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Old 05-20-2008, 02:59 PM   #18 (permalink)
akpilot
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Default Re: Hey soil screening builders

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Originally Posted by StrangeRanger
I'm working on this type of project too. But I've got two handicaps, mine will be made out of wood and I've got a mower engine w/ a vertical output shaft instead of horizontal.

I don't have the $$$, time or resources to weld up a nice frame, so wood it will be. I'll just have to brace it up real good.

The mower engine I'm hoping if I run it slow enough w/ a offset weighted pulley on the shaft will shake things up for me.

Who knows, this could be an utter disaster but I've got work w/ what I've got.
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I think it is possible!! I think you will want to run the the pulley in parallel with the direction on slope to reduce side-side motion, which would be hard on your frame. I don't think a vertical shaft is that much of a problem, run a long enough belt to put a 90 degree twist to put the pulley shaft on horizonal plane. Good Luck!!
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