I had to replace a 3-step pulley on a machine -- the old one broke and
had been replaced with the wrong one which was horrible. My choices were
to make one or to buy one. I wound up buying a die cast one from Chicago
Die Casting Co. even though I knew going in the runout would be terrible.
It was. I put it on a mandrel and was able to true it up on the lathe,
though, and now it looks and runs like a 100% lathe-turned step pulley.
Only a couple of hours work instead of a couple of days, too, mostly fiddling
with setups.

I've dissed these die cast pulleys before, but now I know they have enough
pot metal in them so that they can be trued up. So, like many things nowadays,
you have to regard them as "kits".

GWE

Grant Erwin wrote:
I had to replace a 3-step pulley on a machine -- the old one broke and
had been replaced with the wrong one which was horrible. My choices were
to make one or to buy one. I wound up buying a die cast one from Chicago
Die Casting Co. even though I knew going in the runout would be terrible.
It was. I put it on a mandrel and was able to true it up on the lathe,
though, and now it looks and runs like a 100% lathe-turned step pulley.
Only a couple of hours work instead of a couple of days, too, mostly
fiddling
with setups.

I've dissed these die cast pulleys before, but now I know they have enough
pot metal in them so that they can be trued up. So, like many things
nowadays,
you have to regard them as "kits".

GWE
Good to know . Too bad decent pulleys are so pricey . Umm by the way my
wife always considered me a " kit " ;-) . At least she has dedicated
most of her life to fixing whats wrong with me .
Ken Cutt

"Ken Cutt" wrote in message
Umm by the way my wife always considered me a " kit " ;-) . At least she
has dedicated most of her life to fixing whats wrong with me .
Ken Cutt

Has she had much luck? My wife hasn't had much, seem like just getting older
and wiser changes guys more than the women! Just an observation.....
Lane

Ken Cutt wrote:
Grant Erwin wrote:

I had to replace a 3-step pulley on a machine -- the old one broke and
had been replaced with the wrong one which was horrible. My choices were
to make one or to buy one. I wound up buying a die cast one from Chicago
Die Casting Co. even though I knew going in the runout would be terrible.
It was. I put it on a mandrel and was able to true it up on the lathe,
though, and now it looks and runs like a 100% lathe-turned step pulley.
Only a couple of hours work instead of a couple of days, too, mostly
fiddling
with setups.

I've dissed these die cast pulleys before, but now I know they have
enough
pot metal in them so that they can be trued up. So, like many things
nowadays,
you have to regard them as "kits".

GWE

Good to know . Too bad decent pulleys are so pricey . Umm by the way my
wife always considered me a " kit " ;-) . At least she has dedicated
most of her life to fixing whats wrong with me .
Ken Cutt

A good source for multi-step drive pulleys and more are the cheap
benchtop drill presses from the orient. You can buy them new for $40,
and they come with two stepped pulleys and other usable hardware.
Pulleys are steel or cast iron on the ones I've looked at. I've seen
them used to make a complete drive setup for small lathes.

--
- -
Rex Burkheimer
WM Automotive
Fort Worth TX

A good source for multi-step drive pulleys and more are the cheap
benchtop drill presses from the orient. You can buy them new for $40,
and they come with two stepped pulleys and other usable hardware.
Pulleys are steel or cast iron on the ones I've looked at. I've seen
them used to make a complete drive setup for small lathes.


Seems to me like the original reason I started looking into wonky step pulleys
was because of the terrible manufacturing standards in the import drill press
step pulleys .. oh, well.

GWE

Grant Erwin wrote:

A good source for multi-step drive pulleys and more are the cheap
benchtop drill presses from the orient. You can buy them new for $40,
and they come with two stepped pulleys and other usable hardware.
Pulleys are steel or cast iron on the ones I've looked at. I've seen
them used to make a complete drive setup for small lathes.


Seems to me like the original reason I started looking into wonky step
pulleys
was because of the terrible manufacturing standards in the import drill
press
step pulleys .. oh, well.

