hello all
I'm new to the forum, thanks for letting me join in. I'm no machinist by any means but I've had a machine,one or another for some 15 years or so .. I started with a little 6" atlas, played with that for a couple of years. then I came across a Jet 1340BD , I bought that and sold off the atlas.. well my shop is not heated (live in maine) and that was hard on that machine I just couldn't keep it from getting rust on it .. so I sold it , thought I'd find a smaller machine and keep it in my basement.. so I found a 10" atlas. that's what I've been suffering with for the last few years. it's just not my jet ... well I decided to buy a larger machine again and I'll be darn if I didn't find another JET, 1336PBD it's a 1987 and in excellent condition. it came from a homeowner and he took great care of it and it has had very little use ... I'm very happy with it
This all leads me to a few questions
It needs new belts. it still has the original ones on it. the motor drive belt doesn't look like a big deal but the spindle belt is a different story the spindle would have to come out to change out the belt. have any of you tackled this on your JETS ? should I just go with one of those segmented belts ? how good are they ? I need smooth= gun barrels
2nd what do guys do to keep your machine rust free ??/
also I need a 4 jaw chuck 2 1/4 x tpi
Good day
I'm new to the forum, thanks for letting me join in. I'm no machinist by any means but I've had a machine,one or another for some 15 years or so .. I started with a little 6" atlas, played with that for a couple of years. then I came across a Jet 1340BD , I bought that and sold off the atlas.. well my shop is not heated (live in maine) and that was hard on that machine I just couldn't keep it from getting rust on it .. so I sold it , thought I'd find a smaller machine and keep it in my basement.. so I found a 10" atlas. that's what I've been suffering with for the last few years. it's just not my jet ... well I decided to buy a larger machine again and I'll be darn if I didn't find another JET, 1336PBD it's a 1987 and in excellent condition. it came from a homeowner and he took great care of it and it has had very little use ... I'm very happy with it
This all leads me to a few questions
It needs new belts. it still has the original ones on it. the motor drive belt doesn't look like a big deal but the spindle belt is a different story the spindle would have to come out to change out the belt. have any of you tackled this on your JETS ? should I just go with one of those segmented belts ? how good are they ? I need smooth= gun barrels
2nd what do guys do to keep your machine rust free ??/
also I need a 4 jaw chuck 2 1/4 x tpi
Good day
