All this scanning panels is definitely not retro, why can’t you use an old Cornflakes packet like any normal person? 😀
...because the powers that be have deemed us a bunch of fat bar Stewards and we can no longer buy big packets of Cornflakes. Glue and staples are deemed too risky by Elf and Safe Tea, so we have to do it on a puter....😉
There is only so much cleaning up of somebody else’s mess I can handle in one hit. By this stage I was well and truly over degreaser and rubber gloves. So, taking a break from that I decided to clean up the toolchanger covers. So, into the sand blaster All the covers sandblasted
Primered
The paint on most of the machines today is very rough. Now, even with me trying my hardest,I couldn’t get it orange peely enough , ( Technical term 🤣). I tried dry. I tried thick. I tried low pressure. . You can get a ghastly finish, but it doesn’t match the original. So, I cheated. I found this out previously, so did it again. I applied the first coat of colour with a foam roller. It’s an industrial enamel, so just Chuck the roller away when your done
Topcoats were then sprayed on A vast improvement 😊
When Snows were still going in Sheffield they used to have a team of men covering the rough castings with filler and sanding it all smooth before being painted. Proper pride in their machines. That is until they went on strike one too many times despite being warned it would end up with the place being shut.
One of the advantages of buying a well known brand from an established U.K. company is spares availability. All the bits needed got ordered. In the meantime,I carried on with little odds and sods. Taped the coolant tank threads out to M10 where I could
Then turned my attention to where the insert had pulled out. Opened hole out with a sharp countersink bit. Easiest way to get a round hole without breaking your wrists.
Then turned a suitable insert. Borrowed the handle from the other mill to locate it
No photos as I ran out of hands, but I Tig welded the insert in. Lick of paint and nobody is any the wiser.
Some of the spares arrived. New bearings for the carousel
Started reassembling the fingers and extractors
The new roller arrived, this was the bolt that was broken that lead to it all coming apart. In all honesty,I probably would have taken it apart to clean anyway
Haven’t quite figured out the spring and other needle roller bearing it came with in the same spares packet. It works with the nylon block, the guide roller runs in the track, opening and closing the door on the carousel,to stop some of the shavings being thrown in there
Still need to make a couple of parts to repair it, hopefully get time to reassemble it all over the weekend. Have got about as far as I can go
And in other news, BruinHilder’s stocking arrived. Made in Germany, ja....🤣🤣
Just slap it back together and Bobs your Auntie *, it will be good to go. Yeah right. 🤣🤣🤣 Cleaned up the top plate, proximity sensors let the machine know what position the carousel is in
Then the simple task of assembling this lot to the top plate....
Easy, innit? Did I mention you need to do this upside down? And it’s all got to go up onto the toolchanger in one go?
How the feck do you do that ? Ahhh, cunning plan number one . The hot glue gun....
Glue in the bolts temporarily, assemble everything upside down and slot it in....Errr. No. First issue, glue sticks ok to the bolts,but not to the plate. Ok, possibly plate still a bit oily. Clean with Alcohol. Still no joy. Go to the shops and get the heavier duty glue sticks. No French cheese tossers in sight. Result....And the glue now holds the bolts in situ. Then turns out you need to slip the one plate over the spigot at an angle. So much for that idea...
Have now seriously lost the will to live. Out with the big breaker bar. Toolchanger,your going down.....😡
* In this day and age of peace and vegetable rights anybody or any thing can be your Auntie...Even Bob the dog,if he identifies as such 🤣🤣🤣
So, toolchanger mechanism unbolted from the rails, and dropped down onto the bed with the shaft now pointing skywards
In less than no time, the pesky bit was reassembled.
Back in situ. Sometimes my stubbornness surprises me 🤣🤣. Could have saved myself a lot of agro if I had just done this right in the beginning 🙄 ( And half a day )
Then onto figuring out how the door actually works. Spring and random roller bearing that came in the same packet as the guide roller not required. It didn’t show them in the picture when I ordered it,so my guess is it’s been out with a technician to a job ,all lumped in the same bag when it wasn’t needed and put back in the guiderollers bin location.
Bit of messing around as it needs a spacer . Difficult to measure in situ, so had a guess,which turned out to be correct.
Carousel back on, but need to make a socket to tighten the nut properly. That I can do.....😊