GWE
Of course, you'd want true them up before use. Think of them as rough
castings

--
- -
Rex Burkheimer
WM Automotive
Fort Worth TX

Lane wrote:
"Ken Cutt" wrote in message

Umm by the way my wife always considered me a " kit " ;-) . At least she
has dedicated most of her life to fixing whats wrong with me .
Ken Cutt


Has she had much luck? My wife hasn't had much, seem like just getting older
and wiser changes guys more than the women! Just an observation.....
Lane


Welllll she thinks she is making progress . Why just the other day she
managed to get me to admit that toilets do indeed have seats that move ;-) .
Ken Cutt

Check with the parts department at Horrible Freight. Just pick out a
unit that has parts you like, grab the model number, go on-line to get
the parts breakdown and call them up. I needed a 1/2"+ drill chuck with
a #2 MT. I had a suitable chuck from an old drill but the best price I
could find for the 1/2"x20 arbor was $20. HF had a new 5/8" capacity
chuck with arbor for $9 plus $3 shipping. Tough to beat that price.

Rex B wrote:

Ken Cutt wrote:

Grant Erwin wrote:

I had to replace a 3-step pulley on a machine -- the old one broke and
had been replaced with the wrong one which was horrible. My choices were
to make one or to buy one. I wound up buying a die cast one from Chicago
Die Casting Co. even though I knew going in the runout would be
terrible.
It was. I put it on a mandrel and was able to true it up on the lathe,
though, and now it looks and runs like a 100% lathe-turned step pulley.
Only a couple of hours work instead of a couple of days, too, mostly
fiddling
with setups.

I've dissed these die cast pulleys before, but now I know they have
enough
pot metal in them so that they can be trued up. So, like many things
nowadays,
you have to regard them as "kits".

GWE


Good to know . Too bad decent pulleys are so pricey . Umm by the way
my wife always considered me a " kit " ;-) . At least she has
dedicated most of her life to fixing whats wrong with me .
Ken Cutt


A good source for multi-step drive pulleys and more are the cheap
benchtop drill presses from the orient. You can buy them new for $40,
and they come with two stepped pulleys and other usable hardware.
Pulleys are steel or cast iron on the ones I've looked at. I've seen
them used to make a complete drive setup for small lathes.

"Ken Cutt" wrote in message
...
Lane wrote:
"Ken Cutt" wrote in message

Umm by the way my wife always considered me a " kit " ;-) . At least
she has dedicated most of her life to fixing whats wrong with me .
Ken Cutt


Has she had much luck? My wife hasn't had much, seem like just getting
older and wiser changes guys more than the women! Just an
observation.....
Lane
Welllll she thinks she is making progress . Why just the other day she
managed to get me to admit that toilets do indeed have seats that move ;-)
.
Ken Cutt

Yeah, so...? When she wants it down, she can put it down.

I'm thinking about cutting a deal: The toilet seat will go down upon
leaving the bath room when the light switch handles go down upon leaving
the other rooms.

Lane wrote:
"Ken Cutt" wrote in message
...

Lane wrote:

"Ken Cutt" wrote in message


Umm by the way my wife always considered me a " kit " ;-) . At least
she has dedicated most of her life to fixing whats wrong with me .
Ken Cutt


Has she had much luck? My wife hasn't had much, seem like just getting
older and wiser changes guys more than the women! Just an
observation.....
Lane

Welllll she thinks she is making progress . Why just the other day she
managed to get me to admit that toilets do indeed have seats that move ;-)
.
Ken Cutt


Yeah, so...? When she wants it down, she can put it down.

RoyJ wrote:

... HF had a new 5/8" capacity
chuck with arbor for $9 plus $3 shipping. Tough to beat that price.

I assume that you kept the arbor and threw the chuck away? Bob

I'm thinking about cutting a deal: The toilet seat will go down upon
leaving the bath room when the light switch handles go down upon leaving
the other rooms.

Lane wrote:
"Ken Cutt" wrote in message
...

Lane wrote:

"Ken Cutt" wrote in message


Umm by the way my wife always considered me a " kit " ;-) . At least
she has dedicated most of her life to fixing whats wrong with me .
Ken Cutt


Has she had much luck? My wife hasn't had much, seem like just getting
older and wiser changes guys more than the women! Just an
observation.....
Lane

Welllll she thinks she is making progress . Why just the other day she
managed to get me to admit that toilets do indeed have seats that move ;-)
.
Ken Cutt


Yeah, so...? When she wants it down, she can put it down.


Always kinda wondered..... When I go there, and if I plan on sitting,
I always look to see if the seat is down..... I don't really
understand what the big deal is.. some have said that they sit on the
bare porcelain bowl because the seat was up.... obviously didn't
look. Kinda like backing the car into the garage without looking to
see if the garage door is up....
Ken.

