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  1. Redneck_Sophistication

    Well I really messed up this time.

    Wow. Everyone thank you for the input. Crazy week haven’t been able to get back on this till this afternoon. Sad thing is I had installed an oversized, E-STOP on the gear box. I was on my knees right infront of it. It happened so fast I had half a second to realize and it was too late. I...
  2. Redneck_Sophistication

    Well I really messed up this time.

    @Darren i like that idea to mill off the ear and replace with a plate that would give better access. I don’t think I can bolt it together it’s so long and thin. Unless I bolt it to a piece of plate. I was thinking a ton of clamps on a 1” piece of plate to keep true and preheat the whole thing...
  3. Redneck_Sophistication

    Well I really messed up this time.

    Starting to wonder if this machining thing is for me, or maybe just this lathe is cursed. Now that I’d gone through everything I had a part I want to make with single point threading, now’s the time to learn. Set all my gears and settings for 14tpi, ran a scratch pass and got half that...
  4. Redneck_Sophistication

    Now I’m sure I have angered the machining gods.

    I am mostly happy with the flow rate it is better then the last one. I don’t like the routing of the copper lines but that’s an easier fix. I’m not 100% on my coupler, the last pump had a 3/8” round shaft. The new one has two large flat spots essentially making it rectangular. Barely thicker...
  5. Redneck_Sophistication

    Now I’m sure I have angered the machining gods.

    Well I got a bit of a fix done. Took a while to get a cyclonic (?) pump from the US for around 50. Unfortunately it’s a redneckery solution again, I modified the last adapter to index with the new pump, mounted the pump To a piece of steel plate, and then bolted a small angle iron to two pre...
  6. Redneck_Sophistication

    Now I’m sure I have angered the machining gods.

    @historicalarms your 100% right, my lathe isn’t that small though. It’s a 16x30” with about 5Gal+ of HS oil. And I did the spindle bearings once! I do not wish to do that again! Want more! @RobinHood thats a neat set up. Stealing power from the lower sheave to run the pump is an idea I had...
  7. Redneck_Sophistication

    Now I’m sure I have angered the machining gods.

    @Susquatch I ran The old pump when I rebuild it, without the spindle in the lathe. Not much flow really. 1/4” copper line and it wasn’t streaming out that fast. Honestly think anything i out here will be an improvement. As far as pressure build up from running a hydraulic pump isn’t pressure a...
  8. Redneck_Sophistication

    Now I’m sure I have angered the machining gods.

    I did have it apart before. It’s a pretty small, imo under flowing pump. Which I why I wanted to install a second one to increase flow of oil to the new bearings. Obviously having a built in pump running off the gear would be simpler. The problem is access. This small pump is attached to...
  9. Redneck_Sophistication

    Now I’m sure I have angered the machining gods.

    @Susquatch what about these pumps that have a rubber impeller, but it’s squished to one side folding the vanes over pushing it through the other side. That would be positive displacement wouldn’t it? I get that a typical impeller type wouldn’t work the best. I’ll to find an example of one...
  10. Redneck_Sophistication

    Now I’m sure I have angered the machining gods.

    Well this is something, and here I thought I’d memorized princess autos catalogue Has NBR impeller think I might go put their No sale is final policy to the test ;) Edit. Oh Now I see @Susquatch’s post. Nitrile (also known as NBR rubber and Buna-N) is the seal industry's most widely used...
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