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  1. Larry_C9

    DavidR8's shop shenanigans

    Mike , I found it and started a new thread under links. There is a lot of pages there and he is very good about posting drawings for everything he makes. Edit: here is the link to the thread with the link...
  2. Larry_C9

    CX601 review and many additions including installing a DRO and lowering the head crank.

    https://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/forum/general/68678-cx601-milling-machine The head crank lowering starts at post #56
  3. Larry_C9

    DavidR8's shop shenanigans

    OK, I will see if I can find it.
  4. Larry_C9

    DavidR8's shop shenanigans

    Hi Mike, That chain drive idea came a fellow on another forum who was having shoulder problems. When my shoulder started acting up due to reaching up to crank the head up and down I got his drawings from the forum and built one myself. It makes running the mill a lot easier. It was a few years...
  5. Larry_C9

    Good source for link belts?

    I had them on my old mill/lathe combination and liked them. Apparently because of the link structure the 60 cycle vibration that a motor can generate is no transmitted through the belt like a solid belt will do. I bought mine from Busy Bee. They were Power Twist.
  6. Larry_C9

    DavidR8's shop shenanigans

    I don't really have an answer for you not knowing just how your "Banjo" bolts secures the gear. All I can think is that the bolt is not square to the surface it is tightening up to which is causing the movement. You might have to inspect that closely to see if there is some way to make sure it...
  7. Larry_C9

    Really basic lathe question

    phaxtris It was the Craftex B2229 that I sold to a member here and that is what led me to this forum.
  8. Larry_C9

    DavidR8's shop shenanigans

    OK, here is the trick. What ever the recommended backlash is divide it by two. Then comes the hard part, you have to find some paper that is as close to exactly that thick. In my case my wife has some tracing paper for her art work that is very thin. I needed one and one half thou for my...
  9. Larry_C9

    DavidR8's shop shenanigans

    The Boston Gear catalogue which you can access on line has a page full of gear profiles that you can print out to ID your gears. It also has a table where you can look up the recommended backlash for the different gears. I used that to find the backlash for the change gears in my lathe and once...
  10. Larry_C9

    Really basic lathe question

    On my old machine that just had the lead screw the power feed for the cross slide came a gear in the carriage drive from the keyway in the lead screw but for the longitudinal power feed for the carriage you had to use the half nut and I wore a couple of them out. On my new machine that has the...
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