Original poster: DRIEBEN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Scott,
The only picture that I have off hand is
the 8th picture down on my webpage at:
http://www.dawntreader.net/hvgroup/david/gm
As you can see in the picture, the 3 bolts
fasten the rotor disc directly down to the
flat faced end of the bushing. Unfortunately
you can't see the bushing itself, as its view
is completely blocked by the disc itself. I am NO
machinist so I don't know if there's another
essential part that needs to be in place with
the bushing or not, but I do know that this
setup works quite well for me at holding
the disc very firmly in place with no wobble.
David Rieben
----- Original Message -----
From: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, May 13, 2006 11:06 pm
Subject: Re: SRSG - rotor attachment
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Original poster: "Scott Hanson" <huil888@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> David -
>
> I'm still not clear on the components you used.
>
> Looking at the Browning split taper bushings, I can see that they
> have a cylindrical bore (with keyway) that slides onto the motor
> shaft, a flange with three equally-spaced holes, and an external
> taper on the "body" of the bushing, also with a keyway. The
> bushing
> body is split so that some "additional part", with an internal
> taper,
> will clamp the split bushing to the motor shaft as the two mating
> tapers are forced together. Apparently the Browning adjustable
> speed
> drives that these taper bushings are designed for have this
> "additional" part as an integral part of their input shaft. I
> believe
> that the three holes in the flange and the three bolts supplied
> with
> the bushings are used to pull the bushings into the "additional
> part", which then forces the mating tapers together and clamps the
> split part of the bushing onto the motor shaft. The action of
> these
> mating tapers applies a compressive force of hundreds or thousands
> of
> pounds between the taper bushing and the motor shaft, creating a
> very
> strong connection.
>
> Since the "other half" of this split-taper bushing system seems to
> be
> an integral part of the Browning adjustable speed drive, what did
> you
> use to clamp the split bushing to the motor shaft?
>
> Do you have a photo of the completed coupling, with RSG disk
attached?
>
> Regards,
> Scott
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 1:34 PM
> Subject: Re: SRSG - rotor attachment
>
>
> >Original poster: DRIEBEN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Scott,
> >
> >I did not actually get my bushings from McMaster-Carr,
> >but rather from Grainger. Grainger has a local distri-
> >butor in my hometown, so I just went there and picked
> >up one instead of ordering. I'm looking at an old Grain-
> >ger catalogue (2000-2001) on page 325 and they have quite
> >a selection of them. The manufacturer is Browning and they
> >have them for shaft diameters from 3/8" all the way thru
> >5". I simply centered and drilled three holes in the ro-
> >ary disc that matched up to the three holes in the bushing,
> >then simply fasten the disc to the bushing with the bolts
> >that are provided with the bushing. This has proven an
> >effective way to fasten the disc to the motor shaft for
> >me and, as a matter of fact, I picked up the split taper
> >bushing idea right here from the Tesla list (sorry, I
> >can't remember exactly who it was).
> >
> >David Rieben
> >
> >PS - The Grainger supplier may ask which company you're
> >with as they do not generally sell to the general public.
> >I simply told them who my employer was and sure enough,
> >my employer had an account with them. Of course, I paid
> >for it with MY OWN cash ;^) Of course, Grainger also
> >has a webpage: www.grainger.com