How to Keep Spinning Components Straight and Steady - Kevin Caron
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From www.kevincaron.com - Artist Kevin Caron explains and shows how he makes kinetic sculptures spin smoothly using bearings ....
Caron is mounting bearings in the base of a new sculpture, Moonshine ( www.kevincaron.com/art_detail/... ), so the artwork can spin.
He is installing two flange bearings on a small platform inside the sculpture's base. Each bearing has a flange base with a bearing inside and a collar on top. The bearing has a grease zerk fitting for lubrication. The collar has a couple of set screws in it to hold the shaft in place.
Why use two bearings? Caron shows how much play there is when using a single bearing, then slides the shaft down through the first one into the second bearing, tightening up the set screws on both, to show much of a difference it makes. Using two bearings allows one bearing to cancel out the movement of the other. The side-to-side movement goes away.
The door in the base allows Caron to more easily install the plate inside the pedestal that the bearings are attached to. Otherwise, he would have had to reach all the way up from the bottom and try to level and weld the platform without being able to see it.
The door also makes it easier to remove the bearings for powder coating and to grease the bearings as well as to replace them as necessary.
Caron tightens the bolts and shows, except for a little flex in the shaft itself, everything stays nice and straight, and the sculpture spins smoothly. He still needs to grease the bearings to make it spin even more easily.
He'll finish off the top of the pedestal by cutting three pieces of metal and welding them on at a slight slope with a hole for the shaft. Then he'll add the tabs, the door, and get some countersunk screws so no one will even notice the inspection door. He'll also add a little trim just to dress up the bottom of the pedestal.
Then he'll remove the bearings and send the pedestal, door and screws off to the powder coater. Meanwhile, he'll shine up the copper, then clear coat it so it stays shiny.
Caron is ready to go back to work, so you have time to go to www.kevincaron.com and see more of his wild work.
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Please post a finished vid of the new piece. Copper looks pretty cool in my opinion and I'm sure I'm not alone wanting to see the finished product. Keeper up Kevin I like and learn a bunch from you. Thanks again. -Pidge
Part of my bucket list is to make a kinetic wind sculpture for my backyard but could not visualize how to mount it for spinning - nice sculpture and thanks for sharing!!!!
Your ingenuity is astounding Kevin and I hear Mary's camera work is quite fine.
@KevincaronSculpture
8 жыл бұрын
+Dennis Tatu Hi Dennis!! I do have a lot of fun with my job! We always have fun filming.. You guys never get to see the goings on in the background.... (and you never will!)
Thank you so much, Kevin! Enjoyed the video and look forward to watching more!
@KevincaronSculpture
6 жыл бұрын
Every Wednesday morning we post. Don't forget to check out my website also.
you do beautiful work honestly enjoy your channel. thank you and your lady.
Excellent info guys! Thanks!
Nice piece Kevin!
Still loving the artwork that You are making Kevin and not forgetting the easily identifiable voice of mrs Caron, one day I would love to hear Mary say “Hey Philip what’d you doing ?” So I can make it into a ringtone,
@KevincaronSculpture
5 жыл бұрын
I will add that to the list for the next filming!!!
@theonlybuzz1969
5 жыл бұрын
Kevin Caron, Artist I'd really like that Kevin, may you and your family have a great weekend. Phil
Great stuff Kevin. Just getting into kinetic sculpture. Can't believe how costly the stainless steel thrust bearings are. Thanks for the instructional videos.
@KevincaronSculpture
3 жыл бұрын
Glad to help! They do get pricey really quick!
Good tip, Kevin!
( Hay Kevin what you doing ) amazing video Kevin watching your movies give me so many ideas amazing thank you for your time and thank Mrs Kevin to take care...
@srkhansrkhan1431
4 жыл бұрын
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Thanks so much Kevin!
@KevincaronSculpture
2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
Thanks so much for this video. Every time my wife sees some of those windblown kinetic sculptures for sale in Santa Fe, I tell her, "I could make us one of those..." and now I can. Or at least some sort of kinetic yard thingy representing one man's struggle against something... Separating the bearings by several inches will increase the strength and reduce the movement due to bearing slop and shaft flex even more.
@KevincaronSculpture
8 жыл бұрын
+dahveed284 True, but it makes it harder to stick it all in the little space..
