Pedal Power Project#2

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="00b285a1erlcgo.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>PedalPower</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PedalPower"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Pedal Power Projects "><U>  Pedal Power Projects </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wind Power"><U>Wind Power</U></A>   |   <B>Pedal Power Project#2</B>   |   <A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MOCHS 49ERS"><U>MOCHS '49ERS</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id9.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="RMI Sodium"><U>RMI Sodium</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Pedal Power Project#2</I></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="258" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 227 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="077fad60.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="214" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <B>The second project is starting to evolve    </B></div> <div> <B>I've always had trouble trying to saw a 2x4 and cutting it so the end was square. I know that you are not supposed to force the saw, just relax and let the saw do the work...nice smooth rythm and  so forth...I've even tried marking the 2x4 all the </B></div> <div> <B>way around, using a combination square. I would saw nice and slow...and as I tried to force the saw to follow the line in one place, it would go off  on the other side! The harder I tried the worse it got!</B></div> <div> <B> Finally the only thing that really worked for me was to make a miter box large for a 2x4, (which is what I used to  saw the legs for my lathe stand.)                   </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="180" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 183 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="081faa00.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#777777" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B>  </B></FONT><B> </B><B>So I</B><B> ran across an article where a 48 inch diameter flywheel cut from a 3/4 inch particle board was used for the pedal driven sprocket to drive a small generator, to smooth out the 'jerky motion' of pedaling.</B></div> <div> <B>   So here is the basic  version of the  flywheel assisted, hand-driven saw(next version will be pedal driven or rather 'treadle driven, of course there has to be a connecting rod between the tip of the saw and the eccentric pin. The saw you see here has been replaced by a newer saw that is sharper, shorter and cuts in both directions, push and pull...twice as fast in other words! </B></div> <div> <B>  </B></div> <div> <B>(Feb.11, 2003, started and scrapped for now</B></div> <div> <B>(too cold out there today about 2 or 3 degrees!!) look for my newest project coming soon about wind energy</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="04dc5860.jpg" border=0 width="197" height="134" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>