Powering the Pease Planer

Hey Adam,

Take and drop a few more shots in the drop-box. I hadda put it in a photo edit to see much, and even then I couldn't see what you were referring to.

I'm surprised it requires more than one flat-belt. Are there two pulleys at the bottom there, or just one, and even if two, are you sure that one is not just an idler as was commonly done on machines of this era? I thought it would stroke back and forth "automatically" so to speak.

By the way, I saw somebody with a white pick-up pulling a dually trailer hell-bent-for-election along Old #2 west of London. Maybe it was either late Tuesday or Wednesday?? Had a big old planer tied on, or something like it, although I didn't get a good look as it went by. Any chance it was you?!?!

Take care.

Brian Lawson, Bothwell, Ontario. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

I will.

There are three pulleys at the bottom, two fat ones, which are loose, on either side of the driven pulley. There are a couple of shifter loops through which the belts pass, at the end of the table travel they shove one belt off the driven pulley, and push the other one on. The shifter loops are moved automatically by the table dogs. I'll take a detail shot, just for the record.

I was the >red< pickup hauling the dually trailer. :-) By and large, I took it pretty easy, and we got back in by the tail end of Sunday. We came in by Sarnia, and went by London, so barring the color of the pickup, I guess it could have been me. Curiously enough, I was passed by a pickup hauling a 16" Ohio shaper on a trailer, just about the middle of Indiana, northbound. Seems to have been a fair bit of machinery on the move that weekend. Had a few very friendly encounters on the road, there must be more of us than we think.

I got a chance to see the radial drill I mentioned in the earlier post. Even more fascinating piece of equipment, up close. I'll correspond with the seller and make sure he is ok with my describing his setup, if he is I'll post some details. Pretty unbelievable stuff on that site. Worth the trip just for a look, never mind the party favours.

Regards,

Adam Smith Midland, Ontario, Canada

=============== In some cases the belt to the second pully was crossed to reverse the rotation.

Pullies/ratios were lower in the power stroke and higher [speed] on the return stroke. If this is a screw drive the [direction of] rotation of the screw is controlled by which clutch is engaged. Trip dogs [for the clutches] control the stroke length/position.

Unka' George (George McDuffee) .............................. Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be "too clever by half." The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters.

John Major (b. 1943), British Conservative politician, prime minister. Quoted in: Observer (London, 7 July 1991).

Hi Brian,

I've posted a few detail shots to the dropbox:

You should be able to see the shifter loops over the inside and driven in one picture, and over the outside and driven in another. The shifting is done automatically by the levers worked by the table dogs.

Regards,

Adam Smith Midland, Ontario, Canada

Hey Adam,

MUCH better pix, thanks. Strangely, to me the close-ups put the machine in better condition than the more distant shots seemed to.

And I'd be trying a modern materials belt before spending a lot on leather, even though the leather might be and look better. The material used to drive modern commercial high speed sewing machines comes to mind. Green on one side, yellow on the other, and it can be "vulcanized" into an endless loop. Any industrial and bearing supply house should carry it

Good luck..

Take care.

Brian Lawson, Bothwell, Ontario. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Glad the additional shots helped. The machine condition really doesn't seem to be too bad. The only really signifcant rust is on the table surface, and I'll be taking a light trim off the table, in any case.

Advice re belting is duely noted. I'm good with leather: back during my knifemaking years I learned to do a mean harness stitch. That doesn't mean that I'll pay too much of a premium for it though. There used to be a great leather supplier (especially industrial leather, welting and so forth) in London, but I've long since forgotten the name. You wouldn't happen to be familiar with them, would you? I will try local bearing suppliers for modern belting.

Regards,

Adam Smith Midland, Ontario, Canada

Thanks for the kind offer, but I've got good sources for "craft" suppliers of leather (which includes industrial, but of fine leather). Neither of the ones listed are the place I recall, I suspect it died years ago. I was last there probably 20 years ago or more. I'll see if Moore-Pearsall in Toronto can supply welt necks, and there is a guy at Beardmore tannery that owes me a very old favour, that may be a possibility. I wouldn't be surprised if I end up with modern belts, though, and that won't bother me too much.

Thanks,

Adam

BIG SNIP

Hey Adam,

Nope, sorry. Leather never was my forte, along with a lot of other things that also are not. But now, let me see here in the London phone book I have, but it's for outlying areas (specifically Rodney) and as such has limited stuff in the Yellow Pages.....nope, nothing under "Leather", and no white pages for London Leather (always a good try), and only two listings under Industrial Equipment & Supplies, both with 1-800 numbers..

Acklands-Grainger 1-800-345-4951

Hamisco Industrial Sales 1-800-668-9800.

I'd be asking if either of them has any, or knows somebody.

I do know a guy in Windsor that does leather crafting as a business. He may give up his suppliers name if I ask. Wanna know? I could stop in there next week some time.

Take care.

Brian Lawson, Bothwell, Ontario.

Last time I needed a flat belt for my SB-"A", I got it from CBS (Canadian Bearing Supply) Equipment, on Adelaide St. S. It was a fabric type belt. Since then I have found a multi V serpentine belt the right size that I will install as soon as I find that damned TUIT again. Gerry :-)} London, Canada