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- Feb 7, 2016
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After coming back from Europe, I realized a critical part of the grinder was broken. It is a bearing cap for the grinding wheel side of grinding wheel table. The cap keeps the large bearing in place and seals the housing with fluid. I considered my option to 3d print the cap from a stainless steel bronze mixture or outsource to a shop.
Well the costs associated with each process was more than I was willing to spend. My alternate option was to purchase the following machine, Van Norman 85, complete with a stand, coolant pump, and other goodies like the eccentric bed. Total cost for machine was $200 plus $400 to ship through UShip. Placed the order on Sunday night and a local Arizona company delivered the machine at lunch time on Friday. I’m excited to tear the machine down and make one really good one.
The most exciting and questionable part is if the beds are interchangeable. If so, then I have a bed specific for tapers and one specific for eccentrics.
The additional machine along with the desirable base means I now have to redesign my shop (13x20) to accommodate.
I’m hoping the motors work as it would save me some money and allow me to buy a vfd sooner.
The hardest part will be dismantling and transporting the machine in pieces to my house (2miles away) from my work. Had to use a forklift to unload the machine from trailer.
More photos to come.
Well the costs associated with each process was more than I was willing to spend. My alternate option was to purchase the following machine, Van Norman 85, complete with a stand, coolant pump, and other goodies like the eccentric bed. Total cost for machine was $200 plus $400 to ship through UShip. Placed the order on Sunday night and a local Arizona company delivered the machine at lunch time on Friday. I’m excited to tear the machine down and make one really good one.
The most exciting and questionable part is if the beds are interchangeable. If so, then I have a bed specific for tapers and one specific for eccentrics.
The additional machine along with the desirable base means I now have to redesign my shop (13x20) to accommodate.
I’m hoping the motors work as it would save me some money and allow me to buy a vfd sooner.
The hardest part will be dismantling and transporting the machine in pieces to my house (2miles away) from my work. Had to use a forklift to unload the machine from trailer.
More photos to come.