RE: wooden drive pulleys [TANKS]

[Rick v100 <rickv100-at-yahoo.com>]

Steve, 

Thanks for the tip. I have a tenoning jig that I have
built, it rides in the slot on my Beisenmeyer clone
saw fence. 

Are you turning the blanks on your circular saw also?

Rick 

--- SteveT44 <SteveT44-at-comcast.net> wrote:

> Rick wrote:
> 
> > When you build your drive pulleys what width and
> how
> > do you form the v section of the pulley?
> 
> I used 3/4" ply for my 3L series pulleys (3/8" wide
> belt).
> 
> To cut the v-section I mounted the plywood disk onto
> my tenon jig.  A tenon
> jig rides in the table slot and holds stock
> perpendicular to the tablesaw
> surface (see TenonJig.jpg).  The pulley blank needs
> to be mounted snuggly
> enough so it doesn't move from side to side but
> loose enough so you can spin
> it.  The saw blade is set to the correct angle and
> height for the v-section
> your using (see PulleyJig.jpg).  You then advance
> the pulley blank into the
> blade until it just starts to cut.  At this point,
> while holding the tenon
> jig in place, rotate the blank 360 degrees into the
> blade.  Advance a little
> more and repeat.  Once you get one side cut out,
> turn the pulley blank over
> and repeat the sequence.
> 
> If you don't have a tenon jig one could be easily
> made out of scrap plywood.
> 
> That's my method for cutting plywood pulleys.
> 
> 
>     Steve Tyng
> 
> 
> PS: Whenever you are doing any type of circular
> cutting on a tablesaw I
> highly recommend a carbide tipped blade.
> 
> 

> ATTACHMENT part 2 image/jpeg name=PulleyJig.jpg


> ATTACHMENT part 3 image/jpeg name=TenonJig.jpg




                
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