack side, as the bearing will be under less tension
that way and will last longer. It will work on either side though.
Good luck, Jeff Dayman
>From: Harry Wade <hww@xxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [modeleng] Re: Mystery thread
>Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:04:16 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
>
>Jeff,
>Ths isn't a saw problem, which was made in the USA, the thread problem was
>with the gearbox - David Brown/Made in UK. In any case the thread problem
>is solved as I described in my last post - I simply tapped for a new
>grubscrew. The motor drive unit is now assembled and installed and runs
>very nicely.
>
>My next task will be to fabricate the step pulleys and this brings me to a
>question for the group, which is, . . . in order to slack the V-belt for
>speed changes I plan to use an idler pulley and in thinking about that it
>occurred to me that the idler must be on the "slack" side of the driving
>pulley as opposed to the "pulling" side. Am I correct in this, or does it
>matter in the long run?
>
>Regards,
>Harry
>
>-----Original Message-----
> >From: Jeff D <jeffdayman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >This machine is Rockwell and will either be made in USA or Taiwan. It is
>very unlikely that it would have any Whitworth or cycle threads.
>
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