On 2008-11-15, Bill Noble wrote:
for those interested in the Abene mills, I've uploaded a photo of the
insides of the gearbox that drives the table to the drop box, though I don't
see the files there just yet - file names all start with Abene_VHF-3-Gear -

I *guessed* that you uploaded them to the dropbox

http://www.metalworking.com

and was right -- they are there.

If you have one of these, it's best not to take it apart - but if you must,
remove the input and output shafts, then unscrew the four nuts holding the
assembly together, then pull the back off - you will need to use a pry bar
to press the brass gear down as you do this - that will push its bearing out
of its mounting hole.

This is very nicely made, notice all the ball bearings - all the gears ride
on double pairs of needle bearings - this is fine Swiss workmanship - this
particular mill was made in 1970

It looks beautiful. I wish that I hand one -- and someplace to
put it.

I took it apart because I wanted to clean and paint part of the casting and
to replace oil seals - the oil seals are 17mmX35mmX10mm - you can replace
them without taking the gearbox apart (I recommend not taking it apart, now
that I've done it) -

:-)

Enjoy,
DoN.

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