08-28-2019, 07:33 PM
Ok, I posted in the Latest Delivery thread that I finally got a bigger mill, but thought I'd start a thread here with some of the things I need to do to it.
I had a problem with the motor, it would spin up almost to speed then a click and it'd lose power and slow down, then repeat that, then rinse and repeat. Tracked it down to a bad driven pulley bearing and today I pressed a new one in. Powered it up, still doing it, but a little quieter now.
Lo and behold, the idler pulley bearings (there are two in one housing) are also bad, one is really bad. I planned on replacing the spindle bearings anyway since I have it tore down this far so I called Locate Bearings and thankfully my order hadn't gone out yet so I was able to add the two bearings to the order. I highly recommend this place! Started the order on ebay, found I needed two bearings for the lower end of the spindle, emailed them, she sent me a phone number and I ordered the extra one, then today the other two. Got 'em all in one box so no extra shipping! YAY!!!
The motor was replaced some time back with a 110v single phase, but the one for the table is still 3 phase. Gotta decide what I want to do there. So far my choices seem to be 1) replace the motor, 2) get a static phase convertor, or 3) get 3 phase brought in. #3 is out! So I'm open to suggestions, I have a bridgeport drive but don't really want to use it for this.
A DRO is also something that I plan on. I have the display and it'll use either rotary encoders or the glass type scales. I also have an older Mitutoyo DRO that only does X and Y, the scales are the right size for this mill but the display is older and featureless. I've considered either selling it or putting it on the lathe. I'm rambling.
Here's the latest pic, I still need to do some cleaning. This place is still a mess from moving the old one out and the new one in. As you can see, it came with a vise, but no handle so that will be a not too distant future project. I see I need to update my signature too!
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I had a problem with the motor, it would spin up almost to speed then a click and it'd lose power and slow down, then repeat that, then rinse and repeat. Tracked it down to a bad driven pulley bearing and today I pressed a new one in. Powered it up, still doing it, but a little quieter now.
Lo and behold, the idler pulley bearings (there are two in one housing) are also bad, one is really bad. I planned on replacing the spindle bearings anyway since I have it tore down this far so I called Locate Bearings and thankfully my order hadn't gone out yet so I was able to add the two bearings to the order. I highly recommend this place! Started the order on ebay, found I needed two bearings for the lower end of the spindle, emailed them, she sent me a phone number and I ordered the extra one, then today the other two. Got 'em all in one box so no extra shipping! YAY!!!
The motor was replaced some time back with a 110v single phase, but the one for the table is still 3 phase. Gotta decide what I want to do there. So far my choices seem to be 1) replace the motor, 2) get a static phase convertor, or 3) get 3 phase brought in. #3 is out! So I'm open to suggestions, I have a bridgeport drive but don't really want to use it for this.
A DRO is also something that I plan on. I have the display and it'll use either rotary encoders or the glass type scales. I also have an older Mitutoyo DRO that only does X and Y, the scales are the right size for this mill but the display is older and featureless. I've considered either selling it or putting it on the lathe. I'm rambling.
Here's the latest pic, I still need to do some cleaning. This place is still a mess from moving the old one out and the new one in. As you can see, it came with a vise, but no handle so that will be a not too distant future project. I see I need to update my signature too!
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