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First post. Conveyor Belt
- Thread starter FuzzNut
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Hey Fuzznuts , welcome to the site .Sounds like an interesting project you have going on . Do you have the frame and rollers for the conveyor ?
We've been looking for a place in WV for a lake house or river front place for some time now . 15 years ago we ended up going north to the Adirondacks but our search has gone back to the Almost Heaven State . Ellenburg , Rowlesburg . We just sold property in Berkley Springs .
I live up in the Fairmont area. It’s really nice around morgantown cheat lake, grafton Tygart lake, Sutton lake, summersville lake is really nice. A lot of them are state property though and you can’t get lakeside housing. A lot of nice houses along tygart river. Some along the west fork river but it’s muddy, and of course the mon river. All I know is northern WV lol
As for frame and rollers, nope I have to make it all. The old idlers at work are very heavy, like 100lb, and usually completely shot
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SNOW sucks to work in. No heat in shop either. It’s 11 degrees this morning. Was 18 when I zapped thag stand together last night. Says high of 40 today, I hope so anyways.
That metal is only 1/16th, just for testing purposes. I’ll reinforce with heavy angle or channel when the time comes
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That metal is only 1/16th, just for testing purposes. I’ll reinforce with heavy angle or channel when the time comes
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Fuzz , you would've crapped your pants if you saw what was in the dumpster today . Full 40 ft of roller conveyor with gearbox , motor , complete . We are down sizing . Wish I would have known earlier . I pulled out a 3 ton Dake AP and tagged it before it went into the dumpster though . I hope it's still their tonight as I'm packin the pickem-up truck tonight !
Oh damn! Not sure if roller conveyor would go up a big hill, but interesting!!
Got a few things done today. Tensioner setup, some supports for pulley box
Waiting on a carb for my motor. Hoping to test at least this head pulley setup for alignment and stuff next weekend
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Welded head pulley solid. Ended up welding the drive pulley on after I keyed it as well. Was going to put a set screw or two so it could be removable, but decided to just zap it since I can just bust the bearings loose and pick the whole thing off the structure.
Been debating on different setups for a belt tensioner. I had a few ideas with jack bolts and all thread with an angle track to ride along.. then i thought
Wait a minute, I can walk up 2 flights of stairs and walk across the floor to see how the pros did it !!
Square tubing with a threaded rod inside, basically like a vice
Do your guys prints look like 6yr old work too .?
The left one evidently I didn’t have aligned properly when I welded the nut to the tubing. I’m gonna cut it off tonight at work and turn another nut down when I get home to try again.
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Been debating on different setups for a belt tensioner. I had a few ideas with jack bolts and all thread with an angle track to ride along.. then i thought
Wait a minute, I can walk up 2 flights of stairs and walk across the floor to see how the pros did it !!
Square tubing with a threaded rod inside, basically like a vice
Do your guys prints look like 6yr old work too .?
The left one evidently I didn’t have aligned properly when I welded the nut to the tubing. I’m gonna cut it off tonight at work and turn another nut down when I get home to try again.
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The opposite pulley side rim was bent when I put it on, I figured I could just straiten it once I got it all together. I did that the other day at work. I have oxy fuel bottles but my oxy regulator blew out and I haven’t fixed it.
Then I cut some small notches and set angle down in to bridge the gap.
Little coat of paint for good measure
I I stretched some rubber gasket. Material over it all but I’m not real sure about it yet .. we will see
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Then I cut some small notches and set angle down in to bridge the gap.
Little coat of paint for good measure
I I stretched some rubber gasket. Material over it all but I’m not real sure about it yet .. we will see
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My drive motor was a pressure washer. I had a few different ones but I picked this one to try because it runs the best. It’s only 3.5hp, not sure if enough.
Anyways I cut the pump driveshaft off and tried to match the taper on a piece of round stock. I set the collar up in the tail stock while still holding the round stock that I tapered. Then I tacked 3 spots around it w the mig. (Prob not best to weld over your lathe but I didn’t know how else to get it concentric)
Brought it to work and burned in 2 passes with 7018 3/32 rod at 90A. A little hot but I wanted to be sure I got enough penetration, and I covered with 1/8th rods so I could turn the weld off.
So I tried grabbing the outside of the collar but I couldn’t get it very true, and I want it true to the motor shaft not the outside of the coupling. I turned a little piece of brass w a few thou interference and drove it in .. hopefully pretty strait. I marked where it was in the chuck after turning down to hopefully have the same grab.
I was gonna make an adjustable mount but I decided to just weld a solid bracket to bolt the motor to.
I kinda wish the collar was deeper to go further back on the motor shaft, but that’s how the pump was too anyways.
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Anyways I cut the pump driveshaft off and tried to match the taper on a piece of round stock. I set the collar up in the tail stock while still holding the round stock that I tapered. Then I tacked 3 spots around it w the mig. (Prob not best to weld over your lathe but I didn’t know how else to get it concentric)
Brought it to work and burned in 2 passes with 7018 3/32 rod at 90A. A little hot but I wanted to be sure I got enough penetration, and I covered with 1/8th rods so I could turn the weld off.
So I tried grabbing the outside of the collar but I couldn’t get it very true, and I want it true to the motor shaft not the outside of the coupling. I turned a little piece of brass w a few thou interference and drove it in .. hopefully pretty strait. I marked where it was in the chuck after turning down to hopefully have the same grab.
I was gonna make an adjustable mount but I decided to just weld a solid bracket to bolt the motor to.
I kinda wish the collar was deeper to go further back on the motor shaft, but that’s how the pump was too anyways.
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