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Stephie, dropped you a private message

Stephie, I am based in Ilford around the corner. I can have a look and proffer some advice

Hi Dean, find your local motor rewinder, they will easily be able to pull the star point out of the existing motor (I had all three on my omnimill done this way) then you can run with a VFD.

Cost was about an hours labour, they also replaced the bearings in one as they were past there best.

I agree with above don't go pulling anything bearing wise until you have had the chance to run it.

600 Group are still going and if you supply the serial number they will be able to confirm if there was any difference in the headstock type. Great lathes, just be aware any parts are 'Pricey' but hopefully you wont need any.

http://www.hydraulicsupplies.co.uk/products/

These guys are good, but they only use one delivery firm (which is expensive). They do allow you to organise your own courier though ..or if your local pop in

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@Nick Tollhurst I have dropped you a message can you get in touch

When repairing similar on my M300. I got a thin sheet cut to just the right size for the base and got a local faricator to weld it to the base for a drink, rather than attempt to repair a very poor surface.

It will be after tuesday ..

Ian drop me your email, so I can forward manual and the info you require

I am also a Omnimill owner. These a pretty robust mills, when sited in place no lifting should be required

If you can take the time to sort out a VFD, you'll hardly have to faff around with the belts. Please check a recent thread on here for guidance and links to sources of manuals / help.

Finding a good one can take a while (they are in all probablity at least 50 yrs old), make sure the horizontal arbour and end casting are with it ..these are now virtually impossible to find. Later models are 30INT on the horizontal and 3MT on vertical. Also late metric models came with a 27MM horizontal abour ..do check what it is size wize, it caught a few out (including me). I ended up getting it ground down to 1"

Phil

If it's got the original 3 phase motors, you can get a motor rewinder to pull out the star points and run all the motors off inverters. This is what I ended up doing rather than having to change belts. I actually use the same inverter for both horizontal and vertical, by changing set parameters within the menu of the inverter.

Take a look at http://modeleng.proboards.com/thread/11799/electrical-design-assitance

Check the oil points..virtually all of them are oil points and not grease ..which many users seem to get wrong.

If your going to use coolant I'd recommend fitting an enclosed tank in the base that you can get out..it get bloody messy otherwise .

There is also a yahoo group that has manuals and lots of assistance from previous exploits, albeit is moribund at present ..https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Elliott_Machine_Tool_Owners/info

Also wash and change the oil in the column, whilst it's of the base ..it will make life easier in the long run

Hopefully you have the horizontal arbour and figure of 8 arbour support ?

Is it 30int on the horizontal and 3mt on vertical ? (some are 3mt on both)

Message me if you need anything more ..as I am not a very frequent visitor

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I think after a few mins on a search engine that they are W20 Schaublin thank you Michael and Hans

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Michael, it looks like they are 12mm and .125 pitch (m12 metric fine). All imperial sizes ..i wonder if they are european ?

Not sure if the image is showing ..??

I need assistance identifying some collets, these are off a Myford Super 7 but think the chuck is modified for the job.

The collets have what looks to be an S or a 5 with and A overlaid ??

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Colin,

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These are heavy old lumps and quite difficult shaped pieces. An engine crane and two able bodies will be vital. Some rollers as Paul suggests will make life easier.

Like Paul suggested take the vertical head off, If it's got the fibre glass cover remove this first (or you will damage it !!) I'd leave the vertical motor on as this helps with balance.

Take the handles off next or again your likely to damage them, they are keyed on but with a bit of care should come off fairly easily and the removal of the knee gib allows it to be moved away from the column. I'd remove the column door again to save damage. You can split the column from the base and if you remove the horizontal motor this involves 5 Bolts from memory.

Photograph any wiring you disconnect and take a good imperial based tool kit (Allen Keys are a must)

Great Mill and there is a Yahoo group (albeit not very active, is a good resource of relevant information)

Philip

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Hi Brian,

I have found that you can get some very good prices and quality at these (usual disclaimer) guys

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So 5 litres of ISO68 slideway oil with postage would cost £22

I get that this isn't "branded" ie Castrol etc but for my uses it seems perfectly fine

Philip

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Brian,

That would explain it. Just be aware you need to keep the inverter out of tight spaces for airflow and pretty clean as they do attract dust/debris.

Philip