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Tool Dumore #44
- Thread starter thestelster
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I believe I have that same Du More kit. If I remember right I think mine is a one half horse I haven’t used it for a while it’s still out in the box sleeping. If I can help you with information just let me know
Hi Don, thank you for all your efforts, unfortunately it looks like what you have is for an interchangeable spindle unit. Mine is fixed, so it won't work.
Can you make whatever parts need replacing? For me, that's too much spend not knowing how it'll run - smooth bearings tested by hand doesn't mean they won't screech like a Banshee at speed. The radius of the crown doesn't much matter and is easily done with a bunch of X/Z movements (to a calculated table) on the lathe followed up with a file. One I did is shown below, for Schaublin drive. I used excel to come up with the X/Z steps, about 4 thou spacing iiir, then file.
As for balance, if done off the motor, static ought to be good enough...set up some knife edges. If the OEM was done dynamically on the the shaft, buying replacements wouldn't fix things.
Or just use it/try it? Seeing those pulleys I wonder if its a (misguided) mod to fit a link belt? That might explain the pattern on the crowned pulley. if ao, maybe it'll work well as is?
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