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More work on the mill today..
I got the table cleaned up and put on which is over 16" wide. Drove the gib in, and the table is no longer a free sliding fit.Its going to wait till I get the power feed working.
All the power feed driveshafts are now free, and working smoothly. The power feed gearbox is all freed up, and installed. The drive chain for it is alittle stretched but Im sure it will work fine. Ive discovered that nearly every part has part numbers on this.(Even the individual spokes of a tiller type wheel to change gears). I had to make a pin type setscrew, and cut slots for a standard screwdriver in the ends of more of these that were mashed over on the power feed driveshaft. Hacksaw FTW:)
Im really amazed that everything that was frozen solid freed up so easy. The hardest thing was to free the slip joint in the power feed driveshaft. ANd that still was rather easy. just sprayed Kroyal on it, and knocked it about with the maul, on th anvil. THen beat it some more in the vice, with a dull hot chisel, and maul, drove right out. Now after sanding it with more 80grit, and oiling it it slid right back in:)
I've been using 40 wt hydraulic oil for the initial oiling on everything, and it works great to break up the rust, dead grease, dirt, and a great penatrant
I then got the 20 hp motor unbolted, but could not find my keys to the house and everything else to get into te barn to get the 10 hp. so that was the end of that endevor..
Last thing was to scrape the 30 years of dirt and grease off of the base. Damn I miss summer already :( it was dark..
I got the table cleaned up and put on which is over 16" wide. Drove the gib in, and the table is no longer a free sliding fit.Its going to wait till I get the power feed working.
All the power feed driveshafts are now free, and working smoothly. The power feed gearbox is all freed up, and installed. The drive chain for it is alittle stretched but Im sure it will work fine. Ive discovered that nearly every part has part numbers on this.(Even the individual spokes of a tiller type wheel to change gears). I had to make a pin type setscrew, and cut slots for a standard screwdriver in the ends of more of these that were mashed over on the power feed driveshaft. Hacksaw FTW:)
Im really amazed that everything that was frozen solid freed up so easy. The hardest thing was to free the slip joint in the power feed driveshaft. ANd that still was rather easy. just sprayed Kroyal on it, and knocked it about with the maul, on th anvil. THen beat it some more in the vice, with a dull hot chisel, and maul, drove right out. Now after sanding it with more 80grit, and oiling it it slid right back in:)
I've been using 40 wt hydraulic oil for the initial oiling on everything, and it works great to break up the rust, dead grease, dirt, and a great penatrant
I then got the 20 hp motor unbolted, but could not find my keys to the house and everything else to get into te barn to get the 10 hp. so that was the end of that endevor..
Last thing was to scrape the 30 years of dirt and grease off of the base. Damn I miss summer already :( it was dark..