On 2014-11-27 18:24, andy pugh wrote: > On 27 November 2014 at 16:13, Marius Liebenberg <mar...@mastercut.co.za> > wrote: >> BVC25A > That looks like a very close relative of mine. > On mine there were oilers on top of the head casting. Once I removed > the oilers and drilled the holes deep enough to reach the bearings I > had a way to inject insufficient quantities of the incorrect > lubricant. Mine does not even have an attempt of any oiler ports of any nature anywhere. Dont know how they expect the thing to last anyway. I will have to make a plan somehow to get lubricant into the bearings. Maybe fit a grease nipple somewhere on the inside of the casing close to the bearings.
> To remove the spindle on mine you have to remove the adjusting nut > from the end of the spindle, then the pulleys, and the spindle can be > driven out with a heavy, soft, mallet. > > A threaded-rod puller might be gentler. > > On mine the bearings are taper-rollers. I wonder what yours are? > > I guess it is now too late to warn you not to buy one of those lathes? > -- Regards /Groete Marius D. Liebenberg +27 82 698 3251 +27 12 743 6064 QQ 1767394877 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
