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« on: October 06, 2024, 12:20:59 pm »
Continually adding more things to my plant.  This weekend added a lineshaft from some spare parts I got from Charlie. The stanchions he gave me along with the rod, which I cut down to size, and found some pulleys online in which I soldered to the shaft rod.

It works very good!   Demo below:




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Re: Lineshaft
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2024, 04:55:23 am »
Travis, that is getting to be one "Busy" plant..."love it"
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« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2024, 07:03:21 am »
Quote from: St Paul Steam on October 07, 2024, 04:55:23 am
Travis, that is getting to be one "Busy" plant..."love it"

Thanks, Bruce.  Yeah, a lot is going on.  Took a lot of thought to get everything fitting right.  Didn’t originally plan for so much on it but it worked out.  Still have room for a dynamo connected up to the Lineshaft.  Hmm…
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« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2024, 07:28:19 am »
Looks great Travis!
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« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2024, 10:07:21 am »
Quickly running out of real estate to add more goodies. Like the looks of that!
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« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2024, 08:00:55 pm »

Here’s a cool photo from the rear.

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Re: Lineshaft
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2024, 08:20:59 pm »
Be a massive job, but have you thought of lagging those couple of miles of PMR piping?
I use Keith Appleton's method....be warned it gives your fingers RSI after awhile!

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« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2024, 09:50:50 pm »
Quote from: Jim on October 07, 2024, 08:20:59 pm
Be a massive job, but have you thought of lagging those couple of miles of PMR piping?
I use Keith Appleton's method....be warned it gives your fingers RSI after awhile!



I could, but I like the brass. I could’ve saved about $750 dollars U.S., by using copper pipework like Keith Appleton, but I elected for
Brass pipes.   PMR charged an arm and a leg for the pieces especially speciality pieces, and it adds up FAST!
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« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2024, 12:38:59 pm »
Here is a cool new video showing all angles:


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