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So i bought this G0704 mill the other day, it had a stripped High side gear in it, which i have learned is a common ailment with these mills. So i am considering a belt drive conversion for it, but i want to keep the machine as a manual machine. My concern is that i want to take that intermediate gear out and drive the quill with pully on it where the sensor rotor is attached (with a couple more for good measure) and move the sensor rotor to the top of the pully like SEK_22Hornet did with his..
So is it feasible to do this, and also do the "hockey puck" mod (one of the guys at the shop that i will have to farm this too showed me that he has some left over kevlar to make the bushing out of) for the quill so that the spindle isn't banging on it and also true it up like Russtuff did to his
and keep this machine in a manual operation? So would the bushing interfere with manual operations? Am i barking up a correct tree with my thinking here?
Either way, i plan on doing the Nachi bearing upgrades for all four of the bearings.
I will also plan on doing the Yuriy's Toys TouchDRO with this machine as well.. (and the lathe as well when i get one)
So is it feasible to do this, and also do the "hockey puck" mod (one of the guys at the shop that i will have to farm this too showed me that he has some left over kevlar to make the bushing out of) for the quill so that the spindle isn't banging on it and also true it up like Russtuff did to his
and keep this machine in a manual operation? So would the bushing interfere with manual operations? Am i barking up a correct tree with my thinking here?
Either way, i plan on doing the Nachi bearing upgrades for all four of the bearings.
I will also plan on doing the Yuriy's Toys TouchDRO with this machine as well.. (and the lathe as well when i get one)