Steel cable transmission

[lab-dad]

Thanks Peter!
I am enjoying your stone lessons, hoping to use what you have taught me!

Gears, pulleys, and all sorts of wonderful parts can be found here;
http://www.sdp-si.com/

-Marty

[Design-HSB]

That is nearly true, but Volker himself is the team    All I could contribute was a drawing and some mesurements!

BTW: He created that virtually overnight - I could hardly believe it!

Hello Peter,

on the image of the base and the side frames of you to see.
Yes, the parts of you have become excellent, so I saw it as teamwork.
I was already clear that the wheels are just like my lamp housing alone by Volker.

[Peter_T1958]

Hello gents

Martys wonderful Shay in mind I moved to brass for my recent attempts too, as the cast parts for the bearings have really unconventional shapes.  Here some in-progress pics ...








Cheers, Peter

[Ray Dunakin]

Nice job on the brass! The whole thing is looking great.

[5thwheel]

Very nice metal work.

[Hydrostat]

Very clean work. I especially like the strange shaped item. How did you achieve the shapes?

Volker

[Malachi Constant]

The stonework and the new details look fantastic!  -- Dallas

[finescalerr]

Satisfactory. -- Russ

[lab-dad]

WOWZERS!
The soldering looks like tine weld fillets!
I have no idea what we are looking at but they sure are nice.
Kind of reminds me of some sort of waterfall art.

-Marty

[Peter_T1958]

Very clean work. I especially like the strange shaped item. How did you achieve the shapes?
Volker

Hi Volker
It is brass cut from Tamiya Masking Tape patterns, hammered over a wooden form:

WOWZERS!
The soldering looks like tine weld fillets!
I have no idea what we are looking at but they sure are nice.
Kind of reminds me of some sort of waterfall art.
-Marty

Thanks Marty
The traces of hand-made work have to disappear, as these "balconies" were, in fact, cast-iron fittings supporting the bearings of the vertical shafts and their bevel gears (see photo below). I will have to round off sharp edges and corners with some sort of putty.
I do not know exactly what type of putty will work on brass



Peter

[5thwheel]

Peter,

A smal jeweler's file should work for rounding off the edges and corners. 
To give a cast iron look give them a very light , orange peel finish followed by a very light spray from at least 18" away.  Allow to dry some then repeat the light spray. This will build up in tiney spots that look like a casting. For aged bare casting look use alternate red (brown) primer and black (charcoal) primer then follow the rusting methods used on this forum.

[Chuck Doan]

Nice metal work!

[Design-HSB]

I do not know exactly what type of putty will work on brass

Hello Peter, I would take 2K cream body filler. (Autospachtel)

[Juke Joint]

"world class modeling and world class forum"

blown away!

nuff said!

[Peter_T1958]

Some weeks ago, at least I received some better scans from the local archive. The first enjoyment has been quickly followed by some disillusionment: my interpretation of some of the details (e.g. the cast parts for the bearings) do not match exactly. How much time I had put in this work... 









But I did not hang my head, focused in the meantime on one of the large gear wheels a an exercise how to do all the other bevel gears.

Here some pics:









Hope to show some casting results soon!
Peter