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- Sep 27, 2011
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Lagun manual & cnc. Finally getting into my hurricane Harvey salt water flooded shop
I took a direct Hurricane Harvey hit, A little over 6 feet of Gulf of Mexico salt water took out my shop, and house. Yes it has been a long time to get back in the shop, but that is just how it worked out. I just got the shop dried back in and mostly mucked out last week. So for the last year and a half, I would go in to the roofless shop and try and exercise the machines a bit. I thought this was working ok, but maybe not.
So like I said I was exercising the tables and gears a bit, but I guess not enough. Todays problems are 2. I have a early 80's Lagun FT1 step pulley manual mill. The high low gears were changing ok, but had not tried to go full locked in LOW gear until last night, when I moved FULLY into low gear. The mill is now stuck in low gear and I broke the ?shear pin on the high low gear change handle. I am assuming that there is some rust on a shaft that the high low gear slides on, and when I finally went fully into low gear, now the gear is stuck on some rust. I am working on getting a parts manual. I think I finally found a step pulley manual, most manuals seemed to be variable speed.
Does anybody know how much I have to take apart to get to the high low gear mechanism? Can I get access to the gear if I tear down to just below the step pulleys, and above the quill level? Or do I need to down to the quill?
Next problem. I have a 1985 Lagun/Anilam CNC mill with a Crusader M control. Same sort of problem I think. I had been working the table a bit, but not all the way to the stops. Recently I was moving the Y axis and it started getting stiff and springy close to one end of the travel. So I stopped and went the other way on Y toward the column, all good in the mid travel, then getting close to the column again it started getting stiff and springy. I decided to try and work through the rough spot, MISTAKE, I kept going and it got stiffer still, and now the Y Axis is good and stuck about a inch from max Y travel near the column. Any thoughts on if this sticking would be in the ways and gib? or is the ball screw jammed up with I guess rust. Does anyone know if I can clear the jam up by trying to remove the Y-axis gib? Is the Lagun like a Bridgeport with a only 1 adjustment screw for the gib, or is there a lock screw and the adjustment screw?
If it is the ball screw is there any saving a stuck ball screw?
The lathe seems pretty good, except for the motor. I am thinking about doing a full submerge on the 3hp electric motor in "EVAPORUST". Has anyone tried a full submerge on a electric motor in Evaporust??
I am thinking the VFD's and CNC electronics are not even worth messing with? But I could be wrong. Most all the electric motors have come back If I let them dry out enough, they all have bearing noise, but they are working. The mill motors were both above the high water mark, I think they will live to fight another day.
any help with ideas for the stuck Lagun's is appreciated
thanks
I took a direct Hurricane Harvey hit, A little over 6 feet of Gulf of Mexico salt water took out my shop, and house. Yes it has been a long time to get back in the shop, but that is just how it worked out. I just got the shop dried back in and mostly mucked out last week. So for the last year and a half, I would go in to the roofless shop and try and exercise the machines a bit. I thought this was working ok, but maybe not.
So like I said I was exercising the tables and gears a bit, but I guess not enough. Todays problems are 2. I have a early 80's Lagun FT1 step pulley manual mill. The high low gears were changing ok, but had not tried to go full locked in LOW gear until last night, when I moved FULLY into low gear. The mill is now stuck in low gear and I broke the ?shear pin on the high low gear change handle. I am assuming that there is some rust on a shaft that the high low gear slides on, and when I finally went fully into low gear, now the gear is stuck on some rust. I am working on getting a parts manual. I think I finally found a step pulley manual, most manuals seemed to be variable speed.
Does anybody know how much I have to take apart to get to the high low gear mechanism? Can I get access to the gear if I tear down to just below the step pulleys, and above the quill level? Or do I need to down to the quill?
Next problem. I have a 1985 Lagun/Anilam CNC mill with a Crusader M control. Same sort of problem I think. I had been working the table a bit, but not all the way to the stops. Recently I was moving the Y axis and it started getting stiff and springy close to one end of the travel. So I stopped and went the other way on Y toward the column, all good in the mid travel, then getting close to the column again it started getting stiff and springy. I decided to try and work through the rough spot, MISTAKE, I kept going and it got stiffer still, and now the Y Axis is good and stuck about a inch from max Y travel near the column. Any thoughts on if this sticking would be in the ways and gib? or is the ball screw jammed up with I guess rust. Does anyone know if I can clear the jam up by trying to remove the Y-axis gib? Is the Lagun like a Bridgeport with a only 1 adjustment screw for the gib, or is there a lock screw and the adjustment screw?
If it is the ball screw is there any saving a stuck ball screw?
The lathe seems pretty good, except for the motor. I am thinking about doing a full submerge on the 3hp electric motor in "EVAPORUST". Has anyone tried a full submerge on a electric motor in Evaporust??
I am thinking the VFD's and CNC electronics are not even worth messing with? But I could be wrong. Most all the electric motors have come back If I let them dry out enough, they all have bearing noise, but they are working. The mill motors were both above the high water mark, I think they will live to fight another day.
any help with ideas for the stuck Lagun's is appreciated
thanks