vonblowseph
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2010
- Location
- athens ohio
TGIF everybody,
I recently acquired a L&S Powerturn 1610 from FEB of 1957 serial #43500.
Got it leveled and made first chips with it yesterday.
So far the only problem that I'm having is that it will not stay in "high" feed range.
On the far left side of the headstock there is a lever that has two positions.
One position is labeled"1" and the other one is labeled"8".
Simply put, one position controls the "slow" feeds and the other controls the "high" feeds.
When in the high or fast feed range it will feed for a little bit but then the feed bar stops spinning.
I took the covers off and noticed that when in slow feed there are two gears that mesh together quite well. Practically matching both gears full width.
When shifting into the high range the gear slides over and meshes with another gear but only about 1/8" of the two gears are able to make contact. Thus allowing the gear to easily slide off and lose motion.
This must be a common issue with this machine.
At a quick glance it looks like a shaft has slid too far out of the way or perhaps a set screw has allowed one of the gears to lose position.
Does anyone have any experience with this particular quirk?
Thanks for your time,
Joey
I recently acquired a L&S Powerturn 1610 from FEB of 1957 serial #43500.
Got it leveled and made first chips with it yesterday.
So far the only problem that I'm having is that it will not stay in "high" feed range.
On the far left side of the headstock there is a lever that has two positions.
One position is labeled"1" and the other one is labeled"8".
Simply put, one position controls the "slow" feeds and the other controls the "high" feeds.
When in the high or fast feed range it will feed for a little bit but then the feed bar stops spinning.
I took the covers off and noticed that when in slow feed there are two gears that mesh together quite well. Practically matching both gears full width.
When shifting into the high range the gear slides over and meshes with another gear but only about 1/8" of the two gears are able to make contact. Thus allowing the gear to easily slide off and lose motion.
This must be a common issue with this machine.
At a quick glance it looks like a shaft has slid too far out of the way or perhaps a set screw has allowed one of the gears to lose position.
Does anyone have any experience with this particular quirk?
Thanks for your time,
Joey