Need some generator head info

[Cavalry]

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?

[seabattery]

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.

[LowGear]

Wow seabattery,

And no JB Weld?  Amazing!

Casey

[seabattery]

Yes actually I used JB on the gasifier fan to patch a hole and some on the VW muffler to get it just right.

Take pride in the tools you were given.
Take joy in the tools you earned.
Stay curious KID.

[squarebob]

WE need pictures. We thrive on the visual...................

Bob

[TimSR2]

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.     

[vdubnut62]

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