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Luke.kerbey
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Im now in a position where I’m the only toolmaker in my firm and now responsible for all our surface grinding. We have two late 60s J&S one 1400 and one standard 540. they both had the ways done a couple years ago and these machines grind flat, like 0.003mm flat over 150mm in both directions without even trying.
As these machines are some of the best grinders of this age I’ve ever worked on, I want to keep it that way too.
So my main questions are,
what should I be doing in terms of maintenance to keep these grinders in great shape?
What should I be doing that the manual doesn’t say? After all these things are 50+ years old.
Is there any common failures or wear parts that I should keep an eye for?
And I’d like to get an accurate year of mfg, can I tell this from the serial?
All input will be appreciated, even the trivial things as the previous toolmaker treated these machines like crap and hasn’t even greased the nipples.
Cheers,
Luke.
As these machines are some of the best grinders of this age I’ve ever worked on, I want to keep it that way too.
So my main questions are,
what should I be doing in terms of maintenance to keep these grinders in great shape?
What should I be doing that the manual doesn’t say? After all these things are 50+ years old.
Is there any common failures or wear parts that I should keep an eye for?
And I’d like to get an accurate year of mfg, can I tell this from the serial?
All input will be appreciated, even the trivial things as the previous toolmaker treated these machines like crap and hasn’t even greased the nipples.
Cheers,
Luke.