Conveyer Build

[Rvjimd]

Thanks for the tips guys! I'm headed out to the shop now to check on that stuff and try a few of the suggestions.

Jim

[Rvjimd]

I made two new end drums and crowned them on my sophisticated lathe. oh, wait, I just chucked them in the drill and used a wood chisel. worked good enough I guess cause the belt tracks really good now! Thanks a BUNCH for that tip! I even took the belt off my bench top belt sander to see how much crown it had. Not enough for me to notice it until today, but when I put a straight edge on it, looked like about 1/32 at each end of the four inch wide rollers.

Here is the third test video. I hope I can get this sucker working sometime Sunday. I still need to widen the frame a bit to fit the new belt. And, I think I want to slow it down a bit more. Not sure how I'm gona do that, cause I don't want to put a bigger spur gear on it and I don't think I have a bigger crown gear.

http://youtu.be/W2iv_fd8XIc

Jim

[Rvjimd]

Today. Saw good progress with the conveyor belt!

I had always told myself maybe the rubber I was using was too heavy and stiff for the narrow scale. So, I cut up a light weight 26" bike tube, glued the butt ends together with CA, added a small splice piece and it seems to hold pretty good. I don't have a lot of tension on it. One pic you can see the splice. Also, the tube is cut to favor the natural curve or the tube so it follows a nice concave on the machine. I don't think I'm gona need rollers now.



Added a in feed bin, made from tin flashing.


Splice joint in the belt.


http://youtu.be/pE0RhldRzh0

Jim

[Rvjimd]

Here is a video clip loading from the stock pile into the conveyor/stacker to the barge loading pile.

http://youtu.be/kapvscN0GuA

Jim

[Rvjimd]

Here is a video loading a barge using the new conveyor. Got some paint on it and moved the legs down to setup for barge loading

http://youtu.be/nMDasxKSxOw

Jim