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Pick up this Hardinge 5C indexer for less than $200 the other day.
The spindle was extremely tight on it that's why it was less than the normal used price for these.
I figured there couldn't be much wrong as they are a pretty simple design.
Once I got it apart I found the problem, the woodruff key was sheared and had it bound up.
Someone had either taken it apart improperly or assembled it wrong. Spindle has to be at the zero index mark for the key to pass thru the small end of the tapered spindle bore.
Here the Hardinge web page with the retail price for a new one
http://www.shophardinge.com/product.aspx?partNo=HV 0000002D4
The spindle was extremely tight on it that's why it was less than the normal used price for these.
I figured there couldn't be much wrong as they are a pretty simple design.
Once I got it apart I found the problem, the woodruff key was sheared and had it bound up.
Someone had either taken it apart improperly or assembled it wrong. Spindle has to be at the zero index mark for the key to pass thru the small end of the tapered spindle bore.
Here the Hardinge web page with the retail price for a new one
http://www.shophardinge.com/product.aspx?partNo=HV 0000002D4
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