One of my Christmas presents was a kit to build a ball turner for my SB 9A lathe. That went well and I practiced making ball things. I ended up with a nice pair of brass fly balls. They didn't have a home and I decided to convert one of my motors with a flywheel governor to fly ball.
There was a lot of on the fly engineering. The end result works very well. Not really any better than before but it looks more impressive.
A keen eyed observer will note that there is LOTS of run out on one flywheel. I am pretty sure that the crankshaft is failing. I have many hours of smooth running before now. I think that I was too aggressive with the timing and beat the crank to death. I will do some debug but right now the motor is in the sin bin. If I need to make a new crank I will add bigger flywheels for more coast down.
Will
There was a lot of on the fly engineering. The end result works very well. Not really any better than before but it looks more impressive.
A keen eyed observer will note that there is LOTS of run out on one flywheel. I am pretty sure that the crankshaft is failing. I have many hours of smooth running before now. I think that I was too aggressive with the timing and beat the crank to death. I will do some debug but right now the motor is in the sin bin. If I need to make a new crank I will add bigger flywheels for more coast down.
Will
