Viel modification thoughts

[Ken S]

Ansel Adams once said there was nothing worse than a sharp picture of a fuzzy concept. I have run into a snag with the plate alignment of my Viel Gen III conversion. I consider this a bump along the road, rather than a wrong turn. Gen II, changing from a fixed speed motor to a variable speed motor with a reversing switch, has proved a notable step forward for an already useful tool. I firmly believe that Gen III, using the same variable speed motor and remounting it with a smaller drive pulley for increased torque, will prove to be a significant improvement over Gen II.  We just need to work through the bugs with the mounting plate. We will succeed; it will just take longer than initially expected.

Ken