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Any idea on cost and availability? Its a process i have heard off but no experience of seen in real life.
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Aye like these
Make some the same width and depth to suit the slots but 5x the length will be more than enough to bridge damaged sections.
Make some the same width and depth to suit the slots but 5x the length will be more than enough to bridge damaged sections.
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It aint cheap, but my employers donates me some when I need it!
Last time I bought anything similar was devcon, from bearing services. i had to sit down at the price. But when needs must!
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Devcon. Thats the one i came across last year. Was debating repairing to minor pitting on the lathe bed tailstock end with it.
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These engineering repair products are dear, but if you spend 200 quid or so to fix a £ 50 000 pump for another 5 years, it pays for its self quickly. Espescially if two of those pump keep you 1 million barrel oil parcels being exported, twice a week.
Not suggesting you spend anything like this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1320mm-x...884081?hash=item5b407be031:g:ZVUAAOSwX3FaBaPB
but I made a false top up for my small milling machine myself out of a piece of 12mm thick steel.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1320mm-x...884081?hash=item5b407be031:g:ZVUAAOSwX3FaBaPB
but I made a false top up for my small milling machine myself out of a piece of 12mm thick steel.
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Progress at last. 2 handle/bearing assembly's to clean up and fit and then find some tooling.
All the tables move nicely now. No tight spots either and doesn't appear to be very worn.
In its permanent home but not its permanent stand. Il wait till the weather warms up as can't fab and weld it in the garage.
Next major hurdle. A kind soul sent me some belzona to repair the table.
Got it on the stand easy enough. Didn't notice the original holes in the drip tray were too small until I put bolts through. Some drilling out while the mill was swinging and jobs a good un.
Won't be repainting. At least not this year.
All the tables move nicely now. No tight spots either and doesn't appear to be very worn.
In its permanent home but not its permanent stand. Il wait till the weather warms up as can't fab and weld it in the garage.
Next major hurdle. A kind soul sent me some belzona to repair the table.
Got it on the stand easy enough. Didn't notice the original holes in the drip tray were too small until I put bolts through. Some drilling out while the mill was swinging and jobs a good un.
Won't be repainting. At least not this year.
eLuSiVeMiTe
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Recon it did service as a pillar drill for a while. Why you wouldn't clamp a bit of wood/metal on is beyond me.
For my needs it's not worth the expense. Owes me 200 Inc fuel collecting.
Il fill the bulk to keep the crap out and machine some nice long T bolts to spread the load over the strikes.
I'm never gonna be doing anything requiring very high accuracy anyway.
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You get idiots who just do not care, or kids thinking they are being smart doing things like that.
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I’ve some of that. Used it to repair gouges in fork stanchions, machines very well. Also repaired a hole in a fiesta sump, leak free for the last 8yrs
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Yup my thought exactly. The filling is purely to keep the swarf/oil out.
Far harder to clean up than my lathe. Caked on soluble oil and swarf baked for a good few years. Had to scrape it off with a carbide scraper before the wire wheel would do anything.
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If you do find that you are doing lots of things that could benefit being on the table top then get a lump of tooling plate and make a sub.
I did a small one for the Chiron, purely because normal tools don't reach the table. It was a raised one but yours could bolt direct to the table.
I did a small one for the Chiron, purely because normal tools don't reach the table. It was a raised one but yours could bolt direct to the table.
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Excellent idea. Chances are high il end up doing just that.
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Another step closer.
Need to fab a new handle to lift the head next. Someone's already tried to weld it in the past.
My measurements were good. Clears the movable bench nicely.
Need to fab a new handle to lift the head next. Someone's already tried to weld it in the past.
My measurements were good. Clears the movable bench nicely.
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One step forward 1 step back. Gonna have to have the spindle out to removeor adjust the locating dog point. Protruding slightly to far for some of my collets. Spacer made for the draw bar this evening as again slightly too long for some of my collets.
Might as well service it while it's out.
Ordered up some bits to machine/fab a new handle too.
Might as well service it while it's out.
Ordered up some bits to machine/fab a new handle too.