On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 03:40:36 GMT, Ken Sterling (Ken Sterling) wrote:


Always kinda wondered..... When I go there, and if I plan on sitting,
I always look to see if the seat is down..... I don't really
understand what the big deal is.. some have said that they sit on the
bare porcelain bowl because the seat was up.... obviously didn't
look. Kinda like backing the car into the garage without looking to
see if the garage door is up....
Ken.
OTOH what is the other solid flat piece called? The lid, right?
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

Back before I retired, I was in the hangers $hithouse washing up sa it
was time for lunch.

One of the stalls was occupied, and then I heard a flush, and a
ahhhhhhhhh %^*(*&%^&%$^%$^& . The door opens up and the person was
really ****ed to say the least. It was common for us to put our hats
in our waistband with the bill between the belt loops, and since we
were military it was mandatory to always have your headgear close by.
Well it turned out this dude backed up to the john, and loaded up his
hat instead of the bowl.........

How about that old trick with wrapping the bowl with saran wrap!

On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 23:16:12 -0500, Gerald Miller
wrote:

===On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 03:40:36 GMT, Ken Sterling (Ken Sterling) wrote:
===
===
===Always kinda wondered..... When I go there, and if I plan on sitting,
===I always look to see if the seat is down..... I don't really
===understand what the big deal is.. some have said that they sit on the
===bare porcelain bowl because the seat was up.... obviously didn't
===look. Kinda like backing the car into the garage without looking to
===see if the garage door is up....
===Ken.
===OTOH what is the other solid flat piece called? The lid, right?
===Gerry :-)}
===London, Canada


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Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked!

Lane wrote:
"Ken Cutt" wrote in message
...

Lane wrote:

"Ken Cutt" wrote in message


Umm by the way my wife always considered me a " kit " ;-) . At least
she has dedicated most of her life to fixing whats wrong with me .
Ken Cutt


Has she had much luck? My wife hasn't had much, seem like just getting
older and wiser changes guys more than the women! Just an
observation.....
Lane

Welllll she thinks she is making progress . Why just the other day she
managed to get me to admit that toilets do indeed have seats that move ;-)
.
Ken Cutt


Yeah, so...? When she wants it down, she can put it down.


First 30 years to get this far lets not rush in too fast and spoil the
next 30 ;-) . After that I am fully prepared to make a small change ;-) .
Ken Cutt

On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 00:35:05 -0800, Ken Cutt
wrote:

Lane wrote:
"Ken Cutt" wrote in message

Umm by the way my wife always considered me a " kit " ;-) . At least she
has dedicated most of her life to fixing whats wrong with me .
Ken Cutt


Has she had much luck? My wife hasn't had much, seem like just getting older
and wiser changes guys more than the women! Just an observation.....
Lane


Welllll she thinks she is making progress . Why just the other day she
managed to get me to admit that toilets do indeed have seats that move ;-) .
Ken Cutt
That's nothing a good welder can't fix!!!

wrote:
On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 00:35:05 -0800, Ken Cutt
wrote:


Lane wrote:

"Ken Cutt" wrote in message


Umm by the way my wife always considered me a " kit " ;-) . At least she
has dedicated most of her life to fixing whats wrong with me .
Ken Cutt


Has she had much luck? My wife hasn't had much, seem like just getting older
and wiser changes guys more than the women! Just an observation.....
Lane



Welllll she thinks she is making progress . Why just the other day she
managed to get me to admit that toilets do indeed have seats that move ;-) .
Ken Cutt

That's nothing a good welder can't fix!!!

My wife prefers to find the toilet seat up,
she hates it to have to sit down on a wet one.
--
SATOR AREPO TENET OPERA ROTAS
Have 5 nice days! John
******************************
--- ILN 000.000.001 ---

On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 16:13:30 -0500, the inscrutable John
spake:

Welllll she thinks she is making progress . Why just the other day she
managed to get me to admit that toilets do indeed have seats that move ;-) .
Ken Cutt

That's nothing a good welder can't fix!!!

My wife prefers to find the toilet seat up,
she hates it to have to sit down on a wet one.

Some women are less flexible.
http://www.funny.co.uk/stuff/art_175...al-Toilet.html


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