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frenchriverland
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Pouring a Babbitt Bearing

03/29/2013 11:01 AM

Hi Everyone:

My son, Will and I received a $6000 proposal to rebuild our turbine main shaft bearing. We decided to do the job ourselves. This is how we did it:

http://frenchriverland.com/index.html

I hope you and your families are healthy and prospering!!

Sincerely,

Bill Fay
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03/29/2013 11:28 AM

Wow, another wonderful and informative project posting. The only problem with your web site is that I spend way too much time looking at all your photographs and project details.

Thank you,
Bruce

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03/29/2013 11:30 AM

Very interesting. Lots of work, but the price is right.
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03/29/2013 12:12 PM

Very impressive! You are royalty in the Kingdom of DIY.
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Re: Pouring a Babbitt Bearing

03/30/2013 12:05 AM

Glad to hear of your success with the re-babbit project. I noted you mixed two types of babbit. Do you recall the chemistry?

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Re: Pouring a Babbitt Bearing

03/30/2013 3:47 AM

Great post .
I don't get to play with big engineering.
But if you ever need someone to run around getting in the way attention seeking and chasing mousies I'm the cat.

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03/30/2013 7:53 PM

OOOHH you're going to be so jealous if I ever post a picture of Mr Squeak, My wifes cat, riding around on the ol dozer and moving dirt with me!

My wife wants me to get him a little bitty kitty hard hat first though.

(Seriously fuzzhead does get up on the dozer with me some times when I am working.)

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03/30/2013 9:05 PM

If you do, that sounds like a good one for Kaplin to put on "caption this"!
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03/31/2013 2:56 AM

Not fair
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(Demands pics at earliest convenience)

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03/31/2013 1:19 PM

If the ground thaws out in the next few weeks I will be getting back to moving dirt for the new house project so I think I can get a picture of us then if that will do it for you?

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03/31/2013 1:23 PM

I'll wait with bated fish breath.

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03/31/2013 4:49 PM

If the ground thaws! My cousin post on FB that it snowed this weekend!

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03/31/2013 6:48 PM

You are rediscovering what a lot of current engineers would call lost technology. Nobody pours babbitt in house. In fact most technicians and engineers would asy "whats that?". Once again, I am absolutely amazed at what you are doing, and how you are doing it. Thanks for the update.
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04/01/2013 12:15 AM

Not so, we pour Babbitt's all the time. I have since the early 70's, just got to be in an industry that uses large slow moving shafts.
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04/02/2013 4:56 AM

Dear Mr.walt,

Right from 1977 till 1990, I was pouring Babbit Bearing, for the Steam Turbine of speed of 8250 RPM., at that time every industrial people sent only to one company, for RE-BABBITTING, who charged exhorbitantly.

My argument with my management was - God has given WISDOM and we are all qualified, responsible officers. Our M.D did not concede immediately. After persuasion, I succeeded, in my attempt.

I took extreme care right from Cleaning, and Tinning, for 3 years all steps were carried out in my presence, as I did not want to take chance and there after it became routine, and we did Pouring of Babbitt Bearing, to neighbouring Industry, also, and charged at Actuals, on NO LOSS - NO PROFIT BASIS.

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