good deal

[steve phillips]

howdy all
well i have been collecting stuff again for my mill. yesterday went to harbor freight picked up 2-2000# winches . figure 1 to use for lifting head ,the other for turning logs.
  got them both for 100.00 buck including the 2 year replacement warranty .
at that price  i think i can make them work lol

[MotorSeven]

Good luck with them. I tried one and the cable got caught between the hub and the case...destroyed itself in seconds. HF just came out with a new line of "better" winches...are these the one's you bought?

[steve phillips]

these are made by badland
got to figure how to put gear on the end for lifting head though, not using the cable

[fishpharmer]

You will figure it out.  Looking forward to seeing more progress.

[samandothers]

Do post some pictures and info of you design and project as you progress.

[steve phillips]

anyone ever put a gear or pulley on a winch before , ideas are welcomed

[Cutting Edge]

Steve,

Something that works great is using a "Weldsprocket" gear that Tractor Supply carries.  You can take the sprocket and split in half with a bandsaw, place the two halves around drum on the winch and weld in to the drum and where you split it.  Used this technique for a couple things on the farm and it worked quite well.

May have to machine the hole larger to a nice fit to drum.  Another option is buy the hub also, and weld it to the end of the winch drum, and weld the sprocket to that.  Depends on how  you wanna set the winch up.  Good Luck!

[den]

This isn't a very good pic, the one on the left is a HF cable hoist 120V, on the right 12V
http://sites.google.com/site/thinband/EARLY-MACHINE/sawmill-options/options

[Hilltop366]

I thought I had seen them factory made with the sprocket some where, I did google it and came up with this blog.

http://butchfwinchmotor.blogspot.ca/

[steve phillips]

howdy all
like to thank everyone for their ideas
hilltop ty for the web link
i found  another way by looking at the link
the spline is a 12 point spline and a 17 mm socket fits great, turn the other end down to fit the riding bushing . work like a charm. this will be tuesday job lol
  ty you all !!!!