Flail rotor balancing

[Treemover]

Of course, I hit something with my small 3 point linkage flail and I have changed all flails, bolts and bearings, but the thing is still out of balance.
We are out of hedgecutting season, who do people recommend?
I see a crowd in Tyrone on donedeal.
Theres a guy up around Dundalk that says he can balance the machine without removing the rotor, is anyone aware of this type? He runs a large mulcher himself. ?
I have a new rotor on order, 6 months now, but as its out of balance, the unit is cracking the headstock with vibration; so I have to sort it.

 

[muckymanor]

Nicholas gainford in Enniscorthy is where I saw a few hedgecutter rotors balanced and they came back perfect.

 

[Treemover]

I was looking for someone around the midlands (ideally).

 

[TAFKAT]

@Arthur is there a fella in Clonmel or Cahir or somewhere at that job

 

[jd-baz]

Do roraspiral not do it and does arbocut do it aswell I think

 

[Arthur]

@Arthur is there a fella in Clonmel or Cahir or somewhere at that job

There used be a guy that was just known as the German but I think he has retired, Gainford is the one first to mind, supposed to do excellent work , http://www.gainford.ie/

 

[Arthur]

I was looking for someone around the midlands (ideally).

Get a courier to take it to Gainford.

 

[Bencroy]

Do roraspiral not do it and does arbocut do it aswell I think

was there not a lad out your way somewhere around balffes years ago used to do that type of engineering.was there a connection with the garage.remember lunneys sent a conditioner rotor of ours up to him.if I remember right he done rollers for balers and balancing hedgecutter rotors.maybe he's retired.would be about 20 Yr ago now

 

[Seedsower]

Arbocut used to do it anyway.
The fella in Tyrone made my lowloader,balancing is new venture for him.

 

[Treemover]

Thanks lads I make a few calls in the morning

 

[Titan 8820]

When a head comes back from Gainfords it is so smooth you’d barely know it’s running.
Better than new.
A busy place though.

 

[Timber2]

@Arthur is there a fella in Clonmel or Cahir or somewhere at that job

Cahir engineering?

 

[Masseyrk662]

Got mine done by gainford 2 years ago, needed balancing and the bearing housing completely remade, got a Courier to bring it down and home, good job infairness but expensive, there’s a bit of a hum off mine again now and I think I’ll leave it for all I do now

 

[TAFKAT]

Got mine done by gainford 2 years ago, needed balancing and the bearing housing completely remade, got a Courier to bring it down and home, good job infairness but expensive, there’s a bit of a hum off mine again now and I think I’ll leave it for all I do now

Does the hum come from the strobe lights you have tek screwed to it to illuminate the illicit Heineken kegs in your workshop? I thought you gave up the bushwhacking?

 

[13spanner]

I used to balance the chopper of the auld JF by welding lumps of yokes onto it until it stopped without a backward movement. Precision stuff.

 

[TAFKAT]

I used to balance the chopper of the auld JF by welding lumps of yokes onto it until it stopped without a backward movement. Precision stuff.

There should really be a Youtube channel about that kind of precision engineering. If you were the real deal you would weld on a lump of a yoke and then beat the shite out of it with a sledge until the rotor stopped wobbling.

 

[Bot.exe]

I used to balance the chopper of the auld JF by welding lumps of yokes onto it until it stopped without a backward movement. Precision stuff.

Trial and error

 

[Bog Man]

I used to balance the chopper of the auld JF by welding lumps of yokes onto it until it stopped without a backward movement. Precision stuff.

The returns blower on the Deutz Fahr is balanced using that method.

 

[13spanner]

The returns blower on the Deutz Fahr is balanced using that method.

A 13mm nut.

 

[TAFKAT]

A 13mm nut.

I didn't know your wife was a Deutz Fahr combine

 

[13spanner]

I didn't know your wife was a Deutz Fahr combine

She keeps my nuts in her handbag😢

 

[Win]

Its a real balancing act getting these things right.................................

 

[13spanner]

Its a real balancing act getting these things right.................................

 

[marco]

A 13mm nut.

No half inch

 

[Masseyrk662]

Does the hum come from the strobe lights you have tek screwed to it to illuminate the illicit Heineken kegs in your workshop? I thought you gave up the bushwhacking?

I did, I only done my own and 2 weeks at Xmas and only because I got covid and could do nothing else, the workshop kegs are no fun alone