Wells-Index 847 Milling Machine - Ownership Thread

[wachuko]

Yeah baby! Yeah!

Do not mind the mess... Before watching the video and trying to tippy-tap-tap it out, I was trying everything... so I used WD-40, way-oil, some heat… Made a mess inside...

None of that matters now, it is out!!






The brake band needs a good degreasing, yikes





Now to clean all this mess and get it all looking like new again.

 

[Just for fun]

All Right !!! Good job Buddy!

 

[wachuko]

Everything is clean...

Brake shoe/band




I know nobody will see this... but I just had to make it look better. I went over the counterbores, then chamfered the holes... deburred everything... Did a slight face sanding to get rid of high spots... The rest will be filled with JB-Weld and painted...




Top cover looking great. I went over the flat edge with a stone to make sure there were no high spots...




Brake installed... I used a little bit of copper paste on the shaft...

 

[wachuko]

More...



Again... all those dings get filled with JB-Weld then sanded and everything gets a coat of gray paint...

I also chased the threads (1/4"-20 tap)... all that gets covered with tape so the internals stays clean...



Surface where the brake band touches is now super clean...



All bearings cleaned... strange, when I looked at the bearings part numbers, top and bottom had different numbers in the parts diagram... Inspecting these, both are the same... MRC 109 KSF bearings...

 

[wachuko]

Now to let the JB-Weld dry/harden...



Let me search for those bearings...

 

[wachuko]

Well, I had to order the Mobil EP2 grease again... first order I placed never arrived...

Also ordered two MRC 109 KSF bearings... MRC SKF USA 109KSF 45mm X 75mm X 16mm 6009-Z Metal Shielded One Side bearing

And sanded and painted the center steel plate, and nut...





Taped the large cover... to avoid any paint getting to areas that should be left bare...



Also sanded and sprayed a coat of primer on the larger cover... Tomorrow I need to stop by the local hardware store to get some matching gray spray paint... But already that cover looks 10 times better than before...

 

[wachuko]

Much better... I might go over the dings that are are left...looks like I missed a few on the first round, but I might just leave it as it is...not sure.

 

[woodchucker]

Much better... I might go over the dings that are are left...looks like I missed a few on the first round, but I might just leave it as it is...not sure.

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what dings, who's going to see it?

 

[wachuko]

Working on the mount for the Maxi Torque-Rite...

Do you all think this will work fine?







Missing from the photos is a 3/8"x6" base plate that will go between the Maxi and the milling machine. That plate gets bolted down using the four 1/4" bolts to the pulley head cover using those steel spacers.

The Maxi is then bolted to that 6" plate...

I am trying to avoid modifying the Wells-Index pulley cover...

 

[davidpbest]

That looks great - even more rigid than my setup. You will need to carefully center it on the drawbar - if it's not precisely centered, the spline drive might not consistently engage on the splined drawbar cap, causing it to push down the quill instead of seating properly. I drilled the mounting holes about 1mm oversized to give some adjustment ability. I would suggest you put in the drawbar, tighten it up on a collet, then check the runout of the drawbar splined head. In my case, I needed to make a bushing to keep the top of the drawbar consistently centered.

I'm enjoying seeing the quality of work you're putting into the refurbishment of your mill.