Line Shafts and Powering Machinery
We have not always had the luxury of small, compact, powerful electric motors for powering workshop machinery. Instead, once workshops moved to having powered machinery at the start of the Industrial...
View ArticleLink with the past
After reading my article on line shafts, Evan suggested I look at the following video on YouTube. It is an excerpt from a 1981 documentary about a craftsman who is still using a water-powered (and...
View ArticleA Package
The line shaft pulleys and belts have arrived, and they are as good, if not better than their photos. Definitely showing their near 100 years of age (which is fine, in fact desired), they are a fine...
View ArticleSSYTC045 A ‘new’ tablesaw engine
At the local school fete, and the local (Port Philip) historic machinery society come each year with their eclectic collection of vehicles and machines. A few looked like they would be ideal for...
View ArticleLine Shaft Setup
It has taken just a little longer than I was expecting when I purchased some line shaft pulleys and belts 10 months ago, but I have finally had a chance to get them up and on display as I originally...
View ArticleLine Shaft Live
Probably the thing that I enjoy seeing more than anything else at Sovereign Hill, are all the line shaft driven machinery. I’d love to have a workshop straight out of the 1890s. I’d feel right at...
View ArticleThere’s gold in them thar hills
Click here to view 3D model of Sovereign Hill Click here to download Google Earth After the alluvial gold became more scarce, gold prospectors dug into the earth to continue to find the riches that...
View ArticleEpisode 117 Traditional Carriage Wheel Production
Filed under: Finishing, Podcast, Techniques Tagged: Carriage Wheel, Line shaft, Sovereign Hill, Steam
View ArticleLine Shaft Setup
It has taken just a little longer than I was expecting when I purchased some line shaft pulleys and belts 10 months ago, but I have finally had a chance to get them up and on display as I originally...
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