Self traverse for a GEO Stevens

[captcoolaid]

I just bought a GEO Stevens because it was cheap, but need some options for a self traverse mechanism. Any ideas.

[JGundry]

I have a few of these. If you have one with the knob on the front that overrides the auto traverse via a spring loaded clutch. I use the auto traverse only but I think you can probably just loosen the clutch nut to override the auto traverse entirely.

[captcoolaid]

The one we got has the lever on it for switching gears and such. It is currently in Cali and will most likely stay there until I get back. However I will post some pics of it so you can see what one it is. And thanks for the reply.

[JGundry]

Post some pics and if it anything like mine I will point out what I'm talking about.

[David King]

The one I had used change gears and cams for the traverse, without the full set of gears and cams it was pretty useless. I would just build a separate traverse drive using a 555 timer circuit to reverse the traverse motor's direction and a PWM for speed.

[Wolverbean]

Hi all. This is Josh from MHD. Here are some picture of this monster. It needs to be cleaned up but, it sure runs well. A little overkill for pup winding in my opinion. This thing is setup to accommodate up to 8 awg! I am receiving offers left and right for it.

[David King]

Nice old Merc there Josh. Is it a 4.5?

[JGundry]

That is nothing like mine. Mine are the Geo Stevens fine wire machines. That thing is a monster compared to the fine wire models.