On Saturday 29 November 2014 03:15:46 Marius Liebenberg did opine And Gene did reply: > On 2014-11-29 05:50, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 28 November 2014 16:31:58 Marius Liebenberg did opine > > > > And Gene did reply: > >> On 2014-11-28 18:27, Andy Pugh wrote: > >>>> On 28 Nov 2014, at 16:09, Kirk Wallace > >>>> <kwall...@wallacecompany.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Sounds like a faulty design to me. > >>> > >>> Without a doubt, which is why the bearings failed. > >> > >> And the fact that there was absolutely no form of lubrication on > >> them to start with and the hardening of the bearings are very > >> suspect. I had hardly cut anything with the lathe and the front > >> bearing rollers were worn concave. > > > > I am assuming this is the same lathe Grizzly sells as its variable > > speed 10x22? > > > > No wonder its such an inviting price. It even threw up a couple red > > flags so the card didn't get scanned and the shipping box never made > > it into my pickup the last time I visited the store at the Lycoming > > Mall in PA on my way by. When we go up to Dee's nieces dairy farm > > to kill a few days, we only miss it about 30 miles as we go thru > > Westernport, home of the little league world series each year. > > > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > I think its the same frame that is used under a number of supplier > names. Lathe Master uses the same frames as well. > The rest of the lathe is actually pretty good for the price. Now that I > know about the bearings, I will use the bed again if I have to do a > conversion. Just replace the bearings from the word go. > I have someone that has asked me to do them a lathe in January.
Just replacing the bearings wouldn't cut it for me unless there are outside edge sealed replacements available. IMO in something like that, the lower 1/2" of the bearing should be flooded by the oil level contained. The oil chosen shouldn't foam up when everything is in high gear as foam doesn't carry away heat like moving liquid. Is there enough room to machine a socket on the outside face and install a seal that rides the shaft? I have seen some pretty narrow seals, around 1/8" wide, 3/16" larger OD. Red elastomer coated, they seal both the shaft and the seals OD nicely too. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
