Start using it. If it were me I would keep it, because I have been looking for some of that stuff to use but 100 feet is a lot. I don't see it for sale as much as I used to, and not for deals.
I have a big 3 ton beebe bros version where if you put it in neutral and pull the ratchet wheel out, it disengages the chain so you can pull it free. If you dont seat it again, it will do things like you are describing. Maybe it has a similar feature.
This is just a story, but years ago I went to go look at a machine to buy. I didn't end up buying the machine but I looked at a few more machines the man was selling. One of them was a hydmech saw that looked like my marvel 8. He said he used to have a marvel and sold it to buy the hydmech...
I wonder if any of that stuff is of nice quality, or if it's cheap like the china stuff we see in the states. Some of the bigger stuff looked pretty decent, I would love to have that big vertical slotter. Looks like a lot of the machines have been picked over by scavengers
I found this
https://www.cottandco.com/en/lots/dean-smith--grace-type-18-lathe
and this
https://www.amazon.com/Smith-Grace-Lathe-Operations-Manual/dp/B00FOCV5UI
That looks like a nice machine, go get it and clean it up. I would guess 10-12k lbs
I got a 5k cat forklift for free because some business didn't want to spend the time or money to fix it, so they bought a new lift. On the cat, someone had broken the carb off the intake. It still had the 2 little mounting tabs bolted on. I took the machine home and welded the 2 tabs back on the...
Thats a cool machine with some real potential if you can get it working. If it was mine I would try and use the 30hp dc motor if you can get a controller for it and have the power for it. I'm also a fan of dc motors.
Here is a follow up to this problem. I contacted Ron Grundy on facebook and explained my problem. He recommended I check the speed range selector knob on the column gearbox. There is a small lever in there that moves when you pull the knob out to switch gears. From what he explained this makes...
Thanks for the replies, I dug into it tonight. I was getting tired by the end of the day so I didn't do much more than drain it and pop the side gear cluster out. I also checked to see if the high/low changer moved freely and it did with little effort.
I guess the next step is to dig into the...
I did find this thread after a while of searching, it seems to have some good info towards my problem.
https://www.practicalmachinist.com/forum/threads/kearney-trecker-3k-lubrication-problem.412107/
I'll dig into it next weekend and see if I can find any issues. The high/low changer has kinda...
I was doing a job with the machine running, but clutch disengaged and my back was turned. The machine started making a high pitched whining noise coming from the column. I tried to engage the clutch and all of a sudden it was very hard to pull the starting handle. I pulled a little harder and...
Does anyone happen to have a scrap model M or any of the shift levers from one?
I have been working on a 20cm (basically a model M, 22.5" swing) that was given to me, and slowly getting it up to running after sitting for many years. This morning I did some test cuts, and turned a cam lock...
This website or its third-party tools process personal data (e.g. browsing data or IP addresses) and use cookies or other identifiers, which are necessary for its functioning and required to achieve the purposes illustrated in the cookie policy. To learn more, please refer to the cookie policy. In case of sale of your personal information, you may opt out by sending us an email via our Contact Us page. To find out more about the categories of personal information collected and the purposes for which such information will be used, please refer to our privacy policy. You accept the use of cookies or other identifiers by closing or dismissing this notice, by scrolling this page, by clicking a link or button or by continuing to browse otherwise.