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I have a new to me Index 745. I have a few questions I am hoping someone can answer. In the following pictures I have arrows pointing to the object in question.
The first arrow points to the manual quill downfeed arm. When I pull it down it works fine. When I release it it moves very slowly to the up position. Should it move faster under spring tension?
The second arrow points to the quill autofeed reverse plunger. The manual fine feed wheel is not on there as it is missing. When I engae everything to start the auto downfeed it works fine. Where the wheel is suppose to be to be it turns as the auto feed causes the quill to go down. Now the problem. The plunger you pull out to reverse the quill will not pull out reversing the direction. Also when auto is not engaged I can not move the fine feed shaft to move the quill. Any ideas?
The third arrow points to the lever that activates the auto downfeed. Initially it would not stay engaged so I took the mechanism apart, cleaned it thouroughly, lubed and it now works fine. Is there anything that is suppose to disengage this lever when the downfeed gets to a pre set position?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Well my arrows did not show up. If you are familiar with this mill you should know which levers I am talking about.
The first arrow points to the manual quill downfeed arm. When I pull it down it works fine. When I release it it moves very slowly to the up position. Should it move faster under spring tension?
The second arrow points to the quill autofeed reverse plunger. The manual fine feed wheel is not on there as it is missing. When I engae everything to start the auto downfeed it works fine. Where the wheel is suppose to be to be it turns as the auto feed causes the quill to go down. Now the problem. The plunger you pull out to reverse the quill will not pull out reversing the direction. Also when auto is not engaged I can not move the fine feed shaft to move the quill. Any ideas?
The third arrow points to the lever that activates the auto downfeed. Initially it would not stay engaged so I took the mechanism apart, cleaned it thouroughly, lubed and it now works fine. Is there anything that is suppose to disengage this lever when the downfeed gets to a pre set position?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Well my arrows did not show up. If you are familiar with this mill you should know which levers I am talking about.