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Re: Just got my Model 55
I.RonMann
I thank you for the offer on the replacement Delco motor, but I replaced the motor with a new one from Lesson, and changed the belt to a link belt, sanded and painted the pulley cover ( as well as 1/2 the mill ), my next step is to get a VFD to replace the static converter, have been working on my lathe, or more like tweaking it ( change to a QCTP from turret post ), truing the backplate to minimize chuck run out. Got all my mill bits in one rolling cabinet, and it's heavy, and made 1 tool for the mill ( something to hold my dial indicator for tramming the head ), and and going to make a pin wrench to adjust the preload on the spindle bearing. I also spot clean the mill here and there as I find time ( among my many other projects outside of hobby machining that I do ).
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I.RonMann
I thank you for the offer on the replacement Delco motor, but I replaced the motor with a new one from Lesson, and changed the belt to a link belt, sanded and painted the pulley cover ( as well as 1/2 the mill ), my next step is to get a VFD to replace the static converter, have been working on my lathe, or more like tweaking it ( change to a QCTP from turret post ), truing the backplate to minimize chuck run out. Got all my mill bits in one rolling cabinet, and it's heavy, and made 1 tool for the mill ( something to hold my dial indicator for tramming the head ), and and going to make a pin wrench to adjust the preload on the spindle bearing. I also spot clean the mill here and there as I find time ( among my many other projects outside of hobby machining that I do ).
![new motor installed20130304_182630.jpg new motor installed20130304_182630.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/19/19859-1d7811713308407f9e1f079af1754988.jpg)
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