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Howdy, folks,
Today the UPS truck arrived with some replacement collets and end mills for my little Taig vertical mill. So I quickly pulled the Whizzer out of the garage and went back to work on the clutch. The pulleys were out of alignment by around 1/16 of an inch... Not a good thing..
It was a bunch of fun getting the mill up and running again. (Why it took a bunch of time for me to get around to doing that is a long story.) But, included here are a couple of pix.
First I milled off a bit of the inward side of the pivot-end of clutch arm to get it flat. And then I went after the outside of the clutch-end of the arm. With luck, it'll work. If not, I'll shim it, or mill off some more.
So, now, the questions... (I have a spare clutch arm, so I can always go back to square 1.) Does anyone disagree with my approach to the problem?
There's a free-moving bushing in the pivot end of the system. How freely should that be able to turn? Should I put a bit of Loctite on the pivot bolt threads?
Thanks,
--del
Today the UPS truck arrived with some replacement collets and end mills for my little Taig vertical mill. So I quickly pulled the Whizzer out of the garage and went back to work on the clutch. The pulleys were out of alignment by around 1/16 of an inch... Not a good thing..
It was a bunch of fun getting the mill up and running again. (Why it took a bunch of time for me to get around to doing that is a long story.) But, included here are a couple of pix.
First I milled off a bit of the inward side of the pivot-end of clutch arm to get it flat. And then I went after the outside of the clutch-end of the arm. With luck, it'll work. If not, I'll shim it, or mill off some more.
So, now, the questions... (I have a spare clutch arm, so I can always go back to square 1.) Does anyone disagree with my approach to the problem?
There's a free-moving bushing in the pivot end of the system. How freely should that be able to turn? Should I put a bit of Loctite on the pivot bolt threads?
Thanks,
--del