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I hear you , it's not real common . For me its been spread across 40yr of building & repairs and it's a very informal survey at that . Some time in the 90's it dawned on me that I had an old Camaro shaft in the shop for work before an it was out phase also . Since then I bet I have seen at least a couple dozen ... usually Camaro related as far as I can remember .

1310 series was pretty much standard back then in 1/2 T trucks across all the brand's for many years except Dodge . The OE rear axle is still in the truck w/a 1310 yoke and that's what he wanted to continue to run and 3" x.083 tube is the go to size for a shaft with that ctr to ctr joint length . The OE driveshaft was probably 2 3/4' x.065

Agreed , I never weld them out of phase . I don't know if the Camaro thing is sloppy work showing up 50yrs later or something they tried for a period of time but I have seen more that a few as time has gone by

Thank You !

Yes Sir ... kinda sorta , the Go Pro died at a critical moment as usual and all I had was my phone.... and BTW another clip has been discovered ! Obviously the title is shamelessly trolling the algorithm for some extra views & likes . FAIR WARINING : Since like our shit bag politicians , there basically no depth I won't sink to when it comes to pandering for attention to gain followers for this cool project ..... be prepared for more of the same .... this content is actually real and is cool .... if MORE PEOPLE were able to grasp and understand what we are doing .

@@austinmachine6622 Amen brother

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Thank you ... stay tuned more & better quality to come

Yes it is Bay 2 by choice . Because of how they are located and how small the penstock box & generator room are we elected to do that one first for best accessibility . They are identical twins ... and Bay 1's head frame & metal work is 93%(est) done . We are going to hook this one to the grid and run it and prove it out for a while . Running this one will show us if we need to make any changes.... if so we will do them and sort it all out before we instal Bay 1 .

That's a brand new dodge gear box commonly used on aggregate conveyors . Their engineering dept gave my planned usage for that gear box their blessing in that exact configuration. That aside, my personal experience has seen them be virtually indestructible & last decades on a gravel pit screening plant w/no maintenance . Time will tell . Not so sure I'm in love with the cogged gillmer belt honestly ... don't be too surprised if you see us test a pair of V belts to see if can quiet it down some . The generators were before and will remain belt drive. They were refreshed because they had been sitting for years and years . There were no outstanding issues with them ... bearings included .

@@austinmachine6622 Thank you sir !

Thanks Warren . I'm apprehensive to say that we are cautiously optimistic. We threw about everything we had at it to make it run for the 4th of July just because . We ran it about 2hrs . So far it's running about as good as we hoped it would and the gearing seems like it's pretty close .

You are welcome . I hate hack work .

Possibly, I have had a couple asks about Gaz related over the years, but nothing has ever shown up for me to actually work on .

Ok thanks for the suggestion…of course you must mean I have to buy more of them then ? Ok …Sounds good to me I’m a tool whore . At last count I have 8 different shapes & sizes of Starrett and 1 Lufkin and 1 of another brand I don’t remember name of machinist levels to use for for machine shop stuff which is on the other side of my shop . The Stanley & the hardware store angle finder is perfectly good for show & tell videos and gets the point across and not a disaster if it gets knocked on the floor.

Thanks for the comment but No thanks …I had them old junk strobe light Stewart Warners 30 + yrs ago….this PTI balancer is LIGHT YEARS ahead of them vague old bones ever hoped to be . I’m a fussy machinist my equipment is accurate and 100% tuned up . It’s not a collet chuck there is a balanced 6 jaw on both ends.

Technically he lives 2 states south of me, I suppose he didn’t know at that time…. After his disappointing experience he asked around for better alternatives and was referred to me . When he showed up it was with a 9” Ford axle for his friend that I narrowed and rebuilt the center section (see vid #394) when he brought the axle in to be worked on ,we talked about this driveshaft and another one he needed which I already built.

Yes it’s very old machine shop trick . What’s shown here is not a good example of how to go about it . It’s one of those things that’s more art than science … you have to have the feel” or have the “touch” as my old time machinist mentor told me when I was a kid 50yrs ago.

If you watch any of my other vids , you will see I’ve been at it myself for years and years…. Like 40yrs this year fixing and building driveshafts & axles right here in Maine for my customers. Thanks for watching hope you can hit subscribe and come along for the ride. I am building him a correct replacement this week.

Hahaha …well that’s what I heard Allegedly!