[Syrupmakers] horizontal mill repair

[Tracy Baudoin (tbaudoin)]

Richard / Loyd,

Why don't you have it spot welded in 3-4 places?  This might prove a
better bond than a single pin and could always be ground-off if the
shaft ever needed replacing.  The only difficult part might be finding
the right rod for the potentially dissimilar metals.

 

If you're concerned about grinding the inner curve of the shaft, and if
you have enough room, add a piece of spacer metal to the lip of the
roller (around the shaft) and tack that to the shaft...the spacer would
be sacrified if you ever had to grind it off.  It could potentially be
as thin as 1/16 in.

 

Of course, all of this assumes that either the roller broke free on its'
own or the shaft was too far gone to salvage.  I can't see any other
reason to want to separate them.

 

Tracy Baudoin

 

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From: syrupmakers-bounces at syrupmakers.net
[mailto:syrupmakers-bounces at syrupmakers.net] On Behalf Of Richard
Harrison
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 6:29 AM
To: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net
Subject: RE: [Syrupmakers] horizontal mill repair

 

Loyd,

   Pray tell, why would you want to remove the shaft from the roller ? 

   I have a feed roller from a horizontal mill which the shaft and
roller apparently separated on its own and was repaired by drilling a
hole through shaft and roller and installing a pin to keep the roller
and shaft turning at the same time. I question if the repair job is
sufficient to hold under use and have never tried it.

                               Richard Harrison

loyd arthur <prairierose91 at hotmail.com> wrote:

	          We have a Alexander 43 horizontal mill the bearings
are in need of repair. I have read here that some use derlin. When they
do do they melt all the bearing surface down to the cast iron or just
the babbit. Also how is roller, (especially the top) attached to the
shaft and what is the best way to pull the shaft from the roller?
Thanks Loyd D. Arthur    

	
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	Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:41:29 -0700
	From: rharrison922 at yahoo.com
	Subject: Re: [Syrupmakers] The scoop on thinning sorghum cane
	To: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net

	Keith,

	    I grew sorghum a couple of years, but am no expert either.
But, recommended thinning rate here was to have a stand about 8-12
inches apart--ideally, with 12 inches preferred. I found that small
diameter stalks of sorghum could easily have as much juice as a large
diameter stalk because the larger stalk would be pithy.

	    Also, I took the liberty to change the title of this topic a
little. I hope others copy the subject line so as to avoid any confusion
by sugarcane growers. As pointed out by us sugar cane growers, we don't
thin sugarcane--only sorghum. More often we don't have a thick enough
stand of sugarcane, rather than too thick ! A few varieties grow a
little thick and for that reason some of those varieties are avoided.
Sugarcane growers and syrupmakers like to have stalks with appreciable
diameter so it doesn't take so many to get the juice wanted for
syrupmaking. Most of us would rather strip and cut LESS stalks to get
our job done...And of course sorghum is even MORE labor-intensive.

	    We didn't get adequate rain here in NW FL this year for good
growth of sugarcane. Drip irrigation came in real handy this year ! 

	
Richard Harrison
	
	Keith Kinney <kkinney at herculesengines.com> wrote:

		Joe
		When you thin your cane what distance do you leave
between the stalks?
		Thanks.
		Keith

		 

	 

	
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