Vie RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Arrangement of Farm Machinery 
I have carefully read the two articles 
in The It. N.-Y. which referred to belt¬ 
ing and shaft. I now come for more in¬ 
formation. My engine is 8 h.-p. gasoline, 
12-iu. pulley rated at 500 r. p. m.; fodder 
cutter, 12-in. pulley, to run at 500 r. p. 
m. Feed mill, 19-iu. pulley, to run at 125 
r. p. m. Grindstone, lS-in. pulley, to run 
at 50 r. p. m. The building to be used as 
a shop is 16 feet square, from 7*4 to 8 ft. 
high. If these machines were yours to 
use in this building, just what equipment 
would you consider necessary to give the 
most satisfactory results i F. D. H. 
Westwood, N. J. 
' It would be advisable to test your en¬ 
gine with a speed indicator, for frequently 
after a period of use the speed of an en¬ 
gine will drop off, making it necessary to 
adjust the governor to bring the machine 
back to its original speed. If you do not 
have a speed indicator it is probable that 
one could be borrowed from a local mill- 
man for the purpose. 
The following layout of pulleys could 
be used with your engine at 500 r. p. m. 
to give the various machines the desired 
speed : Belt the engine to a 24-in. pulley 
on the line shaft, giving the shaft a speed 
of one-half that of the engine, or 250 r. 
p. m. A second 24-in. pulley on the line 
shaft could be belted to the fodder cut¬ 
ter, giving that the desired speed of 500 r. 
p. m., and the feed mill, with its 10-in. 
pulley, running at 125 i.».p. m., would re¬ 
quire a 9^4-in. pulley to drive it. A 10- 
in. pulley could be substituted for this if 
there was difficulty in obtaining the 9*4- 
in. size, as the difference in speed would 
be little, and would make no great dif¬ 
ference in a machine of this kind. 
The grindstone presents the biggest 
problem, for with its 8-in. driving pulley, 
making but 50 r. p. m., a line-shaft pulley 
of only 1.6 in. would be required to drive 
it. This size is so small that it would be 
impracticable, even if obtainable, which 
it is not. The grindstone will have to be 
arranged either by using a larger pulley 
on the grindstone, say one 15 inches in 
diameter, which would permit the use of a 
3-in. pulley on the line shaft, or as the 
other alternative, a short jack shaft could 
be erected and the speed reduced by belt¬ 
ing first to that from the line shaft and 
from this to the grindstone. A 4-in. pul¬ 
ley on the line shaft belted to a 10-in. 
pulley on the jack shaft would drive this 
at 100 r. p. m., and a 4-in. pulley on the 
jack shaft belted to the 8-in. pulley of 
the grindstone would give this machine 
the desired speed of 50 r. p. m. If the 
first described arrangement were used it 
would likely give some little trouble frorp 
the belt slipping, because of the small pul¬ 
ley on the line shaft, and it might be well 
so to place the grindstone that it would 
be driven by a crossed belt, which would 
secure a somewhat better grip on the 
small pulley. 
Looking at it from a first-cost stand¬ 
point, probably 4-ply rubber belting of 
good quality will give you the best satis¬ 
faction for this work. At the belt speed 
indicated, about 1,500 feet per minute, 3- 
in. belting should carry the power of the 
engine easily, but a 4-in. can be run a lit¬ 
tle slacker without slipping, and will last 
longer. To obtain the lengths, the best 
way is to measure directly around the 
pulleys with a tape, and if a tape is not 
convenient, a strong, non-stretching string 
can be used for the same purpose and 
afterward measured. Belt lengths can 
also be worked out quite closely by the 
following method : Add the diameter of 
the driving and driven pulley together and 
multiply one-half of this sum by 3.1416. 
To this product add twice the distance be¬ 
tween the centers of the two pulleys, the 
result being the length of the required 
belt. 
Three shaft-hangers should be used 
with the 16-ft. length of shafting re¬ 
quired, one approximately in the middle 
and one near each end. While speaking 
of the shafting, it might be advisable to 
use an 18-ft. length, letting one end pro¬ 
ject through the wall of the building, 
providing a place to belt to a pole saw or 
other outdoor machine. One and one-half¬ 
inch shafting is about as small as should 
be used, as it is more rigid than the small¬ 
er sizes, and because of this stiffness, if 
lined up properly, usually runs easier. 
As to the arrangement of the machines, 
that can best be done by yourself, plac¬ 
ing them where they will be most conve¬ 
nient to use, and where they interfere as 
little as possible with each other, doors, 
windows, etc., for with a line shaft as 
heavy as this driving such light machines 
special attention need not be paid to the 
location of pulleys, etc., to prevent twist¬ 
ing and springing of the shaft. The line 
shaft could perhaps be located over the 
center of the room, or if there is room for 
all of the machines on one side, it could 
be placed somewhat to one side, making 
the belts a little longer. R. H. S. 
An Oriental story tells of a man who 
was asked to lend a rope to a neighbor. 
Ilis reply was that he was in need of the 
rope just then. “Shall you need it a long 
time?” asked the neighbor. “I think I 
shall,” replied the owner, “as I am going 
to tie up some sand with it.” “Tie up 
sand!” exclaimed the would-be borrower. 
“I don't see how you can do that!” “Oh. 
you can do almost anything with a rope 
when you do not want to lend it,” was the 
reply.—The Christian Register. 
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