Wells-Index 847 Milling Machine - Ownership Thread

[wachuko]

$13.83 uncoated HSS @ McMaster, probably cheaper elsewhere.

Did not have one... ordering. Might as well order the drill bit as well since shipping will be the same either way...

 

[wachuko]

Initial hole made…



While I wait for the drill bit and tap… did some cleaning…

 

[WobblyHand]

Holy smokes, did you put the lathe in the dishwasher? That's really clean.

 

[wachuko]

Holy smokes, did you put the lathe in the dishwasher? That's really clean.

I really like this smaller lathe…It could use a sturdier bench… I initially thought of selling it when I got the G0709… now I am not so sure…

I would sell it to get a South Bend 9” Model A, but only because I like how those look over this one…for nothing else.

 

[WobblyHand]

I really like this smaller lathe…It could use a sturdier bench… I initially thought of selling it when I got the G0709… now I am not so sure…

I would sell it to get a South Bend 9” Model A, but only because I like how those look over this one…for nothing else.

Having a second lathe is a very good thing. I used my mini-lathe to make a replacement gear shaft for my G0752Z, when the gear shaft broke. When that shaft broke, I lost threading and power feed. Made the gear shaft in a couple of days, completed it 3 days before the replacement parts came in. Took a couple of days, only because I had to make my own dumb design first. When I fit it to the lathe and saw it wasn't going to work, I just copied the existing shaft, and that took a day.

 

[wachuko]

Top of the drawbar is done. Hole drilled to 25/64" and 7/16"-20 tap done... I drilled the hole deeper than needed to give me some additional threads in case I have to shorten it a bit more.

Also took the time to clean all the red thread locker...





Now to check and make sure I got all the dimensions correctly before I pin the two parts...

Marked where the pin hole is on the threaded rod... nailing that hole in the top part will be fun...

 

[davidpbest]

Looks great. I hope you pin that threaded bar into the upper housing when you're done fitting it to the machine. The Torque-Rite unit puts a tremendous amount of twisting power into the drawbar, and you don't want that joint coming unscrewed.

 

[wachuko]

Looks great. I hope you pin that threaded bar into the upper housing when you're done fitting it to the machine. The Torque-Rite unit puts a tremendous amount of twisting power into the drawbar, and you don't want that joint coming unscrewed.

I will, but the machine is not here… next weekend I will take the drawbar with me and confirm all is correct. Then I can drill, apply red Loctite, and insert the roll pin.

 

[wachuko]

The amount I took off the top of the drawbar was spot on.



So took it out to drill the hole for the roll pin. And guess what!? by pure luck I was able to drill the hole exactly where the threaded rod had the old hole made... 5/32" hole made... roll pin inserted... Glad it came out as expected.



So back it went...



Secured the Maxi to the base...



Now I need to figure out how and where to secure the switch assembly for it...



Wherever I decide, I will need to make some sort of arm from the base... there is nothing on the head where I can attach this to...

I was thinking, temporarily, to mount it on the side of the DRO display... while I come up with something else... Still thinking...

 

[wachuko]

So I decided to start to work on the VFD install...

Removing the switch was easy... the only thing that I am concerned with is correctly identifying T1-T2-T3...




This is what I think...