Biusy day!
All with 1 cup of espresso!
Yesterday I managed to get the motor mount bolted in place after fighting it for 2 hours.(Awkward/Heavy/ and precision holes on a braket = PITAss!!) Colty came outside and helped to get it ligned up while I bolted it down. Unfortunately, the 4th bolt would NOT go in. So that leaves 3, 5/8" bolts to hold the 300# motor braket to the top of the mill. (I will have to grab a tap from work tomorrow)
That done, I got the motor lifted up with the tractor, and placed on the braket. Bolted it in, and redid the wiring on it. (This was set up for a contactor, but the biggest one I have is 3 hp, and this is now a 7 hp from a 20 hp. It has a reversing drum switch on it at least, so I will use this as the start/stop switch.
Last was to rewire the extenion cord from the phase converter. Swapped those plugs, plugged it in and flipped on the converter.
And Voalla! It started right up when I flipped the switch! Yaayy!
So today, another cup o espresso :p and I managed to get the flat belt stiched up with the boxed X stitch. (With beewaxed poly string). Takes bloody forever to do. For a temp to try it out, I stuck the broken caster wheel into its hole on the lever arm that raises the motor carrage thereby engaging the flat belt.(The bolt that holds the castor(s) both broke. Now I know why as the're cast iron(Even the bolt) ) I need to figure out another long term fix for this.
I then flipped on the phase converter again, and started up the motor. Tripped the 20A breaker, as it was too much to start the entire mill at once. Undid the flat belt clutch and tried it again afer reseting the breaker. (It popped again) WTF? It worked yesterday...
Then I got the grease gun, and greased up the motor, and the countershaft. It then started up no problem.
Everything works on it now! power feed X,Y,Z, all the feed gears work,and were exersized with more hydraulic fluid. Put chain oil on the ways (Way oil:p) and ran all in. THe back gears are all working(Has 2 back gears!) and direct works too. Overgreased the spindle bearings whith it running to force out the dead grease(Got covered with black dead grease in the process)
All in all it is ready for the vice.(Which weighs in at over 200#)I have to re arrange the shop at work to get it out of the stud bay its hiding in. (I have to make an offer on the shell mill he has at work too, as its too big for the Kearny Treaker there. I think its a 12"shell.
All of that done, I amazingly felt like working on house again!
SO I dug out the rusty cans of stain from the failed garage sale 3 years ago in the front yard.Went thru them all, and found a new rusty can of a Very nice color stain. SO I sanded down the back porch door, and stained it. At least its somewhat water resistant now.(It was getting water stained.) NOw I need to pick up a can of varathane to finish it off.
That being done, I still! had some daylight. So I fired up the rototiller again, and headed to the front yard to break up the rock that is supposed to be dirt. After beating up myself for 2 passes, I realised that I could possibly get this done allot easier. I shut down the tiller, and went to fire up the tractor. I ripped up the whole front yard with the scarifier teeth on the box scraper in about 1/2 hour.And that to about 1' deep. I then fired up the tiller again, and made Real headway.Got 4 passes done in the time I got the first pass done with it before.(It was then quitting time when once again I hooked it on another hidden fence) And it was black outside :p
Yesterday I managed to get the motor mount bolted in place after fighting it for 2 hours.(Awkward/Heavy/ and precision holes on a braket = PITAss!!) Colty came outside and helped to get it ligned up while I bolted it down. Unfortunately, the 4th bolt would NOT go in. So that leaves 3, 5/8" bolts to hold the 300# motor braket to the top of the mill. (I will have to grab a tap from work tomorrow)
That done, I got the motor lifted up with the tractor, and placed on the braket. Bolted it in, and redid the wiring on it. (This was set up for a contactor, but the biggest one I have is 3 hp, and this is now a 7 hp from a 20 hp. It has a reversing drum switch on it at least, so I will use this as the start/stop switch.
Last was to rewire the extenion cord from the phase converter. Swapped those plugs, plugged it in and flipped on the converter.
And Voalla! It started right up when I flipped the switch! Yaayy!
So today, another cup o espresso :p and I managed to get the flat belt stiched up with the boxed X stitch. (With beewaxed poly string). Takes bloody forever to do. For a temp to try it out, I stuck the broken caster wheel into its hole on the lever arm that raises the motor carrage thereby engaging the flat belt.(The bolt that holds the castor(s) both broke. Now I know why as the're cast iron(Even the bolt) ) I need to figure out another long term fix for this.
I then flipped on the phase converter again, and started up the motor. Tripped the 20A breaker, as it was too much to start the entire mill at once. Undid the flat belt clutch and tried it again afer reseting the breaker. (It popped again) WTF? It worked yesterday...
Then I got the grease gun, and greased up the motor, and the countershaft. It then started up no problem.
Everything works on it now! power feed X,Y,Z, all the feed gears work,and were exersized with more hydraulic fluid. Put chain oil on the ways (Way oil:p) and ran all in. THe back gears are all working(Has 2 back gears!) and direct works too. Overgreased the spindle bearings whith it running to force out the dead grease(Got covered with black dead grease in the process)
All in all it is ready for the vice.(Which weighs in at over 200#)I have to re arrange the shop at work to get it out of the stud bay its hiding in. (I have to make an offer on the shell mill he has at work too, as its too big for the Kearny Treaker there. I think its a 12"shell.
All of that done, I amazingly felt like working on house again!
SO I dug out the rusty cans of stain from the failed garage sale 3 years ago in the front yard.Went thru them all, and found a new rusty can of a Very nice color stain. SO I sanded down the back porch door, and stained it. At least its somewhat water resistant now.(It was getting water stained.) NOw I need to pick up a can of varathane to finish it off.
That being done, I still! had some daylight. So I fired up the rototiller again, and headed to the front yard to break up the rock that is supposed to be dirt. After beating up myself for 2 passes, I realised that I could possibly get this done allot easier. I shut down the tiller, and went to fire up the tractor. I ripped up the whole front yard with the scarifier teeth on the box scraper in about 1/2 hour.And that to about 1' deep. I then fired up the tiller again, and made Real headway.Got 4 passes done in the time I got the first pass done with it before.(It was then quitting time when once again I hooked it on another hidden fence) And it was black outside :p