Tjo62@AOL.COM on tue 29 oct 02
I bought a new peter pugger (P-50) a little over a year ago. This morning I
was mixing some clay and I felt a small tug from the motar box area. At the
same time, the sound of the mixer changed and I knew the mixer blades were no
longer turning. I checked and they were not. I opened the top of the box to
the motar and turned it on again. I could hear the motar running, but the
chain was not moving and the blades were not moving in the barrel. The chain
looks fine, so I don't know what else could be wrong. Anyone out there have
a clue? How bout the number for the company? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks! Tonya in Louisville, KY
John Weber on wed 30 oct 02
We have a VMP-30 Peter Pugger that was purchased from Axner. I have got
excellent help from Axner and have called the factory in Ukiah, CA at
707-463-1333. I sounds like you need to call them.
Gail Dapogny on wed 30 oct 02
Tonya,
This won't be terribly helpful as I am not mechanically proficient, but I
do remember our Peter Pugger doing just that -- maybe on 2 occasions. My
faint recollection was that we had sheared bearings (if that is the way to
put it). If this is what has happened to yours, the reason might be that
your clay is too dry and packed in there, and/or that there is too much
clay in the barrel.
---Gail
>I bought a new peter pugger (P-50) a little over a year ago. This morning I
>was mixing some clay and I felt a small tug from the motar box area. At the
>same time, the sound of the mixer changed and I knew the mixer blades were no
>longer turning. I checked and they were not. I opened the top of the box to
>the motar and turned it on again. I could hear the motar running, but the
>chain was not moving and the blades were not moving in the barrel. The chain
>looks fine, so I don't know what else could be wrong. Anyone out there have
>a clue? How bout the number for the company? Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks! Tonya in Louisville, KY
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vince pitelka on wed 30 oct 02
> longer turning. I checked and they were not. I opened the top of the box
to
> the motar and turned it on again. I could hear the motar running, but the
> chain was not moving and the blades were not moving in the barrel. The
chain
> looks fine, so I don't know what else could be wrong. Anyone out there
have
> a clue?
Tonya -
You shouldn't have any problem finding the number for the company on the
Internet. You definitely need to talk to them. It sounds like they might
have incorporated a shear key, either on the gearbox output shaft where the
chain sprocket is mounted, or else on the coupling from the motor to the
gearbox. Most motor shafts and gearbox input and output shafts have a
keyway cut in the shaft. Sprockets or couplings have a corresponding
keyway, and normally there would be a short length of keystock in that
keyway, locking the sprocket or coupling to the shaft. However, instead of
using normal steel keystock, they might have used an aluminum shear key. In
a pugmill this is a very good idea, to provide a weak link which will shear
off if something breaks or binds inside the pugmill binds.
This is timely, because of the discussion of Scott Harrison's old Bluebird
pugmill. If that machine had had a shear key, it would not have ripped the
mounting flanges off the gearbox.
So you need to call Mr. Pugger, and find out if there is a shear key, and
find out why it sheared. Is there any chance that the mixer blades could
have bound against anything inside the hopper?
Good luck -
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Crafts
Tennessee Technological University
1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166
Home - vpitelka@dtccom.net
615/597-5376
Work - wpitelka@tntech.edu
615/597-6801 ext. 111, fax 615/597-6803
http://www.craftcenter.tntech.edu/
Bruce Freund on thu 15 may 03
I had a problem using he Peter Pugger that I purchased new several months
ago. I never really complained about the product but about the fact it would
not do something that I thought it should and came to the Clayart site for
help with the problem.
The folks at Peter Pugger must obviously read the list as I am sure other
vendors also do. They called me up to see if they could help with my
problem. They made several phones calls to me trying to help with my
problem.
My purpose in writing this post is to inform the group that these folks went
to extraordinary lengths to help with my problem. In a short time my problem
was resolved..COMPLETELY !
Dealing with a company that cares not only about its product but more so
about its customers is a very comforting.
I would recommend this company to anyone interested in buying their
products.
bruce
PS: If you folks at Peter Pugger are also reading this post--Thank You
Again.
annsemple on thu 15 may 03
Bruce
I have had the same experience with Peter Pugger - their service alone would
be reason enough to buy a Peter Pugger. The pugger speaks for itself as an
easy to use, efficient workhorse, and I too would highly recommend them to
anyone who cared to ask.
Ann
annsemple@shaw.ca
oooO
( )Clayfoot Crockery
\ ( Victoria, B.C. Canada
\ _ )
Bruce Girrell on thu 15 may 03
Bruce Freund wrote:
> My purpose in writing this post is to inform the group that these
> folks went
> to extraordinary lengths to help with my problem. In a short time
> my problem
> was resolved..COMPLETELY !
My experience with the folks at PP has been the same. They have sent me
diagrams, instructions, and talked with me at length on the phone to help me
resolve my questions.
> Dealing with a company that cares not only about its product but more so
> about its customers is a very comforting.
>
> I would recommend this company to anyone interested in buying their
> products.
Seconded.
Bruce Girrell
in northern Michigan where the trees are beginning to believe that Spring
might actually occur and are tentatively putting out a little greenery.
Soon, we'll have forsythia and lilacs!
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