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  1. #106
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    Well, in the end, the rotor for the CC needed to go into a machine shop for some work.....it is 70 years old after all!
    So somewhat miraculously, the whole unit was still very true. He chucked it up and everything was less than 2thou so he left it....he was very surprised based on the looks and age. He reestablished centres on the ends, kissed all the pertinent faces to remove burrs and dings. He touched up the main threads on the business end of the shaft but had to heavily rework the brake end threads on both the shaft and the lock nut. He reground the brake so it's now ready to be used again. The small machine screw that holds the key way in as well as the one that is part of the lock nut were completely buggered so he rethreaded those holes and inserted a new machine screw. He also pressed on the inner flange and ground its face to fix a warp and make it perfect with respect to the shaft. He also touched up the outter flange to make it mate perfectly with the inner one. Finally he got a socket head cap screw that threaded into the hole where the drive pin used to be and turned the head down so an Allen can still be used to remove it. He also cut some key stock for the shaft. $475 taxes in seemed very reasonable for the work involved. Pics below.

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    All back together.

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    A machinist can do some pretty amazing things. There's youtube channel, Abom79, that I like to watch. Better than most TV.

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    That seems like a critical part that makes sense to get checked and attended to while you have the machine torn down since it is right smack in the middle of the "business end" of the function.
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    Well folks, I'm still alive and I apologize for the long delay, but I had quite the adventure this winter. I spent about 4 months on my back with two herniated discs, only standing up long enough to visit the doctor and neurologist. It has happened before, but never to this degree and while moving the timbers may well have aggravated it, it wasn't what did it. Since I managed to get up and around again and got tentative approval from the Dr.'s to get back to some work I have been busier than a one-legged grape stomper just catching up. But I have returned to work and gathered some footage of the next steps.

    The four main tie beams are now planed and ready for layout!

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    Hey Brent,

    Sorry to hear about the back. It is so easy to lift too much or do too much. I had two herniated discs in my neck that had to be removed and and the vertibrae fused. I like to think my problem was caused by my neck having to carry around my huge head and brain all these years. My surgery was largely successful. Hope your treatment is successful also.

    TW

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    Thanks for the note Thom, I'm still getting around ok, but it's really hard to be disciplined with respect to lifting techniques, or asking for help with some of the heavy timbers. I have to remember that taking a few minutes to be smarter will still not add up to as much time as lying on my back for 4 months in agony....
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    Please be careful with your back. Once injured your back will always be at risk especially since you have herniated discs.

    Please believe me as I have a bad back( screws, links, battery, computer etc.)

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    I don't think that one-legged grape stomping pays very well...

    Seriously, 'glad you're on the mend and looking forward to the next steps of this journey both here and in the videos.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Becker View Post
    I don't think that one-legged grape stomping pays very well...

    Seriously, 'glad you're on the mend and looking forward to the next steps of this journey both here and in the videos.
    Thanks Jim, it's been a busy couple of months! Got to play.....er....use the new toy though.

    https://youtu.be/qxTmV5fINQo

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thomas Wilson View Post
    Hey Brent,

    Sorry to hear about the back. It is so easy to lift too much or do too much. I had two herniated discs in my neck that had to be removed and and the vertibrae fused. I like to think my problem was caused by my neck having to carry around my huge head and brain all these years. My surgery was largely successful. Hope your treatment is successful also.

    TW
    I meant to say how much I've enjoyed your shop thread Thom. Those scissor -style trusses are quite popular these days!

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    Time for some ,layout on the big ties!

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    I'm guessing this is definitely a "measure thrice (at least), cut once" kinda situation...
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    Prepping the tie beams for layout:

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    If anyone's interested in the different approaches to layout in timberframing, I talk about some of the popular ones in my latest video before starting to describe my approach: https://youtu.be/76Q4il-CqXw

    I'd love to hear if you found it interesting and if anything is unclear!

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    So to resurrect a thread from the catacombs....

    This project is carrying on. I ended up inches from needing spinal surgery so I had to shut down for a long time. It was a bad time....

    Then as I stated to get up and around and able to work again, covid hit and everything went bananas. The property purchase stalled when the lawyers vanished, materials were unavailable, travel to and from the property when we finally got it was forbidden.... So we ended up putting up a simpler timberframe "utility building" first to act as a dry, safe place to work while the shop went up. We have had some busy years....

    But I have just published the last of a three part video series on timberframe layout techniques for crooked, twisted imperfectly dimensioned timbers. It borrows from line rule techniques common in Asian approaches to carpentry. The links to the first two parts are in the description. It's not for the low attention span generation! The videos are slow, detailed and explicit but I know they have helped folks out. Thought some here might find it interesting: https://youtu.be/BlrQy2sKMyY

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