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Hello all,
I started a thread about this dividing head already, but somehow I posted it incorrectly, so I will attempt to re-post it.
I had been looking for a dividing head for some time now and finally found one locally. I paid $275.00 for it and feel that it was a fair price, considering they don't show up very often around here.
Here's a couple of pics of it after a cursory cleaning with varsol...
I decided that I would tear the dividing head down in order to properly inspect and clean it and to ensure that all of the oiling passageways were clear and everything was working properly.
After removing the handwheel and indexing plate, I then removed the chuck. I wedged a peice of hardwood between the jaws and gave it a sharp rap with a steel hammer and freed the chuck...
I then removed the auxilliary gear drive from the base and then the cast iron gear cover plates from the main gears...
The next step was to pull the two gears from their respective shafts...
I then removed the cast iron gear housing from the main casting...
After removing the large through bolts and nuts that hold the main casting to the base casting and protractor, I freed the main casting and was able to drive out the two gear shafts...
I'm not sure if I'm at my limit for pics, so I will post this and continue...
Cheers...
Brian
- - - Updated - - -
Here's a couple more pics of the shafts, including the main spindle....
I started a thread about this dividing head already, but somehow I posted it incorrectly, so I will attempt to re-post it.
I had been looking for a dividing head for some time now and finally found one locally. I paid $275.00 for it and feel that it was a fair price, considering they don't show up very often around here.
Here's a couple of pics of it after a cursory cleaning with varsol...
I decided that I would tear the dividing head down in order to properly inspect and clean it and to ensure that all of the oiling passageways were clear and everything was working properly.
After removing the handwheel and indexing plate, I then removed the chuck. I wedged a peice of hardwood between the jaws and gave it a sharp rap with a steel hammer and freed the chuck...
I then removed the auxilliary gear drive from the base and then the cast iron gear cover plates from the main gears...
The next step was to pull the two gears from their respective shafts...
I then removed the cast iron gear housing from the main casting...
After removing the large through bolts and nuts that hold the main casting to the base casting and protractor, I freed the main casting and was able to drive out the two gear shafts...
I'm not sure if I'm at my limit for pics, so I will post this and continue...
Cheers...
Brian
- - - Updated - - -
Here's a couple more pics of the shafts, including the main spindle....