Before the cheap electric motor, it was usual to run machines in a shop from a central engine (steam, water, hamster wheel) with a big endless belt running over head. At each machine, a second belt c
Line shaft. The central engine turned a shaft that had pulleys on it with belts down to each piece of equipment. I had a 12" jointer made in the early 1920's that was set up for line shaft operation,
You mean an overhead drive shaft (or in larger factories there'd be a series of them running parallel over the shop), each turned by an endless belt, right? I've heard them called overhead drive shaf
David, All I've ever heard it called is "line" for in-line. We had a 1906 Lodge and Shipley Line lathe. It had a stepped drum for the belt to go up to the overhead drive shaft. The lathe was modified
Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 19:05:25 -0600
*Line Shaft is the usual term for sure.* *I had the pleasure of attending the Pawnee Oklahoma steam tractor meet a couple of years back and I was delighted to find that they also have a steam powered
Cool! AGSEM in Vista, CA also has a line shaft setup, but they use a gas engine to turn it and only had blacksmiths working last time I saw it. There's a lathe in the corner, but I've never seen it
Some people are still using them. If you go to owwm.com (Old WoodWorking Machines), several of the people on the old woodworking machines forum have lineshafts set up in their shops to run their vint
Yes, a line shaft system.....a wonderful thing to see and hear in motion. It made a building "alive".... _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Donate: http://www.te
My uncle, who has long since past, was a tool and die maker for GM. I remember him telling me that they would bump the belts from the lines shaft to the machine by hand to change machine speeds. They
Now days, wouldn't OSHA just have a field day with that?!?! == My uncle, who has long since past, was a tool and die maker for GM. I remember him telling me that they would bump the belts from the li
Before the cheap electric motor, it was usual to run machines in a shop from a central engine (steam, water, hamster wheel) with a big endless belt running over head. At each machine, a second belt c
Line shaft. The central engine turned a shaft that had pulleys on it with belts down to each piece of equipment. I had a 12" jointer made in the early 1920's that was set up for line shaft operation,
You mean an overhead drive shaft (or in larger factories there'd be a series of them running parallel over the shop), each turned by an endless belt, right? I've heard them called overhead drive shaf
David, All I've ever heard it called is "line" for in-line. We had a 1906 Lodge and Shipley Line lathe. It had a stepped drum for the belt to go up to the overhead drive shaft. The lathe was modified
Author: eltonclark at gmail.com (Elton E. (Tony) Clark)
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 19:05:25 -0600
*Line Shaft is the usual term for sure.* ** *I had the pleasure of attending the Pawnee Oklahoma steam tractor meet a couple of years back and I was delighted to find that they also have a steam powe
Cool! AGSEM in Vista, CA also has a line shaft setup, but they use a gas engine to turn it and only had blacksmiths working last time I saw it. There's a lathe in the corner, but I've never seen it
Some people are still using them. If you go to owwm.com (Old WoodWorking Machines), several of the people on the old woodworking machines forum have lineshafts set up in their shops to run their vint