Greg, you are basically correct.
Grinding is the process, but not like you do it on a bench grinder. Very
precise "turning" of the throw to a smaller size, with the center being 1mm
further out from the center. Pretty standard when doing "stoker" engines.
Carl
-----Original Message-----
The simplified(?) picture in my mind involves shaving
metal off of one side of the throw shafts (if that's
the right terminology, the shaft section that the con
rods connect to - I'm a technical geek, but not much
of a gear head) gradually tapering the grind to keep
the shaft round. This would shift the center of the
throw shaft out by half the distance of the maximum
thickness of metal removed. If that makes sense, and
is actually what you propose, then I'm amazed that it
can be done at all, let alone be regarded as a
relatively safe approach.
I don't see how any other metal shaving anywere on an
existing the crank shaft would do anything to change
the stroke. Though I am willing to be enlightened.
Greg
_______________________________________________
vfr mailing list
vfr@xxxxxx
For subscription and delivery options:
https://lists.cs.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/vfr