redheadwoodshed
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Has anyone here adapted a vertical shaft lawn mower engine to a CSM, and if you have, did you somehow increase the rpms for the chain?
Over on FF look up post by a member Pitotshock, he has a pretty neat set up, and several pages of build info.
thanks for posting this, i have been kicking around this idea for a while. beside the issue with adapting the bar and added weight i would think a 4 cycle engine would work well in this mannor. they have much more torque, can last longer and you can up the horse power much more cheaply. its easy to get ahold of a 5-6hp engine for free if you can rebuild a carb around here.
What is FF?And thanks.
I built a chainsaw mill with a 15.5 hp Kohler vertical shaft. I used a larger pulley on the motor over to a smaller one on a jack shaft. My chain speed is about 9000 rpm. I would recommend using a double pulley. No slipping that way. I use an idler pulley to engage the chain. Over all it works great. It took a lot of trial and error to gets things running smooth.
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