Genny

I agree with Bassplayer its designed for an inline drive so dont think sideways forces will do the end bearing much good.
Evolution used to have a factory in Halfway, Sheffield I have one of their chopsaws it has been a great bit of kit very well made and reliable for the money.
Machine mart used to sell 240volt alternators which were suitable for pulleys dont know if they still do?

That's obviously the answer. I reckon it would work great, and much cheaper than a travelpack.

Or bin it if it dont work 😂

I don't think that the installation should cost a lot of money, as many parts will be obtainable from a scrap place that deals in machineries.

Even for pullies if the hole is too big they can simply be sleeved, and to connect the genny to the shaft you need a simple coupling, possibly even a rubber doughnut kind, or an even simpler rubber disc, as it's not a genny that's going to require a lot of power.

As you said, it won't be easy to adapt engine revolutions to what the genny needs as the govenor of the engine won't be sensitive enough, that's absolutely right and a good point, there are however electronic devises that can adapt the voltage (within limits) when the revolutions vary slightly.

I must admit that I've no idea how much these gadgets cost, I'll give 1 link, but I'm sure that there will be many others, and possibly available secondhand too.

www.meeting.edu.cn/meeting/UploadPapers/1281602079890.pdf

There's a solution for every problem,  (Not so sure if that's right in the case of C&RT though ).

Peter.

This genny is probably not supposed and made for a pully drive straight on the the coupling, as the bearing they use may not be man enough to handle side loads that you'll get with a pully, that's why I thought of the slightly more complicated, but genny-bearing friendlier system with a shaft parallel to the engine.

By what I could see on the video (not too clearly though) it didn't look too difficult to fix a disc on the existing genny-coupling with a few holes drilled and thread tapped.

It's all work, but if Steve can limit the costs by sourcing the needed parts from a machine-scrappy, it may (or may not) be worth it, and will be a challenge.

Peter.

It's just a "hobby idea" for the moment. Or rather an experiment. If it comes in at under a grand in total, I'll consider it a result. I've initially got the idea from seeing a starter motor fitted in such a way to an old handle start engine. It peeked my interest, and the actual genny is quite cheap.
If it all goes tits up, I'll get the engine and pump kit as well. Always handy.