Originally Posted by asallwey  Roberto,
Any chance of you posting the Applied #'s on the bearing and their cost?
Alex |
Alex,
More than happy to do so, have those handy at home, give me a couple days. One of the bearing I wanted Applied was out of stock and required a minimum order of 10 to get a back in stock and good deal. If several people combine their efforts, bearing costs can be reduced by $120.00.
For the group,
I installed new dayton belts from Graingers and what a hell of difference !! The machine had a nasty vibration when I started that would shake stuff off the table and now very smooth, almost like a heavy quality lathe. I did discover a slight vibration in the lathe motor that can dealt with in a couple ways. 1. Isolation pads so the motor is not directly bolted to the lathe unit (best way to do it) .... 2. replace the bearings in the motor (something that should be done no matter what .... 3. Do item 1 and 2 and do it right up front.
Side note, the dayton belt size for the 2 belts on the lathe motor are wrong and will have to get with John at Shoptask to correct that. If you use those sizes, you then have to run both belts under the idler pulley to get enough tension to work right. Otherwise you end up adjusting the motor so much that it hits the table and the belts still slip ....
Cheers,
Roberto