Hey guys,

So thought I would post a little thread on my MACSON M-64 surface grinder rebuild.

Bought this bad boy in 2018 off a guy way up in the blue mountains, took me almost 2 hours to get to his house as most of the roads were dirt and scetchy.

Got it home reassembled it to find it was a bit sloppy in the axis, loud wining spindle noise and the motor was on the way out, but it was working so I just put up with it.

Fast forward 6 months and the Z axis failed spectacularly whilst in use and the spindle dropped onto the part I was surfacing...

Ok now it's time to rebuild and make this little machine "great again".

So ball screws were installed into the Y and Z axis with roller and thrust bearings, new end caps had to be machined for the Z axis.
The X axis shaft was cooked and very worn so the bronze bushings were removed and table was machined to suit roller and thrust bearings.
Spindle housing machined to accommodate proper oil seals for leak free performance ;0).
Original counterweight remade to make raising the Z axis easier and a whole heap of other mods done to make this a little better.

Allot of thought and planning had to go into this to get everything to fit nice and tight with clearance, all ball screws, bearing shells, brackets and mounting hardware was all custom made for this little machine.

It has taken me a bit over a year on and off (mostly off lol) to get this done but I'm happy to say all I'm waiting for now is my nickel plated parts to be finished and it will be humming once again.

Hope you find this interesting.

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