11-11-2016, 03:24 AM
I've been planning to make the missing parts of the power feed system on my Victoria U2 mill, earlier this week I was looking at the broken gearbox casing and realised that it was going to be much more complicated than I thought as I think it has been machined in place on the knee. I was contemplating abandoning the idea and fitting an electronic power feed to just the X-axis. The parts to get the Y and Z power feeds working are less complicated.
Well about 24hrs after I had come to this conclusion, I found the spare parts that I need to return the machine to it's original state with power feed on all axes. Today I went and got the parts:
Missing a few components but looks like it might have been in reasonable condition before it was abandoned with no protection on any of the machined surfaces. It appears to have all the components of the power feed system in place. I have some leave coming up in January so I'm thinking I might strip both machines and use the best components to rebuild. Already imagining all sorts of uses for the left-overs.
Well about 24hrs after I had come to this conclusion, I found the spare parts that I need to return the machine to it's original state with power feed on all axes. Today I went and got the parts:
Missing a few components but looks like it might have been in reasonable condition before it was abandoned with no protection on any of the machined surfaces. It appears to have all the components of the power feed system in place. I have some leave coming up in January so I'm thinking I might strip both machines and use the best components to rebuild. Already imagining all sorts of uses for the left-overs.
Lathe (n); a machine tool used in the production of milling machine components.
Milling Machine (n); a machine tool used in the production of lathe components.
Milling Machine (n); a machine tool used in the production of lathe components.