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Fixing up an old dividing head |
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vtsteam:
All cleaned and oiled and starting to put it back together again. I decided not to paint the main body at this point because I am afraid paint will seep down into the joint between the barrel and the main body casting. Since I wasn't able to take the dividing head fully apart, I can't mask these parts separately. I'll just have to keep it well oiled and protected. It is still very stiff if I try to rotate the body -- but it should loosen up over time with use and once the lubrication has a chance to penetrate everywhere. Paint could make that worse. It took quite a while to rotate the chuck end upright, as it finally is here. I wanted to put it in this position so I can use it to drill its own dividing plates. The worm and wheel work well -- they were a little stiff, but cleaning and lubricating, and then working them some loosened them up. There is provision to adjust backlash in this dividing head. |
vtsteam:
And finally, all together again. An enjoyable couple hours work. |
vtsteam:
Must do list for this one still: Make dividing plate Make indexer Would be nice list: make a collet chuck to fit the head make adapter for Sears/Atlas chuck thread make new backing plate for the 3-jaw to suit |
dsquire:
VT Nice find and save. I downloaded the manual and had a look through it. Looks like there are a lot of possibilities if a person wants to use it to it's full potential. Thanks for shareing it with us. :D :D Cheers :beer: don |
Meldonmech:
Hi VT, The soda does a good job, you have some nice little projects to complete. Cheers David |
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