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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: --- End quote --- 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: --- End quote --- 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 --- End quote --- 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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