Dragline Rebuild

[modelman]

Originally Posted by TRUCKMAKER

Wow that works nice, a lot of hard work right there, but for me that's the fun part! great job!

Thanks for your kind words. I agree, building is the fun part!!

Originally Posted by Lil Giants

So the purpose of the brass counterweight is to smooth out the start/stops? And it kinda looks like you even balanced the counterweight to offset the grub screws of it and the gear below too? What tool do you have to measure that?

That is correct joe-if I were using an electronic s.c. the flywheel probably wouldn't be needed. I have a balancer that I used to balance my props when I was racing R/C boats but the flywheel is not balanced perfectly. To do that I would need a polished stainless shaft .080" dia. about 3" long and that I do not have. I just drilled a hole opposite the set screw and there is also-2-holes drilled in the top (for extra weight if needed) but I did that with the rotary table so they are drilled and spaced correctly. The balance is close and there is no vibration.