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    Default CVA no79 rebirth

    Well I didn't think I would pull her apart but as I feel really incompotent at work I need to be the boss at home so we started another project.
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    Whats going on in pic #1 Mike

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    Hi Andre,

    Well you are going to be busy for a while!

    I will be watching…..

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    Girl, I don't wanna know about your mild-mannered alter ego or anything like that." I mean, you tell me you're, uh, super-mega-ultra-lightning babe? That's all right with me. I'm good. I'm good.

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    [QUOTE=morrisman;1820835]Andre

    Whats going on in pic #1 Mike[/QUOT

    That's porosity in the casting goes to show it's not just Chinese machine
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    Well I made some progress on the weekend , I removed the knee and table it was a squeeze maneuvering the hoist around the workshop
    Next everything got degreased and pressure washed and a paintbrush paintjob applied next comes the head
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    I like the colour Sort of looks like battleship grey

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    The colour is Dulux woodland grey
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    Hi Andre. Looking good. Woodland grey is the roof colour of my shed. I would never thought to use it on a machine. It looks great!

    Having fun with your engine crane? Stuff always gets in the way with mine.... even when I think I have made enough room! :mad:

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    Yeah moving stuff around with the engine crane can be a little challenging.
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    Well the weekends fun begins. I moved the machine back into position and also dismantled the head
    The head is very solidly built,The drive is very well thought out with the main drive pulley driving the top bearing via two pins whicn ,then drives the quill via a sliding key. The quill has two bearings and a bronze bush and the top bearing housing has two bearings
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    Hi

    Looks like we both have the early version with the bronze quill bush .

    Keep up the good work

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    Got everything back inside. Next weekend I will clean up the table and decide if I'm capable of making a new x axis screw
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    Quote Originally Posted by welder View Post
    Got everything back inside. Next weekend I will clean up the table and decide if I'm capable of making a new x axis screw
    Andre, it's a matter of how many you make until you get it right. It's never going to be a matter of 'if'.
    Have a crack, there's nothing to lose.
    Great job so far.

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    You are getting stuck into that mill

    IS your lathe bed long enough to make the X axis ACME screw ? Maybe TAFE has a lathe big enough ?

    The x axis bronze nut sits in a casting under the table , I looked at the nut and it seems to have a tapered pin holding it in. Are you making a delrin Nut ?

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    It's alive. Haha I spent the last week finishing it off. The motor an spindle are super smooth and quite. One major problem I have misplaced 3 bSf cap screws
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