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CTuckerNWIL 
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Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 8:23am |
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About 40 years ago, I mounted an old washing machine motor to Dad's JD#1A corn sheller. He used it to hull black walnuts.
I got help to haul it out of the old barn so I could put it back to use. When I get done shelling about 10 bushel of corn that sat in this wagon of 3 years, I may run some walnuts thru it.[TUBE]TF9VoCph1n0[/TUBE]
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CTuckerNWIL
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Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 8:26am |
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I need a belt for the chaff fan, maybe an old singer sewing machine could donate the material for one.
Some day, I may even route the chord away from the flywheel and put a switch on it.
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john(MI)
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Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 9:29am |
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They still carry those little round leather belts for sewing machines, and you can adjust the length if you need.
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 1:02pm |
Some day, I may even route the chord away from the flywheel and put a switch on it.. NA... wait for OSHA.. Im sure they would give you DIRECTIONS !!
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Brian F(IL)
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Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 4:11pm |
I'm probably gonna regret this, but I gotta ask...
What are you doing with the corn cobs?
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Dave H
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Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 4:53pm |
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Charlie, how is the pulley mounted on the inside of the big wheel on the sheller. Or is it a factory deal.
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LouSWPA
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Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 6:23pm |
[QUOTE=Brian F(IL)] I'm probably gonna regret this, but I gotta ask...
What are you doing with the corn cobs? [/QUOTE used in the out house!
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I am still confident of this;
I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27
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LouSWPA
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Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 6:25pm |
 CTuckerNWIL wrote:
I need a belt for the chaff fan, maybe an old singer sewing machine could donate the material for one.
Some day, I may even route the chord away from the flywheel and put a switch on it.
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Charlie I've seen guys use cloths line, or similar, just wrap it around, tie a good square knot. seems to work for lite loads like running a fan
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I am still confident of this;
I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27
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DiyDave
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Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 6:29pm |
Phew, for a minnit there, judging by the title, It beats cranking by hand, I thought the thread was goin in an entirely different direction!  It beats cranking by handIt beats cranking by hand
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Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 6:41pm |
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Never heard IT called "cranking".
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CTuckerNWIL
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Posted: 29 Oct 2019 at 9:03am |
The cobs went on a big ash stump and got burned. If I had a couple hundred bushel to shell, I might have enough to burn the stump down half way. Dave, I'll have to look, but I think there is a flat belt pulley on the inside of the flywheel. If the belt is tight enough to get it rolling, it works just fine.
I googled a new leather belt, and a replacement for the John Deere lists for 12-25 $
You can buy the same belting in a 72 inch length for a sewing machine for $2 to $6 and cut it to length.
I got about 4 bushel dumped in the basement yesterday, filled the stove up last night and the fire was out this morning when I woke up.
First snow, and coldest it''s been since last spring, and my feed auger isn't feeding. Now I have to vacuum out the hopper and check for a jam, then probably open the back of the stove up to see if the set screw on the motor shaft came loose.
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