Hey,

I've been quite busy lately with my latest project, building myself a
diesel generator set.

I bought myself a ChangFa 22hp single cyl diesel engine and an ST-10 10Kw
genhead. I live in hurricane alley (Florida) and the last season, I went
without power, twice, a week each time, no more of that crap. It so much a
pain in the ass that I'm not going to let that happen again.

The generator will also be used to power my soon-to-be built 30x30 shop.
It will be used to power my power hungry tools, tablesaw, bandsaws
(wood and metal), 6Hp 60 gal air compressor, drill press, welder,
mini-lathe, dust collection system, etc... I will wire in power from the
power company for lights and a few other outlets, so I dont have to run
the generator to use a hand drill or ???

I had to purchase a few tools too make the job easier to fabricate, A
HarbourFreight 4x6 bandsaw and a engine hoist. The engine alone weighs in
at over #500 and the genhead is at #300.

I built the generator frame using 4" channel, this is where the bandsaw
came into play! Everything was welded with a HarbourFreight 140A stick
welder. I know, me and HarbourFreight tools, Amazing what one can do with
crappy tools!

So, this past weekend I finally got the frame mounted onto the reinforced
concrete piers and the engine and genhead hoisted up onto the frame. I
bolted the engine down and without the genhead connected, fired up the
engine. It came to life using the manual crank handle, not hard at all.
I let her run for a few minutes and shut her down and did some checks,
everything was looking good, time to crank it up again and this time let
it run for a good 45 minutes or so. It was awesome to hear this beast come
alive!

I than shut her down and mated the genhead to the engine, using a
LoveJoy-150 coupler, direct drive. I am still doing some alignment of the
coupler so no power was applied to the genhead yet.

The generator home is next to my shed I built, I still need to build a
lean-to type cover for it, need to keep it out of the elements. I also
need to install and wire a fuse panel and some outlets. I'm hoping to have
everything completed by this upcoming weekend.

Picks can be seen at:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jeffgnu/my_photos
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