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Post by Roger Mason on Feb 12, 2006 9:04:13 GMT
Hi Alan,
You say "My autofeed needs looking at.. I have just had most of my auto feed apart in order to get it to work. I wonder if I can help you?
What is it that your machine doesn't do?
Cheers,
Roger Mason, in St. Agnes.
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Post by Alan on Feb 15, 2006 18:00:41 GMT
Hi Roger
I purchased my Bridgeport from my last employer. i used it for prototyping in plastic so it nver had to do much work.a year after i was made redundant, it came up for sale. I looked at it and didnt really give it a good going over. It had had a bit of rough handling since i last saw it. The auto feed being the main problem.
I purchased a new motor(Infinatly variable)
I had a machine electrician look at the mill.BIG bang and that was the end of the circuit board in the cabinet.The replacement motor never got fitted
I would prefer to repair what i have rather than bolt on an bolt on unit.
This was over a year ago and i am happilly turning handels thinking one day i will be able to afford to get this fixed.
Trouble is, i live in the South East corner of Kent and nobody likes to visit down here to fix it.
Any suggestions would be useful.
Thanks
Alan
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Post by Roger Mason on Feb 16, 2006 19:57:29 GMT
Hi Alan,
Ah - it looks as though I was wrong on two counts:
Firstly, the self feed I was thinking about was the one on the vertical quill, not on the table.
Secondly, my table power feed is the one with the gearbox on it that enables one to change speed by selecting a different gear. As I intend to drive it via an inverter I don't think I will be changing gear very much, just twiddle the pot and alter the speed that way.
Your fault sounds as though it is sufficiently serious to be able to pin-point it fairly easily. It sounds like something is short circuit somewhere. Now that you have let the magic smoke out of it it is likely that several things are now short circuit!
Cheers,
Roger Mason, in St. Agnes.
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Post by the_viffer on Feb 17, 2006 19:22:53 GMT
I couldn't access the website. |
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Post by lancelot on Feb 17, 2006 21:19:01 GMT
Hello the_viffer,
I could not get it either, did not try his land line or e.mail.
By the way, got the ''ALUM'', have not tried it yet, will let you know if it works.
All the best for now,
John.
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Post by the_viffer on Feb 17, 2006 21:47:15 GMT
Hello the_viffer, I could not get it either, did not try his land line or e.mail. By the way, got the ''ALUM'', have not tried it yet, will let you know if it works. All the best for now, John. Hello John, I've not bothered with the email or landline either. I would be more interested than you can imagine in hearing if the alum works. As you may know I was trained in chemistry. Despite post graduate training in chemistry and have worked on and off in the subject ever since (for more years than I like to think of) with interludes doing engineering oh and law I'm not at all sure why alum should work any better than a pinch of salt. If it doesn't work well then it is another myth disposed of. If it does then my wife (who has been a research chemist since before I met her 25 years ago) and I will think long and hard about what is special about alum as compared with say a pinch of salt or a drop of vinegar either of which I would imagine might have some very minor effect but not enough to do the job in a reasonable time. So please do keep me advised. Cheers! |
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Post by Roger Mason on Feb 18, 2006 9:38:02 GMT
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Post by chris vine on Feb 18, 2006 14:11:59 GMT
I look forward to hearing if the alum works.
My, rather steam age method which works for steel as well, is to heat the component to red head and let it cool slowly to soften the tap. It can then be cut away with a dentists drill running at high speed. the trouble with trying to drill it out is that the drill wanders into the flutes. The smallest I have removed this way is 10ba but used a lot of lbsc's esperanto in the process!
Chris.
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