Mill spindle repair?
Hiya guys, I have been noticing a bit of play in the mill spindle recently, so set about stripping it down to find the problem. The problem was, of course, the bearings - there aren't any!
The miller is probably 50 years old, and the spindle runs on bronze bushings in the fixed head.
Now then, I am gonna need some bearings in there, but at the same time I would like to bore the spindle for a morse taper or R8 taper - currently the spindle has an integrated collet chuck, probably ER20 variant. It would be a shame to scrap the machine, so any advice where to start would be great! I am sort of figuring on removing the bronze bushings, and making a new bearing housing, then re-fitting the spindle. Should be ok, might be better off making a new spindle rather than turn the old one
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