02-01-2016, 12:41 PM
(02-01-2016, 06:03 AM)Mayhem Wrote: Don't you have contacts in the game?
Yes I do....... YOU GUYS!!!!
Automotive bearings sure. High precision machine bearings - not so much.
It's all Ed's fault.
He started talking about oil for his mill, which started me thinking about the MachTach I put together a couple of years ago (also his fault for telling me about those...) so I started pulling the head apart on my mill to get the brake drum off in order to modify it for the speed sensor pickup for the MachTach, which got me down to the open (and dry) drive spindle bearings that I don't like.....
Next thing I know, my mill is in pieces and now I can't find the bearings I want. (yet)
I'll have a look at those sites - thanks guys.
Just so it is understood - the bearings I am talking about are open to the dust / dirt / v-belt debris inside the belt drive housing and can't be lubricated. It would only serve to collect all that cr** inside the bearings. So while it's apart, NOW is the time to put some sealed bearings in there. Like I said - it's all Ed's fault...
What sucks is - I want to cut some shallow vertical grooves around the circumference of the brake drum, which would be easy with my indexer/rotab on the mill.
I don't have an indexing set-up for the lathe so I'll have to rig something. Sigh..... it never ends.
Willie