Well done !!
I envisioned the gear drive being a lot louder.
Greg
It certainly has that old straight-cut sound; I think the flywheel acts a bit like a bell in that regard. My original plan was to make use of the slipping v-belt (the swamp cooler came with a nice 10" pulley) - but v-belts don't like to slip, and I wanted to see if I could do something complicated rather than easy - then I found the clutch/flywheel on ebay for 20 bucks because I was worried about assisting the motor with a flywheel - et vas beshert.
I'm really pleased with how variable that clutch is; foot pressure can hold it at TDC, tap it slowly, or lock it to the motor. When I got the clutch delivered, that ring gear spoke to me - it said "how dare you consider a belt on me, look at what I am, I'm involute! INVOLUTE I SAY!
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Who am I to argue with a talking Volkswagen clutch - especially when the starter pinon was only 15 bucks?
With the motor mount I did, I can change the gear engagement; I may mess with it a bit to optimize the noise, but I probably won't
Thanks for the compliment - I'm about tickled pink with this build, thinking of different dies that I could do for it (planishing? fuller? coin?) but two years is enough. A man must accept success once in a while!
Thanks
