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My shop is finally powered up.
I've finally got the lathe and mill powered up here in Texas. First
time for the mill, although I'm not quite ready to cut metal. The lathe is an old Delta 11", the mill a Hardinge TM. First project is fitting a new shaft and bushings for the idler pulley in the lathe drive. There was .020" or so wear from previous owner inattention due to relatively inaccessible oil cup. While I was at it, I pulled the variable speed drive pulley and shaft apart. No wear to speak of, but you can see the oiler without standing on your head. That was good news. Almost done with the new shaft and bushings, should be installed in next day or so. Next will be an oiler adapter with o-ring to fit the Hardinge oilers and lube it up before actually cutting metal. After that it's fab a new X-axis lead screw, old one is junk. I added a speed pot to the lathe controls, and set up the vfd for the mill to work through the old gear shift controls. Cool, but reverted to a pot for the speed control. Both center-off positions are in series and either works as expected. Feels good to be making swarf again. Pete Keillor |
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