Sailingsaves
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IGNORE ALL OF BELOW: I popped out and used the long handle, I was using a 12 inch tommy bar. Windlass works fine BUT how stiff should the movement be?
Make a loud clacking noise as bronze cogs do their ratchet thing and with one foot holding windlass down, I have to use the 3 foot or whatever handle to get the drum going - feels like same tension both ways - is this normal is now the question, not the twaddle below, thanks.
I am rebuilding a manual windlass - looks immaculate, but something is wrong. It was working apparently a year ago and has not been touched since.
All comes apart ok although I have not taken rope drum off, but the shaft does rotate freely in the bush.
All parts now seem to move freely, but when wingnut is tightened and I attempt to winch in, the lever and gypsy only moves one way, seems locked other way and it should do as this video shows at 1.5 minutes as you know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64IP8U_n29U
http://www.lofrans.com/product.php?id=9&categoryId=1 click on parts list for diagram.
It may be that I am being really dumb (happens a lot lately). But looking at Gordon's excellent photo in this thread:
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthrea...-part-rotate&p=5417366&highlight=#post5417366
does show that my shaft seems to have a key way that bronze 'cogs' lock onto towards the RIGHT HAND SIDE as opposed to left hand side in Gordon's diagram.
Impossible for me to have shaft wrong way round as threaded at one end.
As I understand it, when about to haul anchor, tightening the gypsy clutch is just so gypsy 'locks' onto shaft. The bronze cog on rope side is always locked into that crown wheel. There is a spring between this cog and other cog that can engage and disengage gypsy side crown wheel.
I figure, moving handle forward, turns that crown wheel forward and therefore crown wheel turns top and bottom 'wheels' (cogs - whatever) and thereby turn gypsy side crown wheel backwards - great (if I have that right).
Moving, handle aft, should continue to move gypsy backwards but HOW?
If handle side crown wheel moves backwards I can see that top and bottom cogs will move gypsy crown wheel forwards, so I assume the bronze cogs attached to the shaft that is moving backwards must come into play, but how are the top and bottom cogs made redundant in this scenario - if I have any of that correct.
I believe I have the bronze cogs correctly orientated.
Can anyone describe how this simple mechanism can work and thereby show me how simple I am becoming?
Has my rusty spring had it?
Thanks
Make a loud clacking noise as bronze cogs do their ratchet thing and with one foot holding windlass down, I have to use the 3 foot or whatever handle to get the drum going - feels like same tension both ways - is this normal is now the question, not the twaddle below, thanks.
I am rebuilding a manual windlass - looks immaculate, but something is wrong. It was working apparently a year ago and has not been touched since.
All comes apart ok although I have not taken rope drum off, but the shaft does rotate freely in the bush.
All parts now seem to move freely, but when wingnut is tightened and I attempt to winch in, the lever and gypsy only moves one way, seems locked other way and it should do as this video shows at 1.5 minutes as you know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64IP8U_n29U
http://www.lofrans.com/product.php?id=9&categoryId=1 click on parts list for diagram.
It may be that I am being really dumb (happens a lot lately). But looking at Gordon's excellent photo in this thread:
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthrea...-part-rotate&p=5417366&highlight=#post5417366
does show that my shaft seems to have a key way that bronze 'cogs' lock onto towards the RIGHT HAND SIDE as opposed to left hand side in Gordon's diagram.
Impossible for me to have shaft wrong way round as threaded at one end.
As I understand it, when about to haul anchor, tightening the gypsy clutch is just so gypsy 'locks' onto shaft. The bronze cog on rope side is always locked into that crown wheel. There is a spring between this cog and other cog that can engage and disengage gypsy side crown wheel.
I figure, moving handle forward, turns that crown wheel forward and therefore crown wheel turns top and bottom 'wheels' (cogs - whatever) and thereby turn gypsy side crown wheel backwards - great (if I have that right).
Moving, handle aft, should continue to move gypsy backwards but HOW?
If handle side crown wheel moves backwards I can see that top and bottom cogs will move gypsy crown wheel forwards, so I assume the bronze cogs attached to the shaft that is moving backwards must come into play, but how are the top and bottom cogs made redundant in this scenario - if I have any of that correct.
I believe I have the bronze cogs correctly orientated.
Can anyone describe how this simple mechanism can work and thereby show me how simple I am becoming?
Has my rusty spring had it?
Thanks
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