well, i just bought a rockwell 21-100 milling machine, still sitting in pieces in my basement. just got it home today.
i noticed something with the spindle / spindle pulley on the mill that seems slightly worrisome.
the spindle pulley wiggles slightly, has a little play. hard to tell if its the spindle pulley bearings or what without taking
the whole head apart. havent really had a chance to run the mill much, apart from when inspecting it at time of purchase.
could hear a bit of a rattle when it was running, which i assume could have been this pulley assembly. also, i notice that the
driven / spindle pulley seems to bind on the spindle brake shoe at one point in its rotation. from the parts diagram
in the widely available army manual for these machines, i can see that the spindle / driven pulley looks to have a bearing assembly
which is separate from the spindle bearings. wondering if anyone out there has had any similar experience with one of these mills
and maybe can give some insight into what might be going on there.
thanks
-eian
i noticed something with the spindle / spindle pulley on the mill that seems slightly worrisome.
the spindle pulley wiggles slightly, has a little play. hard to tell if its the spindle pulley bearings or what without taking
the whole head apart. havent really had a chance to run the mill much, apart from when inspecting it at time of purchase.
could hear a bit of a rattle when it was running, which i assume could have been this pulley assembly. also, i notice that the
driven / spindle pulley seems to bind on the spindle brake shoe at one point in its rotation. from the parts diagram
in the widely available army manual for these machines, i can see that the spindle / driven pulley looks to have a bearing assembly
which is separate from the spindle bearings. wondering if anyone out there has had any similar experience with one of these mills
and maybe can give some insight into what might be going on there.
thanks
-eian