Pinion problem SOLVED and a Rant

I contacted Warco on Monday as suggested and explained me problem to Peter in the spares department. Although my model mill is obsolete the do still sell it's bigger brother. Peter spent some time looking through parts manuals and identified the part. He offered to dig the part out and measure it to see if it was identical, which it was apart from the bore which was 14mm where mine was 12mm. Part ordered and paid for and delivered this morning.

Set about hunting for some suitable tube to make a sleeve but nothing anywhere near. So set about drilling & boring some MS bar. Job done, now to fit it all together. Bugger, the new pinion is fractionally too wide. Put casting in the mill vice and Luckily my longest endmill was just long enough for me to skim the insides of the bearing arms. Job finally done and it works sweet as a nut.

Well done Peter at Warco; excellent service.

Went to do another job on the lathe and the bloody belt broke. Took the remnants of the belt to the local bearing supplier who offered to chase one up. He phoned me a couple of minutes ago, said he could source one at a price. I'm glad I was sitting down: £19 + VAT plus £12 + VAT carriage. What planet are these people on? £12 carriage for something that will fit in a Jiffy Bag. Just managed to source a belt on Amazon £16.26 inc delivery.

Rant over.

Iain

You can see why the internet is taking over.

Tony

Machine tools are a bargain

The missus ordered curtains for two 1M square 1970s windows yesterday

Nine hundred quid...

...doesn't include the tracks or the fitting...

£900??? - You've been framed

Pull yerself together....should be able to buy them cheaper than that surely?

I'll get me coat...

Blimey.

I'll knock you up two pairs for £800.

Ady thought she wanted gold coloured curtains...

A real pane in the back pocket, or wherever you carry your moths!

My suggestion of flipping the pinion over so it was using the un-worn side not possible then?

What Are they made out of silk or something ?

Buy her a sewing machine.

Chris Gunn

Iain,

You have only yourself to blame ! Everyone knows that you should NEVER-NEVER start two jobs on the same day,more so if the first one has given you grief. That is called tempting the Gods !

Having said that,I never thought belts were that dear. The ones on my lathe are starting to show signs of old age,fraying at the edges [like myself ].Might be a question of which wears out first !

Strange the way they keep changing the sizes of machine parts,for no good reason. Came across that before,many times,it,s a P-I-T-A.

Maybe the first chap did not want the job?

Surprised that there was no other company nearby who could supply a belt, or link belting.

Howard

Was John Lewis, just ordinary curtains

She fortunately didn't order them and found a bargain alternative place with exactly the same material, remnant kings I think, at 500 bananas

We're in the wrong game guys

Edited By Ady1 on 23/10/2018 21:26:16

She's got three, one is a multi spool job

"Not got enough time" was the answer

Larry,

The incidents were on separate days, the gear on Sunday and the belt on Tuesday. The belt was my own fault as I ran the tool into the chuck, for the first time ever! The belt is an M5710, it's only 5mm wide. I think it did well to last 16 years.

Pete,

That was my plan if I was unable to source a replacement.

regards Iain

Iain,

Now follow up on the job with the advice that Jeff Dayman and I gave you to lubricate that assembly with high pressure grease, the photos you posted when first reported showed it was as dry as a bone.

And, while you are at it, treat the rack as well.

Regards

Brian

Borrow one, it is a machine, you can use it and spend what you save on tools

I used to make kites, and probably have used my wife's machine to sew ripstop at least twice as much as she ever has - I certainly got through more needles.

Brian

I've used these boys before - another option in the future.

Murray