Recent content by canuck750

I just downloaded the Atlas parts manual and operation manual from Keith Ruckers web site. The contactors are definitely not stock, the parts page shows a simple on/off switch. I will pick up a new one/off switch, get rid of the contactors and just wire direct through the switch to the motor...

A couple responses, the motor has a forward reverse switch, no idea if I need a reverse for this machine or if F and R were original to these. The motor will start in the direction the switch is flipped to. I agree that it is very strange to locate these big contactors exposed to the oil...

This is a lengthy post, sorry for all the detail but my understanding of electrical is very limited and I am trying to diagnose a problem with the machine. Advice and explanations are very much appreciated!! I recently purchased a very nice Atlas Horizontal milling machine model MFB. The mill...

That would work for me, any time after Monday next week, Thanks Jim

I would buy it for your asking price if it were in Edmonton!

I fitted the link belt to my lathe today, it is a 5/8” twist link I got off Amazon. A 1/2” wide link belt would have been a better fit but the 5/8” will work. The lathe runs very smooth now, a great improvement over the old V belt and the bouncing motor. The belt does give off a high pitch...

Thank you. I had Amazon deliver me a 5/8” wide link belt, will install it tomorrow

I tightened the motor mount set stud, it has significantly reduced the vibration! Thank you for the advice. The belt is 1/2” wide but the distance between the pulley flanges at the top edge is close to 9/16” and the belt sits deep into the ‘V’, I think it rides on the bottom of the ‘V’ on the...

Thanks, I will take a look at that. The swinging motor mount on my lathe has one threaded stud attached to the mount, the end of this stud has a rubber tip on the end that buts up against the vertical surface of the lathe body. The rubber is fairly tight against the lathe but it does bounce with...

Again many thanks for all the great information!

Thanks for the explanation and picture! I did t realize the tabs faced inwards.

Thank you for the Lee Valley source. I just checked Busy Bee and they have them in 3/8” and 1/2” width. The Link Belt does not have a V profile, should the belt sit down into the pulley V or is it intended to span the full width of the inside of the pulley?

Thank you everyone for your prompt and thorough responses! I will purchase a new belt on Monday. I don’t know of a local supplier in Edmonton for a linked belt. My lathes motor and corresponding gear head input shaft pulleys are double row - stepped V pulleys but my lathe has always had just...

I have a 12 x 36 Taiwanese gear head lathe, very similar to a Grizzly 12 x36, it’s about 40 years old and I have owned it for 8 years. When I bought it the gearbox was not operating properly, I ended up replacing four gears and the shaft bearings in the gearbox. I have not replaced any bearings...

Can you post some pictures of a 2” grinder you have built?