Viel upgrade

[Ordener]

Hey guys, I thought I would share an upgrade I just did on my Viel 1x42. I’ve always had a little trouble with the belt tracking on the Viel. The two screws on the top of the mast arm work fine for controlling the top of the idler pulley yoke, but there’s nothing to control the bottom of the yoke from flopping around inside the tube. So I decided to drill and tap two additional holes down 2 1/2” from the top of the tube. Now the belts track perfectly every time, because the yoke is now held in a perfect upright position. And of course you can still remove and install the belts easily. I’ll send pictures if I can figure out how to attach them. 
Garry Ordener 
Garry’s Knife Sharpening

[Ken S]

Garry,

Welcome to the exchange. Good idea for the Viel! There is always room for more good ideas.

Keep thinking and keep posting.

Ken

[EOU]

Welcome Ordener! If you would like help with posting pictures to the Exchange there are a couple of ways to skin that cat. Do the pictures that you would like to post currently reside on your computer?

[Ordener]

Welcome Ordener! If you would like help with posting pictures to the Exchange there are a couple of ways to skin that cat. Do the pictures that you would like to post currently reside on your computer?

They’re on my phone. This is the first time I’ve posted on the exchange. I want to post the pictures. There’s three of them.

[grepper]

Mr. Garry,

I'm sure we can get you posting images.

A couple of questions:

Are you posting here from your phone or a computer?
Can you save the images on your phone to your computer?

Does this help?

http://www.bessex.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=53

[Ordener]

The pictures are on my phone. Can I send them from my phone? I tried to, but it didn’t seem to work. Don’t see them showing up anywhere.

[grepper]

Mr. Ordener,

Are you trying to post from your phone or from a computer?
Can you save the images on your phone to your computer?

[Mark Reich]

Garry's Tracking Stabilization Modification for the 1x42 Viel            

Being a Viel virgin, I can only tell you that I was seriously nonplussed with the tracking system when I assembled mine. It just didn't seem like two thumb wheels would be appropriate for commercial duty (If y'all are using phillips screws, the thumb wheels came from the Godfather, and they are infinitely more better).

When Garry kindly sent me these three pictures, I barely needed a glance to know exactly wheat I needed from the hardware store, and exactly how to incorporate this new ingenuity.

Thanks a bunch, Garry! I super appreciate you sharing this to the Forum!

[Mark Reich]

Hey guys, Garry sent me an update regarding the addition of the tracking screws to the bottom of the yolk, and it makes sense to me.

Garry was able to get his tracking adjusted so perfectly that he ended up replacing the springs on the screws with nuts, to lock the screws in place.

He says once you get them set right, you won't have to adjust them again!

I spoke to Mr. Rupert about it, and I believe this is a solid suggestion.

My Viel is dedicated to one leather belt (always on top of a stiff belt, to avoid stretching the leather), so it's a non-issue for me, although I'm still going to do it. Sure seems like it's worth the minuscule investment.  

[Ken S]

Mark,

I like The idea of a second set of stabilizing bolts. My first Viel has tracked perfectly from first assembly, with only slight initial tweaking of the two screws. My second Viel has been somewhat tempermental. I finally got it tracking well with a layer of masking tape on one side. I think Garry's idea might prove useful with this Viel

Ken