Re: Mini lathe gear noise
Thanks. I'll use that paper trick next time.
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VicHobbyGuy
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#115931
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Re: Mini lathe gear noise
Use a small strip of paper, caught in the gear mesh, to set the spacing before locking the sliding pivots. Roy
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Roy
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Re: Mini lathe gear noise
Some lash between gears is desirable. Any amount of binding between gears is not wanted at all. I was taught that when using the half nuts for threading to always keep keep some tension on the
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OldToolmaker
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Re: Mini lathe gear noise
If the gears are jammed together too tightly (too much engagement of the teeth) that can also cause noise - and excessive tooth wear. Getting the gears 'just right' -loose but not too loose - is
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VicHobbyGuy
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Re: Mini lathe gear noise
Looks like you need to fiddle around with spacers under the gears to ensure you're getting full gear width tooth engagement. Mine improved with slightly moving/enlarging the detent holes with a rotary
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Roy
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Re: Mini lathe gear noise
Hi. I went with the Clough 42 based system. He has a lot of videos on YouTube about the development and sells a kit that has a board that plugs into a Texas Instruments launchpad board and a control
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Ryan H
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Re: Mini lathe gear noise
Ryan , which ELS did you go with ? ??? ??? thanks ??? ??? animal
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mike allen
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Re: Mini lathe gear noise
And check whichever small??idler gear is used for reverse. See if it has a bad tooth or teeth and / or crud built up in it. Mine got pretty worn and needed some cleaning up. I bought metal ones to
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Ryan H
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Re: Mini lathe gear noise
Aside from what you already mentioned, check the engagement of the gear¡¯s teeth for backlash. You can use a plain piece of copier paper between the teeth of two gears. Many times there is more than
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Michael Jablonski
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Re: Mini lathe gear noise
There have been a lot of reports about the detents (divots) for the Fwd/0-Rev lever being in the wrong spot. Is the lever moving enough to fully engage the gears for reversing the leadscrew? On my
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VicHobbyGuy
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Mini lathe gear noise
I was needing to engage the feed gears to cut some threads and in the reverse direction to feed away from the chuck it sounds bad. It gets to a point where it vibrates awful. I didn't want to take too
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Chad Rebuck
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Attention James Dean in KS
While I have your USPS address I have lost your E-mail address. Just to let you know that your Atlas 618 compound has been packaged to withstand the rigors of a trip through the post office and is
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Bill Williams
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Re: LMS 5200 Lathe motor
That's excellent! Back to work! :)
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VicHobbyGuy
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Re: LMS 5200 Lathe motor
If you have the strength and space, take the whole thing--- . The steel frame is usually 1/8" to 3/16" wall thickness steel square tubing, perfect for your next project
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Jon Rus
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Re: LMS 5200 Lathe motor
Good data, Thanks! Bill Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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Bill Williams
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Re: X axis DRO, my next project
Thanks Mark. I appreciate the offer.??I think I have some small caps here back when I raced RC truck. If not and I need one I'll get in touch.??I ordered the Shars stainless one today. Should be
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Ryan H
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Re: LMS 5200 Lathe motor
ON a lot of the motors the flywheel is also the cooling fan . ??? ??? animal
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mike allen
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Re: LMS 5200 Lathe motor
WHen you harvest the motor try to get the power supply . It will be teh circuit board that the motor wires come from & usually therea a transformer looking unit nearby that you will want also.? If
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mike allen
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Re: LMS 5200 Lathe motor
The typical "free" treadmill motor can work on a tool but there are things to consider, including that these are usually open, permanent magnet motors and can attract ferrous swarf and jam up. So they
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Alan Muller
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Re: LMS 5200 Lathe motor
Both times the treadmill was already pretty beat up, (one was already mostly disassembled, so I just removed the plastic cover on the other by breaking it off. The motors were bolted on with two bolts
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Bruce J
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