Might think about a rain shield on the shaft between the art piece and the pedestal like manufacturers put on air condition outside unit condenser fan motors. I think that it would make a nice decorative top to cover the open hole in the top of the pedestal. Or maybe this is an indoor piece. I really like the art piece. Natural patina will be nice. Shiny copper would probably be too difficult to maintain. And thank you for showing works in progress. I have mechanical abilities, but missed the artistic gene.
can you make vid r Onondaga different types of metal ex: dom tube ,square tube ,plate,sheet,pipes, expanded metal explain each type and when it's best to use in sculptures
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Hello , Kevin can you make video on different types of metal ex: dom tube ,square tube ,plate,sheet,pipes, expanded metal explain each type and when it's best to use in sculptures
@KevincaronSculpture
8 жыл бұрын
+Stickwelding 247 Will give it some thought..... Thanks for the request..
maybe do a video on different finishes, like is your rust patina "real" or applied? etc.
@KevincaronSculpture
8 жыл бұрын
+CCs Welding Will give it some thought....
Very cool, Kevin. Did you use some variety of thrust bearings? If not, you might consider swapping some in. It's not something most people think about, but the perpendicular pressure on radial bearings will otherwise degrade them pretty quickly.
@KevincaronSculpture
8 жыл бұрын
+FXM Always something to keep in mind.. If this was a motor driven piece or wind driven I would look for heavier bearings but it's an indoor piece so should not be a problem.. Thanks for the tip!
Man! The art is in getting to do what you enjoy for a living. On this piece, what/why does it need to spin? Will the shaft be motorized? Maybe I missed something in the discussion; regardless it's cool, thanks for sharing.
@KevincaronSculpture
8 жыл бұрын
+GunPilot No motor for now.. Just a hand spun piece.. It needs to spin so you can see the different views easier... And I have never done one like this that spins so what the heck!!
Kev, install you bolt with the heads on top that way if the nuts come loose they will fall off but the bolts will still be there hopefully not wobbling to much and protect your nice looking piece of art. Old aircraft mechanic kicking in!
@KevincaronSculpture
8 жыл бұрын
+Ronald Hays Thank you,,, When it is finished it will be bolts from the top with nylock nuts to make sure nothing will come loose...
I haven't watched many of your videos but have you ever used a motorized "spinner" for any sculptures?
@KevincaronSculpture
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! But no motors as yet.
I hope that was for a demo cause the bolts should come in from the top case the nut falls off ya don't lose the bolt, an it stays in the hole ,also lock washer an lock tite. (.I was payin attention.)
@KevincaronSculpture
8 жыл бұрын
+Charles Dyer Great eyes!! Just this was just to put it together and figure out what I need to do..
Kevin: do you not longer use this method? You've moved on to thrust bearings? Can you do a thrust bearing video like this one? A+++ many thanks for this one (as every one).
@KevincaronSculpture
6 жыл бұрын
Still use these as well. I did one video on thrust bearings so far. Search for thrust bearings on my site.
@KevincaronSculpture
6 жыл бұрын
Look here, www.kevincaron.com/video_detail.php?id=460
Really like that sculpture. What’s the name? Thanks.
@KevincaronSculpture
5 жыл бұрын
That is "MoonShine".
Where do you get your art from does it just came to you or do you look for it when you are out and about ?
@KevincaronSculpture
8 жыл бұрын
+Daniel Spencer I do have a very overactive imagination! Most of the time it just comes to me as a finished piece. Just have to deconstruc it and figure out how to make it.. Course, alcohol has a lot to do with it also!
Which bearing you used for this sculpture ???
@KevincaronSculpture
3 жыл бұрын
Please read the description at the beginning of the video. I used 2 flange bearings in this sculpture. You can use any make as long as they fit for what you are doing. I got these at Granger I think.
Kevin, did you consider motorizing this sculpture instead of just the bearings?
@KevincaronSculpture
4 жыл бұрын
Have just started looking at motors and such. Got a lot to learn before I can make the leap.
@LowellGreen63
4 жыл бұрын
@@KevincaronSculpture Will probably add a new dimension to your already wonderful sculptures...Can't wait to see them...
Kevin, I like to see what you are working on. Works in progress. what will the finish on the copper be?? let it get its natural patina or ??? Thanks for the vid.
@KevincaronSculpture
8 жыл бұрын
+FISHBREATHH I was planning on shinning it and clear coated over the top..
why not just 'beefup' the strut supporting the bearing?
@KevincaronSculpture
8 жыл бұрын
+Graham Blackmore Not sure what you are referring to.
Trying to get your bearings? Hey, do you need a compass and map? Is that a homonym spelled the same or different. We love puns in this household.
It's called self aligning not "slop".
I'll throw in with DFWKen... buff it up a bit then flame it to get a rainbow effect and clear coat it. here is a link to sculpture i made that is powered by the sun kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGZ60JtxXbqxm6g.html