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Got the grinder home, and noticed there was a lot of noise from motor, and spindle felt a bit crunchy. So took it apart to replace bearings. Motor was a pain to pull apart, got old bearings out and noticed they were just single shielded with the open face facing outwards. Why, why??? Makes...

I've use the snot out of that crappy little 4x36, it's certainly viable for knocking off burrs, but that's about where it ends. It's WAY too flimsy for any sort of shaping, the table is literally useless because it's so weak, and really not even enough power to knock off mill scale from plate.

Well, I just couldn’t help myself, the deal on the Enco was just too good to pass up, I got it for basically nothing :) . The thing is a heavy beast, had to separate grinder from base to be able to lift it out. Prev owner did a lot of wood, so I think there’s a bunch of sawdust in the motor...

What's your thoughts on a buying an Enco 6x48 belt sander, 5000 SFM speed vs. building a 2x72 belt grinder for general metal fabrication? I do things like make intake / exhaust manifolds, engine mounts, brackets, weldments, deburring, etc.. I have no plans for knifemaking. I've potentially...

I have some Gedore tools and they’re very nice. Note they’re like 40 years old so no idea what new ones are like. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Well that kinda ***** because my project car hasn’t moved in a while, and I wasn’t planning on moving it anytime soon. I do have several level of safety’s in place though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Yup, managed to get the bushes to fit perfectly. Took quite a few tries on scrap before I came up with some techniques of dealing with the backlash and worn top slide gibs. But at least when I get to scraping those, it won’t be too bad. The rear bearing race is definitely bad, but the front...

I did get a set if new spindle bearings for mine. The original ones were run without oil, and races are galled up. I’ve been thinking if it’s possible to measure and identify the runout if the bearings and orient them such that the runout is on the same sides so you don’t get a spindle wobble...

I’ll look for those. On yours, how true of a cut could you get? On mine, even after leveling the bed, still get about a 5 tenths bulge near the chuck. The bed seems to have about a 6 thousands wear right about that area. The other weird thing is the bed flats and V are not co-planar. So if I...

I can confirm that the variable speed drive belts for both the horizontal and vertical motor configurations are identical. Chris, what grade bearings did you use for the spindle? Those part number spindle bearings seem to sell for about $30 some places and $50 other places. I was wondering if...

Totally agree, Kobalt was much better quality than Craftsman. I’ve always used Craftsman tools, and honestly I’ve always hated them. I hate their square, boxy feel. I was so glad when Kobalt came out, I loved their look and feel and very nice finish, IMO, Kobalt was right between Cradtsman and...

I haven’t had the lathe really running yet, well I did a little, but the belt tensioner bearings were so fried, couldn’t hear anything over them. The races look essentially OK, some minor putting, and rollers also look OK from a visual inspection. Shaft feels basically OK, but IDK, it’s a little...

Yes, the front bearing was fully seated. The rear bearing has a pressed on black cover, and a floating dust cover between the bearing and outer cover. This basically rides on the spindle. I kept the cover in place when pressing the spindle in. So what I did was pull the spindle in until the...

Wow, that’s a great shaper. I’ve never used one, and I really wish I had more time and money, would love to play around with one, see what kinds of possibilities it had, ha ha, maybe even do a CNC shaper build :) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

I’m curious how you got the spindle pressed back in. I had to make an alignment bushing to keep the dust cover in the rear bearing from catching on a ledge on the spindle. It was a massive pain because I don’t have access to another lathe and had to do it on the mill...

Here’s mine from the back, and here’s the two drive belts. Don’t know who the manufacturer is, but the outer one says ‘RVS 506 16’ and the inner one says ‘RVS 505 25’ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

That’s the variable speed control, and speed read out. Some of these came with step pulleys and others with variable speed belt drive. The hand screw controls a lever that moves the variable speed pulleys in and out Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

The under drive on this one is the same as mine. This is the squirreliest belt drive I’ve ever seen. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

I just bought a set of Kobalt at Lowe’s. I’ve always hated the Craftsman drivers (most of mine are CM). Kobalt is definitely a good step above CM quality, especially now that CM has gone to complete ****. I read a bunch of reviews, and these def review the best. I really like them so far, fit...