thanks Tim for sharing your experience. I agree that all of us should have a big hammer and also the right stuff so we can learn to differentiate the appropriate processes from the Conan methods. I have learned this lesson over and over in my 67 years of lifetime and will probably still repeat it yet again in the future. Apparently appropriate learning is a never ending process.
thanks again for sharing.. Sanat On 8/31/2010 7:47 PM, Tim Krause wrote: > It was bound to happen, my headstock drive center got stuck in my spindle. > I first tried to tap it out with my allen wrench as Legacy recommends and > that did not work. I then stopped thinking and tried to pound it out like a > brute. That was not bright, the force racked the inner rails. > > Remembering this thread, I bought a 2" 5/16 UNC bolt and made a spacer from > a 1/4" steel rod that was 3-1/2" long to place between the bolt and the > drive center. This length of rod allowed the screw to penetrate 7 threads > and I felt very confident that the threads of the spindle would not tear > out. I put some penetrating oil between the drive center and 1" threads the > night before. Using a small wrench to turn the nut and holding the drive > center to prevent the spindle from turning, the drive center just popped > right out. No force or great strength was needed. > > Lessons to be learned in this follow up, don't use a big hammer, the screw > method works really well! I'm tempted to say you should have a bolt and rod > ready to go sitting right next to the rest of your Ornamental Milling > accessories for when your center does get stuck. > > -Tim > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mi...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=xx-piglatin.
