CoolHand
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Sep 6, 2005
- Location
- Missouri . . . Near the Middle.
In Jan of this year I managed to acquire a K&T model 2K from 1942.
It operated before we moved it, and it landed in my shop safely, etc. No damage in transit.
It has two (2) issues that I need to sort out, and that's where I need your help.
The first one is that the table feed handwheel will not engage, it just freewheels.
I've gotten the handwheel off and down to the bare screw end, but I am hesitant to take more apart without at least some idea of what is in there.
I've scoured through the VintageMachinery.org archive, and I've come up with bumpkis for an exploded parts diagram. The two that I've found (for the 2CK and the H models) both show parts that are quite different than what I have here. They show a three piece dial assembly with a spring inside it and some other parts that just aren't there on my machine. My 2K has a solid dial held to the screw with a setscrew that bears on a keyed bushing that rides on the screw. No springs at all, many fewer pieces, etc. This is obviously not the right parts diagram, but it's all I've been able to find thus far.
That's where you guys come in. I know someone here has to have a 2K that they've had the table feed handwheel end apart on.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
The other issue is that the spindle speed change crank has been taken off the machine, and I have no idea how to get it back together. It looks like it's all there (as in, I have the parts), I just have no idea how they're supposed to be assembled. Again, an exploded view drawing would work wonders here, but since the ones I have are wrong on the table feed end details, I am loathe to trust them on this either.
Again, any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your time guys.
It operated before we moved it, and it landed in my shop safely, etc. No damage in transit.
It has two (2) issues that I need to sort out, and that's where I need your help.
The first one is that the table feed handwheel will not engage, it just freewheels.
I've gotten the handwheel off and down to the bare screw end, but I am hesitant to take more apart without at least some idea of what is in there.
I've scoured through the VintageMachinery.org archive, and I've come up with bumpkis for an exploded parts diagram. The two that I've found (for the 2CK and the H models) both show parts that are quite different than what I have here. They show a three piece dial assembly with a spring inside it and some other parts that just aren't there on my machine. My 2K has a solid dial held to the screw with a setscrew that bears on a keyed bushing that rides on the screw. No springs at all, many fewer pieces, etc. This is obviously not the right parts diagram, but it's all I've been able to find thus far.
That's where you guys come in. I know someone here has to have a 2K that they've had the table feed handwheel end apart on.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
The other issue is that the spindle speed change crank has been taken off the machine, and I have no idea how to get it back together. It looks like it's all there (as in, I have the parts), I just have no idea how they're supposed to be assembled. Again, an exploded view drawing would work wonders here, but since the ones I have are wrong on the table feed end details, I am loathe to trust them on this either.
Again, any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your time guys.