Belt cover lift struts

[MrWhoopee]

Brace with long slot ending in upward pointing hook. Non-hooked end of brace is attached to upper cover and pivots freely. Bolt attached to lower cover rides in slot. When cover is raised, the brace drops downward engaging bolt in hook, holding the cover open. Manually raising the brace disengages hook and allows cover to lower.

 

[Aukai]

Could this work?

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[Ken from ontario]

A lid stay is what I would use, Lee Valley sells all kinds of stays from soft down stays to friction type which is the type I prefer for that application:

https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/search#q=trunk%20lid%20stays&t=product-search-tab&sort=relevancy&layout=card&numberOfResults=25

Prices are even lower if you go to the LV USA.

 

[hman]

I simply cut away part of the upper tin. Lined the sharp edges with some sliced-open 1/4" tubing secured with silicone or GO2 (I forget which). This gave easy access to the spindle for tool changes. I also added a short length of parachute cord between the upper and lower tin, to keep the upper from flopping all the way over when I did belt/pulley changes.

PS - the roll of TP you see on the left is an idea I got from Rick Sparber (forum member). It's a handy source of material for wiping away swarf when doing a setup. Rick has also published a very handily organized belt position/speed chart, that makes it especially clear about when you have to swap the upper/lower belts.

https://rick.sparber.org/BeltPositionSign.pdf

 

[MrWhoopee]

I simply cut away part of the upper tin. Lined the sharp edges with some sliced-open 1/4" tubing secured with silicone or GO2 (I forget which). This gave easy access to the spindle for tool changes. I also added a short length of parachute cord between the upper and lower tin, to keep the upper from flopping all the way over when I did belt/pulley changes.

PS - the roll of TP you see on the left is an idea I got from Rick Sparber (forum member). It's a handy source of material for wiping away swarf when doing a setup. Rick has also published a very handily organized belt position/speed chart, that makes it especially clear about when you have to swap the upper/lower belts.

https://rick.sparber.org/BeltPositionSign.pdf

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Is that a roll of TP is see hanging off the side? That could be useful in a "pinch".

 

[jwmay]

Wow you guys are all over it! Thanks!

I'm going to try this for awhile, and see how it works out, courtesy of Francist.
Thanks again guys. They were all really good ideas. Glad to know I wasn't t the only one that thought there was a problem.

 

[hman]

Is that a roll of TP is see hanging off the side? That could be useful in a "pinch".

Also handy if you need to clean up from a cr**py machining job