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Finished the belt drive for the X2

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John Rudd:
Ok there are several variations on the X2 mill kit...

There's the kit from Sterling Steele...  http://www.stirlingsteele.com/beltdrive.html  which is the same as the one stocked by    http://www.littlemachineshop.com/products/product_view.php?ProductID=2560&category=


and there's the conversion done by Jerry Rollett over on the Yahoo minimill group...His plans are downloadable for free but you may have to join the group.

I used Jerry's plans for my X2 but found there were differences between his dimensions and the dims for my mill, so I had to machine parts on the fly....

Changing to belt drive is the best inprovement that anyone can make to their minimill imho... :thumbup:

spuddevans:

--- Quote from: John Rudd on February 11, 2010, 02:31:23 PM ---Changing to belt drive is the best inprovement that anyone can make to their minimill imho... :thumbup:

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I second that. The belt drive has gotta be the best mod for the X2, so much quieter and smoother, a higher top speed (almost double the stock speed) and no worries about crunching the gears or flycutting :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:


Tim

John Rudd:

--- Quote from: spuddevans on February 11, 2010, 05:04:33 PM ---
--- Quote from: John Rudd on February 11, 2010, 02:31:23 PM ---Changing to belt drive is the best inprovement that anyone can make to their minimill imho... :thumbup:

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I second that. The belt drive has gotta be the best mod for the X2, so much quieter and smoother, a higher top speed (almost double the stock speed) and no worries about crunching the gears or flycutting :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:


Tim

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Tim,

Thanks for the support... :)

Chaps, if anyone wants the plans I have for the JR conversion pm me if you dont want to join the Yahoo group...As the drawings are in the public domain, ( by joining the group) I don't think there's any copyright issue..

Space Fan:
I looked at the yahoo group plans and they were not as neat as those by 'Daniel Kemp'.
I found them here:
http://www.hossmachine.info/projects_6.html#belt conversion

It's a fun project to do also.

John Rudd:
Just as an aside,

I also changed the stock bearings for taper rollers...

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