macona
Diamond
- Joined
- Jun 20, 2006
- Location
- Beaverton, OR
Decided to tackle the bent feed rod today. Wobbles pretty good like. My guess some time in the past someone lifted the lathe with a sling and squished the feed rod.
Pulled off the outboard support and knocked out the drive pin in the feed clutch and slid it out. Simpler than I expected.
Question is the keyway down the length is only .154" wide. This machine had been rebuilt at one time by some company called Hademann-Nielsen of LA so maybe a new rod was machined to make up for the key wear in the worm gear?
I was going to use some pre-keyed stock to make a new shaft but thats out of the question now. Do you think I can get away with using some 3/4" drill rod to replace it? The rod is alost exactly 3' long.
Also should the taper pin in the feed clutch be steel or something softer?
Pulled off the outboard support and knocked out the drive pin in the feed clutch and slid it out. Simpler than I expected.
Question is the keyway down the length is only .154" wide. This machine had been rebuilt at one time by some company called Hademann-Nielsen of LA so maybe a new rod was machined to make up for the key wear in the worm gear?
I was going to use some pre-keyed stock to make a new shaft but thats out of the question now. Do you think I can get away with using some 3/4" drill rod to replace it? The rod is alost exactly 3' long.
Also should the taper pin in the feed clutch be steel or something softer?