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On my Bridgeport clone...
The bearings on the spindle were replaced with regular off the shelf bearings. 6206ZE
I'm all for replacing parts with genuine parts.... Wallet permitting.
I simply cannot afford the $300 proper Bridgeport abec7 bearings right now. I've already spent too much on this mill.
Someone ran this mill (and ran it a lot...) With regular bearings. I need to replace them, they were filled with grease, I flooded them with oil and a knock reared its ugly mug...
What is an affordable compromise? I don't know bearing designations. I'd only be picking from a catalogue, and my wholesaler doesn't know enough to give me advice, again, just picking from a catalogue.
If I got a few years of hobby use out of off the shelf bearings, I would be happy. That would put me in a different place in life to possibly afford the appropriate spindle bearings. Basically, "sounds like a job for future Shawn's wallet."
As far as accuracy, as good as I can get is obviously preferred, but I'm not creating press fit items down to the tenths.
Thanks
The bearings on the spindle were replaced with regular off the shelf bearings. 6206ZE
I'm all for replacing parts with genuine parts.... Wallet permitting.
I simply cannot afford the $300 proper Bridgeport abec7 bearings right now. I've already spent too much on this mill.
Someone ran this mill (and ran it a lot...) With regular bearings. I need to replace them, they were filled with grease, I flooded them with oil and a knock reared its ugly mug...
What is an affordable compromise? I don't know bearing designations. I'd only be picking from a catalogue, and my wholesaler doesn't know enough to give me advice, again, just picking from a catalogue.
If I got a few years of hobby use out of off the shelf bearings, I would be happy. That would put me in a different place in life to possibly afford the appropriate spindle bearings. Basically, "sounds like a job for future Shawn's wallet."
As far as accuracy, as good as I can get is obviously preferred, but I'm not creating press fit items down to the tenths.
Thanks