I actually found exactly what I needed on a local classified site about a half 
hour away.  $100  Belt driven.  Perfect.  

From: Jaime Solorza 
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2021 3:35 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group 
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT small generators

Welding time

On Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 11:58 AM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote:

  Went to convert a 4000 watt coleman generator to a belt driven generator....

  Guess what - the engine crankshaft is essentially the rotor shaft too.  The 
generator does not have a set of independent bearings that would allow it to be 
belt driven.  So I would have had to make a plate that emulates the crankcase 
and install a bearing in it.  Possibly cutting off the crankshaft.  I didn’t 
get far enough into it to see how the rotor was actually joined to the 
crankshaft.  

  So much for a used $100 generator solution.  The cheapest belt driven AC 
generators I have found are about $500.  An alternator/inverter combo will not 
give me the watts I need.
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