stevers
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Hey all,
Many of you veiwed my post "need help with my new (to me) lathe" from several days ago. First off, thanks for all the looks.
As it turns out, the morse taper in the spindle is damaged beyond repair. After I tryed to repair the damage to the MT, I realized I went so far, its now too large and won't hold a spur center. The damage was too severe and I sanded too far. It won't hold the mandril I just got and turn truly. The mandrel is 0.002 off at the shaft, which translates to more than 0.010 to 0.012 off at the threaded end of the mandrel.
What i'd like to do is replace the spindle/drive shaft. It's a 1986 model Duracraft. #50537. Which many of you know and several mentioned, is a spin off of a Craftsman.
If any of you have an old one in the scrap pile or have any info on the where-a-bouts of one, Please let me know. You can e-mail me if you like.
I think the part may be the same diameter from several years. The diameter is my main concerne, I can work around pully mounts and the sorts. The shaft in mine is 0.788". I checked it in several places.
Another idea is to get a few model numbers from older machines and try to find it at Craftsman parts. They are not very helpfull in general. They wount do anything without a model number. No cross refferencing or attempts at searches at all. The model number I got from one of you,(sorry I can't remember you name at the moment) was a great help, but the part I need is no longer available from sears. I'm hoping a newer model may have the same size shaft and work for me. Thats the other probeblem with sears, they have no way to find specs on the parts.
The Ridgid looks like it may be real close too. May be another option.
Thanks for looking and pardon my rambeling. I wanted to cover all of my bases the first time.
Thank You for any help
Many of you veiwed my post "need help with my new (to me) lathe" from several days ago. First off, thanks for all the looks.
As it turns out, the morse taper in the spindle is damaged beyond repair. After I tryed to repair the damage to the MT, I realized I went so far, its now too large and won't hold a spur center. The damage was too severe and I sanded too far. It won't hold the mandril I just got and turn truly. The mandrel is 0.002 off at the shaft, which translates to more than 0.010 to 0.012 off at the threaded end of the mandrel.
What i'd like to do is replace the spindle/drive shaft. It's a 1986 model Duracraft. #50537. Which many of you know and several mentioned, is a spin off of a Craftsman.
If any of you have an old one in the scrap pile or have any info on the where-a-bouts of one, Please let me know. You can e-mail me if you like.
I think the part may be the same diameter from several years. The diameter is my main concerne, I can work around pully mounts and the sorts. The shaft in mine is 0.788". I checked it in several places.
Another idea is to get a few model numbers from older machines and try to find it at Craftsman parts. They are not very helpfull in general. They wount do anything without a model number. No cross refferencing or attempts at searches at all. The model number I got from one of you,(sorry I can't remember you name at the moment) was a great help, but the part I need is no longer available from sears. I'm hoping a newer model may have the same size shaft and work for me. Thats the other probeblem with sears, they have no way to find specs on the parts.
The Ridgid looks like it may be real close too. May be another option.
Thanks for looking and pardon my rambeling. I wanted to cover all of my bases the first time.
Thank You for any help