Lost Pup
Aluminum
- Joined
- Feb 19, 2010
- Location
- Bensalem PA
Logan 7 Shaper Cleanup and Repaint.
The original had a few issues to deal with. The left/right table moment was broken and locked in one position.
Made a few small parts and a new brass knob. The brass knob has a set screw which points to the actual table travel direction.
The pulley shaft was scored up and the pulley would wobble like mad in use. I cleaned up the pulley bore and the shaft and just shimmed it up.
Works great.
The original motor was so large its pulley was just outside proud of the base.
I replaced the motor with a good used one and then ordered a few sets of belts to dial in the travel of the varispeed pulley.
The wrong belt lengths were in use and the base was drilled and chipped away to give the top pulley clearance as well.
The right belts cleared this as well. In operation the varispeed pulley would clack/slamm side to side, very noisy.
The shaper was broken down, cleaned and stripped of paint, primered and repainted. I used the SB gray I had left from my drill press restore.
Paint was rolled and brushed on.
I placed the shaper on a thick piece of wood over a steel base and bolted thru. The wood deadens the sound from echoing of the steel mobile base.
Its operates perfectly at this point, a real keeper. Have to think about a adding support feet to stop the shaping from dancing accross the floor
which only happens at the higher speeds.
Pics tell the Story
Thoughts and Comments Welcome
The original had a few issues to deal with. The left/right table moment was broken and locked in one position.
Made a few small parts and a new brass knob. The brass knob has a set screw which points to the actual table travel direction.
The pulley shaft was scored up and the pulley would wobble like mad in use. I cleaned up the pulley bore and the shaft and just shimmed it up.
Works great.
The original motor was so large its pulley was just outside proud of the base.
I replaced the motor with a good used one and then ordered a few sets of belts to dial in the travel of the varispeed pulley.
The wrong belt lengths were in use and the base was drilled and chipped away to give the top pulley clearance as well.
The right belts cleared this as well. In operation the varispeed pulley would clack/slamm side to side, very noisy.
The shaper was broken down, cleaned and stripped of paint, primered and repainted. I used the SB gray I had left from my drill press restore.
Paint was rolled and brushed on.
I placed the shaper on a thick piece of wood over a steel base and bolted thru. The wood deadens the sound from echoing of the steel mobile base.
Its operates perfectly at this point, a real keeper. Have to think about a adding support feet to stop the shaping from dancing accross the floor
which only happens at the higher speeds.
Pics tell the Story
Thoughts and Comments Welcome
