Has anyone replaced the gears in a Harbor Freight Mini Mill? Did you
replace all or just the stripped one? Replace with plastic or metal?
Any gotchas?

On Thu, 01 Jan 2015 22:38:08 -0600, wrote:

Has anyone replaced the gears in a Harbor Freight Mini Mill? Did you
replace all or just the stripped one? Replace with plastic or metal?
Any gotchas?

Goto http://www.mini-lathe.com/Mini_mill/Main/mini-mill.htm
for the uptime lowdown on both mini machines.

The metal ones will last longer, from what I've read. Belts are good.
http://www.mini-lathe.com/Mini_mill/...v/belt_drv.htm

I've had one of these little machines in my sights for decades now...
No room for a big one, no money for a little one. shrug

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Has anyone replaced the gears in a Harbor Freight Mini Mill? Did you
replace all or just the stripped one? Replace with plastic or metal?
Any gotchas?

Check the various options at Little Machine Shop. They have after market
metal gears for many of the popular small pieces of equipment.
Alternatively converting your machine to a belt drive might be an option for
you. Many people have found they get a quieter machine that provides better
surface finishes by going to belt drive.

On Thursday, January 1, 2015 8:38:35 PM UTC-8, wrote:
Has anyone replaced the gears in a Harbor Freight Mini Mill? Did you
replace all or just the stripped one? Replace with plastic or metal?
Any gotchas?


This is one area that CNC Advertising Zone is actually good for:

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/benchtop-machines/

On Fri, 2 Jan 2015 10:55:51 -0700, Bob La Londe wrote:

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Has anyone replaced the gears in a Harbor Freight Mini Mill? Did you
replace all or just the stripped one? Replace with plastic or metal?
Any gotchas?

Check the various options at Little Machine Shop. They have after market
metal gears for many of the popular small pieces of equipment.
Alternatively converting your machine to a belt drive might be an option for
you. Many people have found they get a quieter machine that provides better
surface finishes by going to belt drive.


2nd littlemachineshop. A+ service.
Bill
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