Recent content by Splashman

if it's a 2 cylinder 2 cycle points sled motor all you need for it to run are 2 wires. Each coil needs a power wire. Find the 2 wires that power up when each cylinder is at TDC. They should power up oppisite of each other. Then to kill the motor all you need is a switch that connects those 2...

Welding rocks. I love it. It's a true art form. but man, I don't think I could do it all day every day. I have a great respect for people like yourself.

I'm an electrician by trade. Been working in machine automation for the last 10 years in one form or another. Mostly fabrication, penumatics and PLC programming) Curently working for a high end Kitchen Cabinetry company. I'm the maintenance supervisor/ machine builder / fabricator.

here's the only pic I uploaded so far. I was showing my buddy the clutch set-up

I scrapped the whole idea. I mad a nice traditional 2 idler pulley belt clutch.

LOL when I first got it I threw it together just to go up to our cabin and play around. Put in the 3 speed and redid the clutch and the pulley ratio. Not much braking capability. I ran it into a big stump :ack2: So I brought it home and decided to do it right.... well right with out spending a...

good answers. I'll stick to the regular old jack shaft clutch. Thanks guys.

I know it isn't ideal, but I just kind of thought it would be interesting. I have a few old air conditioning pumps laying around with 12 VDC V-belt clutch pulleys on them. I was wondering if I isolated the pulley, mounted it to my 11 HP briggs engine and used it to belt drive my transaxle would...

Hey Guys and Gals. Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Joe, I'm 29, and love building goofy contraptions. I'm into rock crawling and have a buggy / Jeep that I built from the ground up. There is nothing left on the Jeep that I have not modified. My latest goofy project started life as...