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Oh Blimey I bought a CNC Lathe !!!!
awemawson:
--- Quote from: vtsteam on September 05, 2014, 08:58:50 AM ---Always amazed by your abilities and knowledge, Andrew :coffee:
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Stop it, you'll make me big headed :lol:
vtsteam:
--- Quote from: awemawson on September 05, 2014, 06:26:48 AM ---But that's why we have lathes . . . . :ddb:
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awemawson:
So I put my attention on the outer end of the spindle where the proximity sensor is.
The sensor is fixed in a housing that has two functions a/ hold the sensor and b/ act as a funnel for any coolant that pases down the bore of the spindle, directing it back to the sump.
Removing the housing shows the disk that theoretically is held in by three cap head screws - no screws in the holes ! The disk seems to be a VERY tight fit over a hub, and so far it is resisting my attempts to remove it
This is what it looks like
awemawson:
Now I do have a plan of a similar spindle (shown below) and it confirms that only the screws retain it, but on mine the hub on the spindle is somewhat longer, and the disk surrounds it for a depth of maybe 3/4".
So far gentle heating, tapping with a plastic mallet, and application of wooden wedges has failed to shift it. I may have to devise some form of customised slide hammer to pull it off, but duty calls. I need to have a wash and scrub up before greeting and meeting some new guests in the cottages :bugeye:
Kjelle:
Andrew, You are one h-l of a engineer! Most people would have given up looooong ago! And taking on something as complicated as this...
Now, regarding those cottages...I wounder if I can persuade the missus to take a week on an English farm next summer....
Kjelle :)
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