Too much bling, and not enough warts, I guess....... 
Good luck with the sort out Dean! 
David D
I don't put "bling" on my stuff, David. If I wanted the corners polished off, I could do that with a rasp.
Just for you, though, I added a couple more warts and gave it another try!
Found out what the problem was. Had a loose crank throw. I guess the weight of the paint on the flywheels was
too much for it. Fixed that thing.
Now it runs just like it did in the test run before I had painted it, though somewhat quieter
since it's now on a base with felt feet.
Here's the vid. I started it off without the fan belt on, and when it was going, put on the belt.
A funny thing will happen right after I put on the fan belt. I thought it was funny, anyway!
About halfway through the vid, I set down the camera for a few seconds to put on the belt.
Watch the fan.
You guys go ahead and laugh. I sure did. I got that fixed, and fired it up for another go. Ran out of batteries after about 15 seconds
and the camera shut down. It's long enough to see that it works well, though. Actually, it
blows more air than I thought it would, and was puffing the flame on the burner around quite
noticeably. Usually, the flame is pure blue, but the extra air going into the hole in the firebox
was turning it yellow.
You can see my hand trying to reach into one of the bottom arches to reach the air mixture
on the burner, but couldn't quite see to get it and run the camera at the same time.
I suppose that'll do.
Dean
