Home-made Electrical ApparatusMorgan, Alfred Powell
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Home-made Electrical Apparatus
Morgan, Alfred Powell
Electric apparatus and appliances -- Amateurs' manuals
*The Driving Pulleys* are shown in Figure 8. They are not so easy to
make as the small pulleys attached to the plates. They are turned out of
wood and should be both alike. The exact shape and dimensions are shown
in the illustration. The hole through the centre should be a scant
three-sixteenths of an inch so that the pulleys will force onto a 3/16
rod very tightly.
*The Crank* is bent out of a piece of brass or steel rod about seven
inches long. The straight portion, forming the shaft upon which the
pulleys are mounted, is three and seven-eighths inches long. The portion
at right angles to this, forming what is known as the "throw" of the
crank, is one inch and seven-eighths. The part forming the crank handle
is one inch and one-quarter long.
[Illustration: FIG. 6.—Details of one of the Uprights which support the
Plates, Driving Pulleys, etc. These, being made of wood, should also be
dried and shellaced so that they cannot absorb moisture.]
The driving pulleys are placed between the two standards with the small
projecting portions or "bosses" nearest the uprights. The straight
portion of the crank should then be slipped through the hole in the
front upright and driven tightly into the driving pulleys. The driving
pulleys should fit so tightly onto the shaft that they will not slip.
The end of the shaft should project through the pulleys far enough so
that is rests in the hole in the rear standard.
The holes in the uprights or standards should be just large enough so
that the shaft will turn freely. The driving pulleys should be lined up
so that the groove in each comes directly under the groove in the
corresponding pulley attached to the plate above.
*The Belts* consist simply of heavy cotton cord. The rear belt should be
crossed so that the rear plate runs in the opposite direction from the
front plate when the crank is turned.
The electricity is collected from the sectors on the plates by two
*Collectors.* These are illustrated in Figure 10 and consists of a piece
of 5/32 brass rod, about six inches long, bent into the shape shown. Two
small tufts of "tinsel" are soldered to the U-shaped portion of the
collector so that when the latter is placed in its proper position on
the machine, they will brush against the tinfoil-sectors as they pass
when the plates revolve.
[Illustration: FIG. 7.—Showing the Two Uprights in position on the
Base.]
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