Feel free to post anything referencing this topic here. I’m looking to gather more info on setups.
Speaking of flywheels, adapters, and cranking by hand on cylinder arm/bed machines, check out these two vids. They’re both in Japanese but we know more or less what’s being explained.
Look at that table adapter later in video 1! And that handwheel crank in video 2!
As far as that site is concerned, I linked to their metals section and it describes cold roll steel, hot roll steel, aluminum, etc. and all various thicknesses. Clearly aluminum would be lighter weight, yes. Let us know what you dream up!
Also, I just sized some urethane round belting for the new motor since I had to find the exact size of a new belt to get it to fit, I figured I’d check this stuff out. There are videos explaining how to melt the urethane to make a belt, in case you’