PM-1660TL

[ddickey]

Put the lever on the right in v.

 

[mksj]

Never us the jog to engage the gears, you will damage/break the teeth. There should be a placard on the belt cover that also tells you about this. The spindle needs to be in gear to turn the gearbox gears, you may need to set the spindle speed to a higher speed range to make it easier to turn. You can but the key in the chuck to move it if needed, but you can shimmy it back and forth until you feel the lever clink and the gear engage. It is similar to the old non synchro gearboxs.

OK, you got it, just take your time and do not rush or force anything.

 

[ddickey]

And lead and feed will rotate independently of each other

 

[Ianagos]

Never us the jog to engage the gears, you will damage/break the teeth. There should be a placard on the belt cover that also tells you about this. The spindle needs to be in gear to turn the gearbox gears, you may need to set the spindle speed to a higher speed range to make it easier to turn. You can but the key in the chuck to move it if needed, but you can shimmy it back and forth until you feel the lever clink and the gear engage. It is similar to the old non synchro gearboxs.

OK, you got it, just take your time and do not rush or force anything.

I see your machine has an actual jog function if so heed the above.

I gave you bad info above on jogging the spindle a bit. My machine is different than your such that it has a real clutch just like a car for the spindle so I can turn it nice and slow by feathering the clutch. The motor always runs on mine.

I think your machine just turns the spindle motor on for a breif moment but it probably goes up to full speed with a lot of force and that can damage the gears.

So just rotate it by hand or use the t handle and rotate it back and forth like a poster above mentioned.

 

[erikmannie]

All 17 of the feed configurations are A-okay. Thank you so very much for helping me.

 

[erikmannie]

And now all of the threading configurations that I tried are A-okay, so thanks again.

Looking back, I had the spindle in Neutral for up to 100% of my previous tests. Also my PM-1030V does not have a feed rod so I was choosing FEED configurations & expecting the leadscrew to rotate.

Yes, it is just like the non-synchro manual trannies.

The tip to put the spindle in Neutral & then rotate it by hand was what I was looking for. Put ‘er back into gear after that & it’s like taking candy from a baby.

 

[erikmannie]

So I just spent 3 hours using WD-40 to clean off the “cosmoline”. I wanted to use mineral spirits, but I am out of money.

I still need to clean the leadscrew and anything that was blocked by the DRO cables, but here are some pictures after that preliminary cleaning.

 

[Winegrower]

Nice, I'm looking forward to seeing a picture with a big pile of blue chips all over.

 

[erikmannie]

One more picture of that:

 

[erikmannie]

Nice, I'm looking forward to seeing a picture with a big pile of blue chips all over.

Yes, right after:

(1) Final cleaning,
(2) Protective coating of way oil,
(3) Mounting DRO bracket & test DRO,
(4) Change the oil in the headstock & gearbox,
(5) Top off oil in apron.

I will only get through (3) this weekend, and then it’s go time!