Hi from Wellington
 

Hi I've drifted over here from MM, it's good to see things are running smoothly here.

I'm in engineering but have a few car projects on the go. I've made a small reciprocating machine, a big and small english wheel and finishing off a mechanical planishing hammer. Building equipment seems to take forever but certainly worthwhile when it's time to use them.

It's great to see friendly sharing of information here, I'll help out where I can.

Clayton

Hi Clayton. Welcome. Do you mean Wellington as in NZ? Please up date your location and signature in your profile.

Clayton, welcome to the site. If you get a chance post some pictures of your wheels and reciprocating machine. Thanks for joining us.

Hi Kerry, yes Wellington NZ, where a lot of big movies are made and a long long way from anywhere!

Visiting New Zealand is on my 'bucket list' of things to do before I die.

Well you're more than welcome to call in here, trouble is Wellington isn't on the tourist route. Wellington is the capital, people come here to protest the government and make movies. The scenic stuff is in either direction.

Great to have you on board Clayton, always a pleasure to hear from the Land Down Under...

Kerry, if your bucket list is anything like mine.......Hurry up man, you're falling behind!!!!

Tuck

Are you the Clayton formerly known as ClaytonT? Even if you aren't, welcome aboard! :D

NZ huh? And here i thought I had found a metalshaping buddy closeby! :rolleyes:

Tim D.

Yeah that's me Tim, is there a Wellington near you?

My sister used to live in Wellington, Illinois. When her and her kids moved out of town they must have lost 2 percent of the population! Yes, it's a small town :lol:

Good to see you here!

Tim D.

Joe

here's my large wheel and reciprocating machine. I posted them on MM and wasn't sure if it was worth putting them up here as well.

Both machines were inspired by ideas collected on MM. I never copy anything, I always try and improve or modify to suit my planned use.

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Nice work on the machines Clayton. Since a couple of us are more or less banned and can't see photos on Randy's metalmeet and others don't go there, we appreciate you going to the trouble to post them here also.

Can you tell some details of your stub axle setup. On our 16S machine I see some deflection from the 3/4" stub axle shaft. Yours looks to be considerably larger diameter.

Tim I thought Wellington NZ was small......I just walked down Main Street using google street view......the place is dead. It's a shame because I like small towns, usually great places to bring up kids.

Ok I see now it is worth double posting these.

The stub axle started as 50mm hi tensile, turned down to 35mm for the wheel bearings. Rock solid, no flex.

I can credit you Kerry for the frame design, I just added my own touches here and there.

Here's my mechanical planishing hammer, still a bit to do.

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Yes, Wellington, IL is a "bedroom community". When my sister lived there, the local "grocery store" was run out of someone's garage. Aside from the post office, that was it! It used to be a small country town with a few businesses and some light manufacturing. Unfortunately, many of the small towns around here have ended up the same or are headed that way.

Tim D.

I thought it was kinda strange walking down Main Street, no shops?

No shops, not even a petrol station within something like 6 miles.

Nice looking machines!

Tim D.