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<blockquote data-quote="davidd" data-source="post: 29458" data-attributes="member: 1177"><p>The type of starter depends on your needs. Car rollers do not sound like the solution, but if you can find a set cheap, you could convert them to electric. The Foxley type starters are good, but in general it takes two to work. I will assume you want to continue on the path you have set out. </p><p></p><p>I do not think the belts will work. The momentary loading is tremendous. I used motorcycle chain and I found that the chain sprockets were reasonably priced. I used boat trailer rollers which were cheap, easily available and "V" shaped for some centering action. </p><p></p><p>Adhesive sand belts will not work. I have seen lots of rollers done this way and it simply comes off or wears off. I had to go to expensive rollers because I needed something that had traction in the salt as well as moisture. A morning dew or wet driveway will render the rollers useless. The slotted steel rollers seem to do the best in all thes conditions with no maintenance. If everything is inside the same dry building, boat rollers work fine. If you use flat rollers you may want to add guide rollers to center the wheel. Additionally, a backstop roller is nice. I do not need one, but when someone else uses the roller and they fail to take thier foot off the swith in a timely fashion, the rollers can spit the tire off the back. If the rollers are mounted in place make sure that there is a wall as a backstop. Test out the positioning so that if things go wrong there is room to recover.</p><p></p><p>You will need a foot switch. It should be rugged and it is good if it is heavy. Sand paper on the bottom of this will work.</p><p></p><p>The bearings on mine were two dollars each brand new from a surpluss center. Someone of the forum may be able to direct you to one.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af300/daviddunfey/100_0111.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af300/daviddunfey/DocZ_1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>David</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davidd, post: 29458, member: 1177"] The type of starter depends on your needs. Car rollers do not sound like the solution, but if you can find a set cheap, you could convert them to electric. The Foxley type starters are good, but in general it takes two to work. I will assume you want to continue on the path you have set out. I do not think the belts will work. The momentary loading is tremendous. I used motorcycle chain and I found that the chain sprockets were reasonably priced. I used boat trailer rollers which were cheap, easily available and "V" shaped for some centering action. Adhesive sand belts will not work. I have seen lots of rollers done this way and it simply comes off or wears off. I had to go to expensive rollers because I needed something that had traction in the salt as well as moisture. A morning dew or wet driveway will render the rollers useless. The slotted steel rollers seem to do the best in all thes conditions with no maintenance. If everything is inside the same dry building, boat rollers work fine. If you use flat rollers you may want to add guide rollers to center the wheel. Additionally, a backstop roller is nice. I do not need one, but when someone else uses the roller and they fail to take thier foot off the swith in a timely fashion, the rollers can spit the tire off the back. If the rollers are mounted in place make sure that there is a wall as a backstop. Test out the positioning so that if things go wrong there is room to recover. You will need a foot switch. It should be rugged and it is good if it is heavy. Sand paper on the bottom of this will work. The bearings on mine were two dollars each brand new from a surpluss center. Someone of the forum may be able to direct you to one. [IMG]http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af300/daviddunfey/100_0111.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af300/daviddunfey/DocZ_1.jpg[/IMG] David [/QUOTE]
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