HI Guys,
I've got a '54 square dial with issues with the threading gearbox. Sounds like a rock crusher when you try to thread.
I've never actually *tried* to thread anything with it like that. 5 seconds of listening to it convinced me to shut it down and switch back over to feed. So I don't know if it's cutting accurately or not. The feed side works great, and as that's 99% of what I do, it hasn't been a huge issue. But it would be nice to be able to single point if I needed to.
This is (or was) Oldster's machine. He passed away a few years back, and I bought out the company, so now it's my problem.
Other than the problem with the threader, it works fine. 10-4K RPM smooth as you please.
I learned on a round dial, so yes, I've got it all set up right, that's not the issue. (so far as I know...)
My question is this: I don't have time to fuss with it. We do have a couple of machine mechanics local to me who I'd trust to dig into her guts. But none of them is a EE specialist, so none of them has any real guesses on how long it'd take to diagnose/fix the issue, and whether or not it'd take the whole machine down while they were digging around in the gearbox.
So, anybody got any guesses on (A) what the problem might be, (B) whether or not it'd take the entire machine down to work on it?
I do need the thing from time to time, and when I actually do need it, I *really* need it. Right now. So being down for weeks with no firm schedule isn't going to happen for a non-critical problem.
Thoughts?
Regards,
Brian
I've got a '54 square dial with issues with the threading gearbox. Sounds like a rock crusher when you try to thread.
I've never actually *tried* to thread anything with it like that. 5 seconds of listening to it convinced me to shut it down and switch back over to feed. So I don't know if it's cutting accurately or not. The feed side works great, and as that's 99% of what I do, it hasn't been a huge issue. But it would be nice to be able to single point if I needed to.
This is (or was) Oldster's machine. He passed away a few years back, and I bought out the company, so now it's my problem.
Other than the problem with the threader, it works fine. 10-4K RPM smooth as you please.
I learned on a round dial, so yes, I've got it all set up right, that's not the issue. (so far as I know...)
My question is this: I don't have time to fuss with it. We do have a couple of machine mechanics local to me who I'd trust to dig into her guts. But none of them is a EE specialist, so none of them has any real guesses on how long it'd take to diagnose/fix the issue, and whether or not it'd take the whole machine down while they were digging around in the gearbox.
So, anybody got any guesses on (A) what the problem might be, (B) whether or not it'd take the entire machine down to work on it?
I do need the thing from time to time, and when I actually do need it, I *really* need it. Right now. So being down for weeks with no firm schedule isn't going to happen for a non-critical problem.
Thoughts?
Regards,
Brian