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| micktoon:
Nice mods there Tim and well shown , should make your lathe nicer to use :thumbup: :thumbup: Cheers Mick. |
| Chuck in E. TN:
Tim, love the knurled screws for the change gears. I modified the B/C stud setup on the standard banjo to eliminate the nut behind it. I reversed the slot nut and the whole stud is accessable from the outside. I also made a dedicated fine feed banjo using 80T Mod1 gears salvaged from a lazerjet printer. Chuck |
| spuddevans:
Thanks Mick :thumbup: even though I have plenty more mods planned for it, the improvement with just the tapered gibs is unbelievable! --- Quote from: Chuck in E. TN on July 19, 2014, 07:00:16 PM --- I modified the B/C stud setup on the standard banjo to eliminate the nut behind it. I reversed the slot nut and the whole stud is accessable from the outside. --- End quote --- Thanks Chuck, do you happen to have a pic or 2 (or could you take some) of that mod, I'd love to make the adjusting of the banjo easier, but I can't quite picture what you've done :scratch: I too want to make an extra-fine feed, I haven't decided whether I will go for a mechanical, ie geared, approach or to go for a separate motorised feed. Tim |
| Stilldrillin:
Very well done, and shown, Tim! :clap: :clap: My gib/ retainer mod, is still doing the business. Never having been adjusted, since installation...... :thumbup: Now you've a working lathe again. Make a metal spacer. To replace the plastic one, between the spindle adjusting nuts, and rear bearing. Even if you don't intend to fit taper bearings...... David D |
| Chuck in E. TN:
Thanks Chuck, do you happen to have a pic or 2 (or could you take some) of that mod, I'd love to make the adjusting of the banjo easier, but I can't quite picture what you've done :scratch: Tim I took the origional banjo apart and reversed the setup on the slot nut for the B/C stud. I can setup the B/C gears and tighten the stud finger tight to set gear spacing using a piece of phonebook paper, then tighten the stud from the outside. I used a piece of 10mm hex stock salvaged from a paper shredder to make the nut and inner shaft. A sleeve bored to slide over the 10 mm shaft is drilled on the other end for the M6 nut/screw. The picture with the origional banjo shows the origional B/C stud setuo on the left, the new on on the top right. For the fine feed banjo, I set up the fine feed on the origional banjo and coppied the positions of the gear studs to a piece of 1/4" plastic. The gears shown with the Fine Feed Banjo are 80 and 20 tooth, salvaged from a laser printer.I set them up on a bush and epoxied them together. Pics here: http://s571.photobucket.com/user/chucketn/library/Lathe%20Banjo%20mods I think I made a dimentioned drawing of the FF banjo layout, if not, I can trace it and post the tracing. Chuck Chuck |
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