Thanks again Pete . Look great .

Hi David the motor runs the same both FWD and REV . I couldn't see anything in the motor gearbox design to suggest otherwise . I have mounted a wiper motor very similar on a scissor jack previously and it worked well enough to lift a Transit pickup with load on the back . The one I purchased was a n...

The VS280 lathe I purchased was originally fitted with the electronic speed adjustment control for the pulleys The Motor originally was a 3 phase Swiss made unit that has very little to no information available for it . The motor on mine the previous owner gave the wiring a crew cut very close to mo...

They do some strange things with lathes .. The bearing needs a flow through of grease as any non life sealed unit does . The large crusher gearboxes I worked on, the inner taper bearing was fitted with a shim disc that restricted the flow and stopped it flinging grease into box , thus contaminating ...

Yes and again a big thanks to pete . RP I will be very careful fitting outer tapers . To be fair I could always repack the originals and fit them back in as they were good , The inner taper was not well lubed , It looks as if there is no grease retainer for the inner bearing and it flicks inside the...

I have ordered 99% of the components needed to build the control panel and fully rewire the lathe . I have include 2 off 22mm panel mount momentary stop /start switches with a simple DPDT relay latching circuit , This allows led indicator lights for start stop without current draw from the VFD 12v c...

I looked at the control panel a couple of days ago . Not a very nice looking item is it ? P1020378.JPG The box controls a 3HP rated Teco VFD I downloaded a copy of the Teco E2 manual from Drivesdirect website the VFD supplier. After a bit of studying and checking the spec a plan was formed. P1020379...

Thanks RPWilson for the info on Preload . I had searched the net beforehand and found 2 posts that suggested no exacting method just nip up till no spindle play ? . I used to build heavy plant equipment and when we did a taper it was always preloaded for heat expansion at running temperature . Due t...

Hi mine too has the transducer gear , if you mean the hall sensor pickup ?. Yes Pete the gear is really sloppy on fit , And when I say elongated holes you can see were he missed drilled it in 2 spots .. Absolute numpty who touched it . Is there a drawing relating to the plastic gears . I saw that th...

I stripped the top of the lathe today after draining the oil overnight . It seemed the more I looked the worse it looked , Oil covered glasses on I think on first look . There seemed to be a tight spot on the shafts when spun by hand , as I inspected it,it seemed to get worse , The gear selector lev...

I have removed the pilot motor today which I am not going to use, instead opting for a welder drive motor DC setup to replace the original unit . ( I have a mint 4 wheel drive mig welder wire feed as a spare so will use the 24v dc motor ). If anyone wants the original which I was told worked before ...

Me too found length of 1/4 sq bar .. HSS bit / key

Great thanks Pete much appreciated .. I have PM'd you with what I require was looking at the other shaft , The 3 position selector lever one ,the taper pin hole has been knarled and drilled at some point . If you have that one as well that would be great .. P1020360 (Medium).JPG P1020358 (Medium).JPG

Any idea what to replace the shear key with on input shaft .. looks like a modified drill bit wedged in .still has HSS and part of drill size on it .. States aluminium but at what grade ? would a brass key do ? I have some 5mm square brass very close to 3/16 ..

Pete your offer is much appreciated .I would like the spare top gear and the shaft and any gears you have spare .. I would pay you for all the items gladly ..

oops sorry yes 20 and 24 t that I require . Will check out the leadscrew controller package .. I can easily get a stepper to run the leadscrew at any speed , the tricky part is getting one to run in sync with the spindle without using a long winded system to control this . I found this yesterday whi...

Hi Pete the offer of the gears is great thankyou ... it's the 21 and 24 toothed gears on that shaft I need the 24 is worn till the tip is very narrow and the 21 has signs of bad selection meshing with half wear .. how much would you want for the gears ?? I am thinking of removing the VS pulley arran...

Pete Thanks but I have tried the hammer on it, but the bearing end is fairly rough with a flat spot on it's full length . There are also signs of previous tampering of the bodging sort on the shaft end in the form of file marking UUUMMM . Got a lathe and uses a file to try and round off ... Numpty w...

To answer your question ..A full dog set is the dog drive with drive catch plate ,center, dog etc .. HPC are stocking the DP14 gears in all sizes bossed and plain The shaft is bent were you mentioned the slight groove at the shoulder of the right hand bearing .. I was thinking of parting this end of...

Thanks for the responses all info is helpfull . I spotted the lever spline situation what a ball ache .. how did they factory build the boxes? Surely someone who worked there knows. The feed and thread chart is horrible were it is low down on gearbox cover plate, I may well relocate it and make a in...