Bought a Sorghum Mill

[tooln]

WOW that sure has come a long ways. It's looking good. Any Amish or Mennonites in your area they could be a source for the pully.

 

[rocksnstumps]

Maybe you can get a lead on something like the yesterdaystractors.com forum. Or not sure if there is a forum or webpage on thresheree/old sawmill clubs that go beyond local in your area. Gotta cast a big net. Stuff like that has unfortunately been snatched up by the scrappers and turned into toaster ovens.

Edit: or perhaps you can try to contact these guys flywheel-supply.com. Probably have to send an email as you can go to their menu and select pulleys and it brings up pics and prices for a bunch of old flat belt pulleys but no good way of searching for sizes.

 

[T-Max]

Look up Keith Rucker at vintagemachinery.org. He is always restoring old mills on his YouTube channel. He is a wealth of knowledge.

 

[Jerry-B-WI]

What was your solution for bearings?

 

[b116757]

What was your solution for bearings?

I recast the babbit bearings using lead free babbit

 

[b116757]

I have a bead on a pulley but it’s in Iowa

 

[Jerry-B-WI]

I recast the babbit bearings using lead free babbit

Did you have the bearings bored or did you shim the shafts for clearance? Did you put oil grooves in the bearings?

 

[Jerry-B-WI]

I'm curious what the sprocket is for on the second drive shaft.

 

[b116757]

I'm curious what the sprocket is for on the second drive shaft.

Outfeed conveyor

 

[b116757]

Found a flat belt drive pulley

 

[b116757]

 

[b116757]

Did you have the bearings bored or did you shim the shafts for clearance? Did you put oil grooves in the bearings?

No boring and oil grooves I did shim the shafts to get the clearance I wanted and my bearing halves fit very tightly in the housing for the main roller.

 

[b116757]

Bought another cane mill this is a Columbus No 18

 

[b116757]

One of the drums is broken loose from the shaft had been brazed sometime in the past and that repair has failed dropped it off at the guys place I work with for a little machine shop magic. I’d just as soon he turn a small steel insert to go between the shaft and drum ends and I can braze them together that would remove the stress from the simple braze repair that was done in the past.