Saturday, July 20, 2013

The Treadle Motor assembled

I managed to get all the bits and pieces assembled for a test run. Here is a short video of the initial test run. 
It made me feel a bit uncoordinated...



I also made up a base to mount it on. Now it is time to disassemble it for final fit and finish.  


UPDATE: 
I cleaned everything up, rounded off the square corners and reassembled the motor.



I'm happy enough with the way it looks but it needs a heavier flywheel to smooth out the way it runs. 
The 3 inch aluminum flywheel just doesn't have enough inertia to make it run smoothly.
I may just start over and build a second motor using steel instead of aluminum as a flywheel. 

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