I am looking at this generator head but am a little confused. The tag states 6KW but the math on the tag works out to 5.5KW?
Is the tag KW rating the peak or running rating?
I got a 2.5kw generator head from ebay for $100 (including shipping)
Then I got a 6hp engine from Harbor Freight (also $100 on sale)
I clamped down the engine to a big trailer so it couldn't vibrate much while it ran.
I marked 3/4" from the end of the shaft with a sharpie. Then I marked 1/8" circle
from the 5/16" tapped hole in the end of the shaft.
I started the engine at low idle then I used an angle grinder with sandpaper
flap disk to shave the shaft conical at the end grinding down to the lines.
I bolted the genhead on to the motor and started it up. It ran perfectly. It has now been running daily for 3 months.
Email me at seabattery at gmail.com for pics/info if you want.
Wow seabattery,
And no JB Weld? Amazing!
Casey
Yes actually I used JB on the gasifier fan to patch a hole and some on the VW muffler to get it just right.
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Take joy in the tools you earned.
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Bob
Don't laugh guys.
When I was in high school the hands down fastest car in the school belonged to this hillbilly kid whose father was a retired mechanic. For the record it was a 71 nova with a 400 small block. (but I digress) We used to build our hotrods out of castoffs and leftovers and wrecking yard parts as there wasn't much money around. The owner had found a nice set of 11 1/2 to one flat tops for a good price, but they were .060 over, and he had a block that was bored .030. So he hand milled them on an industrial belt sander until they had the right cylinder to wall clearance! I was just completely offended, and told him it would never work. It worked just fine, much to my chagrin.
It was a legendary drag car, had 2 holley 600s on a tunnel ram and revved to 6500 all the time, every day. 4:10's in the rear and a 4 speed. Wild ride.
The same car had the legendary "Langley Locker" 12 bolt rear end ( 4 or 5 big sticks of 7018 at 150 amps, poured into the spider gears in the rear end) . But that's a complete other subject.
Quote from: seabattery on March 17, 2012, 09:29:21 AM
I got a 2.5kw generator head from ebay for $100 (including shipping)
Then I got a 6hp engine from Harbor Freight (also $100 on sale)
I clamped down the engine to a big trailer so it couldn't vibrate much while it ran.
I marked 3/4" from the end of the shaft with a sharpie. Then I marked 1/8" circle
from the 5/16" tapped hole in the end of the shaft.
I started the engine at low idle then I used an angle grinder with sandpaper
flap disk to shave the shaft conical at the end grinding down to the lines.
I bolted the genhead on to the motor and started it up. It ran perfectly. It has now been running daily for 3 months.
Email me at seabattery at gmail.com for pics/info if you want.
Hey this will work and very well too. I have a small air compressor that has been running for years using the "run it and grind & drill till it fits" method of machining.
The motor shaft broke off even with the bearing. It's now running with an old 5/8 bolt finished in the way described above.
Ron