Good call, Cecil. I actually have one of those couplers from the previous axle to the donor mower. Now that I am thinking of it, I see what you mean. I was originally thinking I would have to put it in a lathe (don't own one) and turn it down to fit inside the pulleys' center hole. That is a lot of work. Or I would owe someone a lot of favors for borrowing their time on a lathe.
but, not so.... weld it to the flat side, outer face of the steel pulley and I kill two birds. It fits the splines, and I now, have my offset for the belt. I could cut it shorter so the offset is not so great. good brainstorming! and i'll keep that link to that store. The only thing I am concerned about is the couplers for the axles are designed to fit sloppy. I wonder if this one fits a bit tighter? My design with the little triangles would not be a "press fit", but it would be close, and have very little play at all. I'll order a coupler anyways, to see how tight it fits compared to the axle one I already have. _Michael On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Cecil Bearden <crbear...@copper.net> wrote: > Michael: > I have attached a link to a 5/8 9 tooth coupler that might fit the shaft you > have and then weld into the pulley you are trying to adapt. > Just a thought > > http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?item=1-1495&catname=powerTrans > > Cecil in OKla > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Smith" > <mwsmotorspo...@gmail.com> > To: "blackbelly" <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info> > Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 4:47 PM > Subject: [Blackbelly] MowerZilla2,the small sickle bar mower for hay > harvesting > > >> we only have 4 acres, probably only 3 are fenced and of that maybe 1 >> to 1-1/2 grow decent pasture-grass/hay. I do encourage it's natural >> growth (rather than plowing it under or mowing it down) and have >> graduated from a dilapidated Troy-built push sickle with powered >> wheels (the 4' tall grass catches on each side and clogs the wheels), >> to cutting the Troy-built apart and trying to mount it on the front of >> my Exmark lawnmower (even worse clogging and crazy heavy), to >> this--which will do all it's cutting on the side.... >> >> >> http://mwsmith.smugmug.com/Hobbies/MowerZilla2/17256321_XrrV5F/1346471564_fgcRR3z/1346472023_zTg93jQ#1310060155_bJSnjBP >> >> I do intend to reinforce the top of the deck and cut the mower >> side-skirts off, so I can drive over grass piles. >> >> Enjoy the Rube Goldberg pictures.... >> >> -Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies. >> >> P.S. in case you're wondering, it's not even worth the price of hay >> trying to get someone in there with a full-sized swather, much less >> the fact my gates won't open that far. >> >> P.S.S. and no-- the amount of time and energy that goes into this is >> not really worth the price of hay. I just want to win this battle over >> being able to harvest my own grass. And the amount I can generate is >> just enough for the winter for 18 small ruminants. >> _______________________________________________ >> This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list >> Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info > > _______________________________________________ > This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list > Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info > _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
