Kearney & Trecker Milwaukee 2K Universal Mill

[Hobby Shop]

Hopefully the timer was on from the beginning but it’s highly unlikely. The feed shaft tube is broken ( under the table right side). You’ll want to fix that before any chips make their way in to the gear box, bevel gears in there. If they chip out, the show is over for automatic feed and rapids.....unless you find a parts machine.

 

[BrandonMag]

Hopefully the timer was on from the beginning but it’s highly unlikely. The feed shaft tube is broken ( under the table right side). You’ll want to fix that before any chips make their way in to the gear box, bevel gears in there. If they chip out, the show is over for automatic feed and rapids.....unless you find a parts machine.

Are you talking about the exposed shaft underneath the table directly above the yellow power knee engagement lever (the last pic in post #35)?

 

[Hobby Shop]

Are you talking about the exposed shaft underneath the table directly above the yellow power knee engagement lever (the last pic in post #35)?

Yep, that’s it. The brass tube is supposed to telescope like the table drain tube.

 

[BrandonMag]

Yep, that’s it. The brass tube is supposed to telescope like the table drain tube.

Thanks for pointing that out. I haven't had the mill long enough to realize it was missing.

 

[ramsay1]

Thanks for pointing that out. I haven't had the mill long enough to realize it was missing.

Just noticed that myself.. Recipe for disaster... Ramsay 1

 

[gkbikers]

CONGRATULATIONS! Great looking K&T! Steve Summers on YouTube has a number of videos on cleaning & repair. The "two Keiths" (Rucker and Fenner) also have good info.

Be careful on first start up. Read up on motor rotation, etc. if you haven't already. Sad to say, I've had my 2K for years and it's still not running.

 

[Toolmaker51]

I once asked my mother how in the world they did all that stuff during ww2.. She said "It is amazing what you can do when your back is against the wall."
Probably lend lease machines in all parts of the world still doing what they were designed to do all those years ago.. I know I have three "war babies" that still work.. Ramsay 1

This original photo has been animated, click on it. The subject is a "Rosie Riveter", named Eunice Hancock. She was 21, when photo taken.https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/hmt-forum/eunice_hancock_ai.mp4

 

[imported_eric_h]

@BrandonMag what ever happened to your 2k saga???

 

[Doozer]

I just brought home a 2CH.
My trailer is a tilt deck type.
Two 7000 pound axles and 17 ft long.
I only use a 2 ton come-a-long to drag
the machine from ground level, to up
on the trailer. I really need to install a
winch to make this easier. Then it would
be just like using a roll back truck.
To unload the mill, I just hook the come
a long to the bottom beaver tail of the
trailer, and pull it down/off the deck.
I have landed machines either on the
concrete floor of my shop, and use
solid 5/8" bar to roll them around,
or I have landed machines on a pallet
jack. I have just used the come-a-long
and my tilt deck trailer on a 7000 pound
SIP MP5, a 9000 pound Rockford planer,
and a 10,000 pound P&W 2A jig borer.
All done by myself. This fork lift concept
seems super luxury to me. Maybe I have
done this a few times, so all this rigging
stuff seems not such a big deal to me.
But for someone's first machine, I can see
how a forklift is an attractive option. With
experience, you will built confidence in
what you can do, and this stuff will begin
to seem relatively simple. Glad your move
went well.

-Doozer