The adventures of a Jeep and its driver.
Finally able to put a 25% no exclusions coupon to work. Picked up this Yukon 9 drawer cabinet. Using it mostly for storing tooling for the K&T horizontal mill, but there’s some other stuff in it as well. The red cabinet next to it used to hold these items and to say I overloaded it would be an understatement.
I’ve been working on repairs to this Kearny & Trecker Universal Milling Head for a long time. I am finally ready to get it back together. Check out the link in my bio to the YouTube video of part 1.
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My first try at machining a splined shaft. This is a test piece in Delrin before committing to some of the limited amount of 1045. Going to be a fun project to complete. Hopefully a YouTube video on making this will drop Sunday. 🤞🏻
Pulled the power feed gearbox from the K&T today. Could be worse. Was hoping for better. This is why you should NEVER use water based coolant on these old machines. I wonder if @evapo_rust would like to sponsor a video and donate a 55 gallon drum of product to the cause? 😂😂
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I feel like something is missing here. 😂 Check out my latest video on the Kearney & Trecker 2HL mill (link in bio). I got the feed distribution box out of the knee, with a few issues.
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The table is off the K&T! It was actually a lot easier than I was expecting it to be. The good news is the ways look pretty good. The bad news is the bearings need replaced and they are EXPENSIVE (at least to me)! See the link in my bio for the YouTube video on how I removed it.
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Even though there is a bunch of surface rust in this feed distribution unit, the gears themselves look good. Spraying everything I can with kerosene and scrubbing with nylon and brass brushes, where I can reach. Trying to deal with the worst parts. I’ve been spinning the gears and the bearings don’t feel bad at all. As much as I would like to take this thing completely apart, clean everything and replace all the bearings, it’s not really feasible. There’s no guide in existence on how this goes together, outside of the parts manual. It’d be a guessing game on proper sequence. Lots of taper pins I am sure. The risk of breaking something or it not going back together the right way is higher than the risk of cleaning it the best I can and running it. If I had 55 gallons of @evapo_rust, I’d build a vat and soak it. But, instead I’ll fill the knee with kerosene with frequent changes until what comes out is acceptable.
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The table gib for the K&T 2HL horizontal milling machine has a lot wrong with it. Not only is it a banana, it has a lot of scoring and is worn about .013” as best I can measure. The bow is easy enough to fix quickly in the arbor press. And I would love to be able to grind it and scrape it but that is beyond my capability or budget. Or even make a new one. I’ll shim it when I put it back in. Maybe someday this machine will get a real rebuild but until then, I need to make it good enough.
In this lesson, we learn how to break drill bits. Twice. And how hindsight is 20/20 or better. I would seriously do everything different. LOL! Link in my bio for the YT video.
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Managed to get the saddle off the knee of the Kearney & Trecker 2HL. This is the last major component to come off the mill. I was advised NOT to take the knee off, plus to do so would probably be impossible in my current shop. Video link in my bio.
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