trlvn
Ultra Member
Well, really, just one nut! Can anybody in the west GTA lend my something to get a 2-3/16" nut off the top of my mill/drill's spindle?
Boring back story...
So I'm finally closing in on moving my mill/drill down to the basement. @Canadium lent me his engine hoist. I've pulled off the power feed, DRO, X and Y tables and the motor. I finally realized that the only reasonable way to pick up the head with the hoist is to remove the belt cover. That means the spindle pulley must come off. The 2-3/16 nut securing the pulley is far bigger than any wrench or socket I have. Even bigger than my slip-joint pliers. I even tried latching onto it with a 6" C clamp but the flats on the nut are too small to get a solid grip.
Canadian Tire had nothing. Home Depot has a 15 inch adjustable that MIGHT be big enough. Is says 2 inch capacity but appears to open slightly wider. Maybe enough but I'm probably going to take a trip to Princess Auto tomorrow. Their web site shows both an 18" adjustable and a socket (1 inch drive) that might work. Of course, I don't have any other 1" socket stuff--they ought to have a simple L bar, right? Couldn't find that on their web site.
BTW, I'm worried about how hard it is going to be to get this pulley off. A lot of stuff on this machine has been torqued WAY tighter than needed. The screws in the retainers at the end of the X and Y lead screws were so tight I though the Allen wrench was going to break. Total overkill.
Craig
PS Some people might use a chisel to walk the nut off. That's a hard no from me. No. H@ll no.
Boring back story...
So I'm finally closing in on moving my mill/drill down to the basement. @Canadium lent me his engine hoist. I've pulled off the power feed, DRO, X and Y tables and the motor. I finally realized that the only reasonable way to pick up the head with the hoist is to remove the belt cover. That means the spindle pulley must come off. The 2-3/16 nut securing the pulley is far bigger than any wrench or socket I have. Even bigger than my slip-joint pliers. I even tried latching onto it with a 6" C clamp but the flats on the nut are too small to get a solid grip.
Canadian Tire had nothing. Home Depot has a 15 inch adjustable that MIGHT be big enough. Is says 2 inch capacity but appears to open slightly wider. Maybe enough but I'm probably going to take a trip to Princess Auto tomorrow. Their web site shows both an 18" adjustable and a socket (1 inch drive) that might work. Of course, I don't have any other 1" socket stuff--they ought to have a simple L bar, right? Couldn't find that on their web site.
BTW, I'm worried about how hard it is going to be to get this pulley off. A lot of stuff on this machine has been torqued WAY tighter than needed. The screws in the retainers at the end of the X and Y lead screws were so tight I though the Allen wrench was going to break. Total overkill.
Craig
PS Some people might use a chisel to walk the nut off. That's a hard no from me. No. H@ll no.
