Show Me Your Drum Balancing Mandrels!

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Tim Rogers
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Show Me Your Drum Balancing Mandrels!

Post by Tim Rogers » Mon Jan 18, 2021 3:09 pm

Going to balance my transmission drums and would like to see what you have used...

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Re: Show Me Your Drum Balancing Mandrels!

Post by RajoRacer » Mon Jan 18, 2021 3:30 pm

That's what I have & use for any part that rotates - mine is a Sundstrand balancer.

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Re: Show Me Your Drum Balancing Mandrels!

Post by Rich Eagle » Mon Jan 18, 2021 3:35 pm

These are made from seamed pipe and I had to drill holes to balance them. I use 2 transmission shafts for the drake drum.
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When did I do that?

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Re: Show Me Your Drum Balancing Mandrels!

Post by Steve Jelf » Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:26 pm

I borrowed a lathe at the juco to make these.

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Re: Show Me Your Drum Balancing Mandrels!

Post by Dan McEachern » Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:53 am

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Re: Show Me Your Drum Balancing Mandrels!

Post by Allan » Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:18 pm

Mine work like Steve's. One has two different size tapers, and is reversed to fit different bushes. I do not have a fancy factory made set of balancing wheels. I hand ground the back edge of two 14" hacksaw blades to make knife edges. These are bolted to a frame using the original blade mounting holes. When balancing, I set the frame up on the level, and the drums roll on the knife edges till the heavy spot is at the bottom.
The frame is tall enough that I can mount a flywheel assembly using two transmission shafts, and those shafts become the mandrel on which the assembly rotates.
Hope this helps those without the balancing wheel equipment.
Allan from down under.

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Re: Show Me Your Drum Balancing Mandrels!

Post by Mark Gregush » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:24 pm

I have not done drums, but for flywheels I too use the knife edge like Allan. I took a paper cutter blade that I cut in half and mounted to a frame I can level.
I know the voices aren't real but damn they have some good ideas! :shock:

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