whitey56
16th December 2011, 01:47 PM
Hi Guys
My old Autolux drill press has been on the long list of tools to replace [waiting for a cheap Waldown to come along] anyway i was at the local tips Trash & Treasure last week and there was a Herless rf40 drill and tapping machine there for $400, I went home and did the sums [new 1 ph motor etc] and thought it is a good deal, so i went back checked the quill for runout [ 5thou over surface rust] offered them $200 and they said yes.
I,ve stripped her down and apart from broken switch box,1 broken handle,little knobs bent,slightly bent table rack, the outside is reasonable.
Internally there are the 2 clutch keys[$30 each US] that engage the Power Down Feed are stripped, and in the PDF gearbox something is not right there, i'm not going inside the main g/box as you can select all gears and the oil was clean, If you guys could help me with these questions i would be most grateful.
[1] Parts, does anybody know a Aust. Co. who stocks RongFu parts the few i tried
said they would have to come from o/s
Has anyone dealt with Ereplacement Parts in the US this drill is a Jet GHD 20PFT
over there and they have all the parts.[good website]
[2] Motor, Ebay have 2hp1ph motors but they have 24 mm shafts, the1hp they have
19mm shafts the same as my 415v motor , do you think 1hp would be enough
power for a drill this size or could i use a vfd on the 415v 4pole motor [3 wires]
which i read i would need to change the wiring to 6 wires for Delta if so can you
recomend a motor winder in Brisbane and how much if you have had it done.
P.S. If you own a machine with a direct drive motor like this i would pull the
motor of every couple of years and grease the slip coupling it took me 2 hrs to
get this one apart.
Thank you
My old Autolux drill press has been on the long list of tools to replace [waiting for a cheap Waldown to come along] anyway i was at the local tips Trash & Treasure last week and there was a Herless rf40 drill and tapping machine there for $400, I went home and did the sums [new 1 ph motor etc] and thought it is a good deal, so i went back checked the quill for runout [ 5thou over surface rust] offered them $200 and they said yes.
I,ve stripped her down and apart from broken switch box,1 broken handle,little knobs bent,slightly bent table rack, the outside is reasonable.
Internally there are the 2 clutch keys[$30 each US] that engage the Power Down Feed are stripped, and in the PDF gearbox something is not right there, i'm not going inside the main g/box as you can select all gears and the oil was clean, If you guys could help me with these questions i would be most grateful.
[1] Parts, does anybody know a Aust. Co. who stocks RongFu parts the few i tried
said they would have to come from o/s
Has anyone dealt with Ereplacement Parts in the US this drill is a Jet GHD 20PFT
over there and they have all the parts.[good website]
[2] Motor, Ebay have 2hp1ph motors but they have 24 mm shafts, the1hp they have
19mm shafts the same as my 415v motor , do you think 1hp would be enough
power for a drill this size or could i use a vfd on the 415v 4pole motor [3 wires]
which i read i would need to change the wiring to 6 wires for Delta if so can you
recomend a motor winder in Brisbane and how much if you have had it done.
P.S. If you own a machine with a direct drive motor like this i would pull the
motor of every couple of years and grease the slip coupling it took me 2 hrs to
get this one apart.
Thank you