justin.mercier
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Apr 29, 2010
- Location
- Woonsocket RI
This last week I picked up a pair of Burke #4 milling machines. One with the universal table, and fairly complete, the other with no pedestal or motor but with the factory vertical head.
The vertical head was frozen, and after disassembly I found it to have been packed with now hardened grease. I've got the grease out and everything moves smoothly now, but I am wondering what would be the right sort of grease to re-pack it with, assuming that is what should be in there in the first place. I've got some red Mobile 1 bearing grease that i use for packing car bearings, but I'm not sure if that's too thick at cold temps and if i should use something lighter / oozier.
Thanks for your help!
I need to get the stuck vertical head arbor out of the spindle on one machine... and a 3C collet closer adapter out of the spindle on the other machine. I also need to find myself some horizontal arbors for the B&S 9 spindle, and see if i can find a Burke indexing head somewhere, One of the machines came with the Burke tail-stock but not the indexing head to match it. The one on the pedestal is marked 1946, the one on the angle iron cart, 1942.
the two mills
http://www.tharkis.com/images/tools/burke/IMG_0196.JPG
old mostly solidified grease
http://www.tharkis.com/images/tools/burke/IMG_0188.JPG
Mostly cleaned out now and everything spinning smoothly
http://www.tharkis.com/images/tools/burke/IMG_0190.JPG
The vertical head was frozen, and after disassembly I found it to have been packed with now hardened grease. I've got the grease out and everything moves smoothly now, but I am wondering what would be the right sort of grease to re-pack it with, assuming that is what should be in there in the first place. I've got some red Mobile 1 bearing grease that i use for packing car bearings, but I'm not sure if that's too thick at cold temps and if i should use something lighter / oozier.
Thanks for your help!
I need to get the stuck vertical head arbor out of the spindle on one machine... and a 3C collet closer adapter out of the spindle on the other machine. I also need to find myself some horizontal arbors for the B&S 9 spindle, and see if i can find a Burke indexing head somewhere, One of the machines came with the Burke tail-stock but not the indexing head to match it. The one on the pedestal is marked 1946, the one on the angle iron cart, 1942.
the two mills
http://www.tharkis.com/images/tools/burke/IMG_0196.JPG
old mostly solidified grease
http://www.tharkis.com/images/tools/burke/IMG_0188.JPG
Mostly cleaned out now and everything spinning smoothly
http://www.tharkis.com/images/tools/burke/IMG_0190.JPG