mattthemuppet
Stainless
- Joined
- Apr 22, 2016
- Location
- San Antonio
slowly piecing stuff together on my wide 9 project and I have a couple of Qs - this is the first.
It looks like the gear that meshes with the large gear on the end of the QCGB can slide in and out to change the gear reduction from the spindle. Big clue is the "don't slide while lathe is turning" label on the gear cover Other one is the two grooves on the shaft it turns on.
Both the large hole and the smaller threaded hole line up with the 2 grooves in the in and out positions.
My guess is that there should be a ball bearing and spring in one of those holes that would act as a detent in each of the 2 positions. A 5/32 ball bearing fits in the threaded hole but there's barely enough room for a single coil of spring before there aren't enough threads to retain it.
Any ideas?
It looks like the gear that meshes with the large gear on the end of the QCGB can slide in and out to change the gear reduction from the spindle. Big clue is the "don't slide while lathe is turning" label on the gear cover Other one is the two grooves on the shaft it turns on.
Both the large hole and the smaller threaded hole line up with the 2 grooves in the in and out positions.
My guess is that there should be a ball bearing and spring in one of those holes that would act as a detent in each of the 2 positions. A 5/32 ball bearing fits in the threaded hole but there's barely enough room for a single coil of spring before there aren't enough threads to retain it.
Any ideas?