Cant beat a big bishops head....she said
I thought the dog was saying, "if it fals over on my toes I will not be pleased".
Never pull a bearing into a housing by the inner race.Swapped the bearings on the mini lathe to angular contact, pvc pipe happening to be the perfect size for pulling it into the housing.
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It's pushing it in and being angular contact its designed to take load in the orientation its going in but thankfully it required barely any force to slip into its pocket.Never pull a bearing into a housing by the inner race.
Still not the way to do it. Use the outer of the old bearing maybe?It's pushing it in and being angular contact its designed to take load in the orientation its going in but thankfully it required barely any force to slip into its pocket.
Yes its not the ideal way to do it but one has to make compromises with the limited tools they have.
great workAnd finished my modifications to the mill bearing blocks so they actually have bearings now and are worthy of that name!
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Hoover floating on the end of the spindle bore via the suction worked well for keeping the chips out of the way so I could see the progress.
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Then made the spacers to account for what I had removed and spread the load on the bearings better.
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Assembled minus handle.
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Look how beefy that frame is compared to modern rubbishrescued this from a skip 25 years ago.....I knew it would come in handy one day ......got a small project lined up for it, so cleaned up the beading dies and made a small flange die set for it.
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That's also an interesting looking bench it's sat on. Box section welding bench?rescued this from a skip 25 years ago.....I knew it would come in handy one day ......got a small project lined up for it, so cleaned up the beading dies and made a small flange die set for it.
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yes.....knocked it up a few year back. folds away when not being usedThat's also an interesting looking bench it's sat on. Box section welding bench?
More info?yes.....knocked it up a few year back. folds away when not being used
yes, all welded construction 8mm plate, and webbed where needed...solid!Look how beefy that frame is compared to modern rubbish
V'Nice . Why did you opt for pops (It looks like)? instead of tacks ....distortion?thought id posted on here at the time?...........I just searched, i cannot find it?..................anyway here you go. "stuff I didnt make today, but a few years ago"
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Not yet, tempted to get a treadmill motor and swap it with thatgreat work
have you reduced the gear sizes on motor and increased pulley size on the spindle? i did to increase torque and made a fair deal of difference and got the 2 pulleys and belt off rs