MFB Back-Gear Expertise Needed

Small enough to fit the shaft. I was thinking about using some of those mylar washers from the hardware store if they have the right ID size
Eric
 
OK. That's good.

Atlas apparently used the fiber washers on the 6" and on the mills throughout the production lives of both, because they do appear in all of the manuals that we have copies of from 1942 to 1976.. I would temporarily install the back gear assembly (large gear and small gear/tube), shaft and two eccentrics, and measure the end float. Then put it together with enough of the fiber washers to reduce the end float as low as possible without binding.
 
Thats exactly what I'll do.

Do you think those plastic hardware washers would work ok?
Thanks.
Eric
 
If they are really Mylar and not some cheaper plastic, they might be OK between a fiber washer and either eccentric. But I wouldn't want my machine to be the guinea pig to find out how they hold up against the rotating gear. Just use the M6-255's.
 
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