Nice to know we have a powder coater in the familyMaybe so but the sides of my little building are starting to bulge outwards. It doesn't take long to fill up a 32x40 shed. Especially with this 8x8x8 powder coat oven I built a few years back.
Nice to know we have a powder coater in the familyMaybe so but the sides of my little building are starting to bulge outwards. It doesn't take long to fill up a 32x40 shed. Especially with this 8x8x8 powder coat oven I built a few years back.
Maybe so but the sides of my little building are starting to bulge outwards. It doesn't take long to fill up a 32x40 shed. Especially with this 8x8x8 powder coat oven I built a few years back.
We are neighbors, just not very close neighbors. Come to think of it we are about as far away from each other as anybody in the US is. All the way from one coast to the other and then beyond.I wish you were my neighbor!
I built that oven 25 years ago when I was in a much larger shop that had 3 phase power in it. I lost the lease on that building because the owner sold the property. It sat in storage for over ten years until I got this building finished. Now, I wish I had sold it because I could never make any money using that big oven because it uses so much juice running on single phase power. I started to convert it over to propane but now propane is so high I might as well use electric.Nice to know we have a powder coater in the family
If the setup is the same as a 16"...Did you loosen the top bolt where you put oil on the far side of compound? That holds the nut for the leadscrew. Maybe it's binding there?The main thing I was worried about was that the cross slide was really tight, and you had to use two hands to turn the feed handle. It first I just thought the gibs/gibbs were too tight, but I loosened all the set screws to where I could wiggle the slide and it was still tight. I took the slide completely off the saddle to where I could see the lead screw. Everything looked ok but it was still very tight. I removed the handle thinking I would be able to remove the whole thing but that is far as I got. I was thinking that the dial would pop off, but it would not come off. I can turn the dial but that's about it.
you need to remove the gib, back all the screws out and remove the gib. Sounds like you have left it in, and only backed out 2 of the screws. There are 4 or 6 if I remember.Yesterday evening I started taking some of the parts off for a good cleaning and maybe some paint. I got the taper attachment off easy enough but had trouble with the compound rest not wanting to come off the cross slide. I removed the two set screws and from what I saw on a u-tube video once they were removed it should just pop out. I didn't want to get rough with it so I just left it on the cross slide for now.
The main thing I was worried about was that the cross slide was really tight, and you had to use two hands to turn the feed handle. It first I just thought the gibs/gibbs were too tight, but I loosened all the set screws to where I could wiggle the slide and it was still tight. I took the slide completely off the saddle to where I could see the lead screw. Everything looked ok but it was still very tight. I removed the handle thinking I would be able to remove the whole thing but that is far as I got. I was thinking that the dial would pop off, but it would not come off. I can turn the dial but that's about it.
I wanted to see if the motor would start but I tried wiring that switch every way I could think of and never did get anything out of it. I'm looking for some kind of wiring diagram, but I seem to be looking in the wrong places. I should be getting that rebuild kit soon and that is supposed to have a book with it explaining how to disassemble everything, so I guess I'll just wait until then. I'm thinking now that I will just take it all apart and give the whole thing a good paint job while I'm at it, that is if I can get it apart.
I have removed the slide, it's laying on the bench and I can see most of the lead screw it's bound up where it enters the cross slide.you need to remove the gib, back all the screws out and remove the gib. Sounds like you have left it in, and only backed out 2 of the screws. There are 4 or 6 if I remember.
time to unscrew the lead screw housing. if you don't have the proper pin spanner, find a rod, or pin that will fit in the hole, and use a plumbers wrench to turn it. back it out and turn the handle to release it from the brass nut.I have removed the slide, it's laying on the bench and I can see most of the lead screw it's bound up where it enters the cross slide.