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Check out this site, He has the rotary Bentley BR-2 But as said I chomp the bit for the sleeve valve design as it is a 550cc or 38ci monster. I too have a love for engines and built...

Intestinal fortitude ? I think it is more of just doing whatcha gotta doo !
My spindle has single AC top and bottom, with a seal in the bottom that I did long ago, seems I posted all of that here at...

I probably won't be saying much here as reading is really difficult for me now without a lot of magnification.
Yes HandleWanker, we have had words back during the times of solutions and...

Does silence mean success ? I am sure some here would be interested !

Thanks guys for the good vibes. Runner, the project I have been drooling over for the last several yrs. is the rotary sleeve valve engine that is soon to be released from Ageless Engines. If you...

WOW !

I'm home at last ! It is good to recognize some familiar names. I think that I need to get some catch up.

Reading Turbo's reply reminded me of another trick to help with a sticky slide. What I did is so !
first I cleaned the slides and doves with carb and choke spray several times. Lacquer thinner...

I thought I'd post this in plain view for all to see. I am no stranger here and used to be a fixture and one of the go to guys. I always seemed to have something to say right or wrong !

Fact Is...

I was referi9ng to BOTH !
I speak from my case and that of many others from yrs ago. The cast iron fine if any remains in gear box will not come out with a simple drain or even a flush. It would...

I would start with a larger foot print. Better safe than having to pick it up later.

Shimming is the only way to go. Just don't use the side grubs on the shim as they will distort the gib by dimpling and curving them making for a false feel and grabbing.
I fought the Z gibs too and...

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The clean and flushing of the gear box and spindle is a necessity before any use or powering up. The chines don't have any viable QC and Too Many have found out cast iron fine was the root...

Hello,
My IH mill has done this in the past. What it turned out being is the gecko was adjusted too tight. Usually the gain is needing a little counter clockwise adj. till quiet. The Damp may need...

If you are close to salem you could see mine. It is a modified older model. I modified the column and belt drive, etc.

Nigel, This post was near 4 yrs ago, Evan was not a well man then, I haven't heard from him since in any form. And since then I have even had my own health issues, been near two yrs since i fired up...

What I see is that with the 3to1 ratio you are wanting speed of axis movement. If you went to 5to1 you would be in a much better suited power band and not need extra hoops to dance through. It would...

It appears that your spindle is doing good, periodically after a run, like at tool change, Grab the tool and see if you can feel any shake at all from the bottom bearing. If you do then of course you...

Get the phone number off the site and give Tommy a call !

That iron ring with the threaded stem was indeed a settable stop. Mine has been off for so long that I didn't recall what you were referring too for a moment !
My Quill cooling collar has a rather...

Very early on I made a manifold to fit the bottom exposed portion of the quil and flowed coolant through it to the fittings for flood coolant to the cutter. This was a big benifit to performance and...

My Hot Rod puter is just an assembly of parts from New Egg.
Now I am getting the notion that your ails were induced by your desire to make it go as fast as you could tweak the settings.
I set my...

Now you said something !
First you say all three axis in an interpolation movement.
This would tax the power supply driving the axis. Also, I had a computer that was of 900hz and a power house but...

Paul,
Most all the complaints are from the KIT days, and IH prefers selling turn keys. I would buy another if I could use it, I like mine, an old one tho. Call Tommy and talk to him personally, ask...

I had simillar issues with my Y axis motor. It had a very hard stop hit and stall and consequently burned out a winding. When I took the motor apart it could be smelled as burned. A new motor got...

Save it for future useage !
Bearings don't last forever and stuff happens, I have my second set running in my spindle now.

The key to a cool running seal is the surface finish at the contact area. I know you said you "Ground" it, but, as a machinist I know that a ground finish can still be in the 36rms finish range with...

I don't think I caught where you ended up mounting them, it sounds like you modified the housing so they mount to end of ball screw, which I think is the BEST place for them.
How do these units look...

When I worked at a large shop, we used a hot water pressure wash to clean nearly everything. Then we would give it a blast of air to blow off the loose water and let it dry. Then we gave them a spray...

Its not the gears you have to worry about. The gears are much harder than the iron fine and can eat a lot of it without damage. It is the bearings that can not tolerate the fine as it will hang and...

Most likely it is fine cast iron left over from the machining process at the manufacture site. They apparently don't have a cleaning process between the machine and assembly process. I have cut lots...