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18th July 2015, 12:24 AM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Keyway in shaft
My Delta thicknesser has a damaged keyway slot in the shaft. Can anybody tell me what kind of tradesman I should be looking for to see if they can cut a new slot on the other side of the shaft?IMG_9739.jpg I have ordered a new key and pulley.
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18th July 2015, 12:57 AM #2Product designer retired
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New keyway
Chrism3,
I would suggest just about any engineering works could re-machine your keyway, however, you would have to remove the shaft first.
Ken
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18th July 2015, 01:02 AM #3Senior Member
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That looks fairly ugly.
Best course as you suggest is to abandon the damaged slot and cut a new one. Once the spindle is out cutting a new keyway is straightforward for anyone with a milling machine. If you were closer I would offer.
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18th July 2015, 01:40 AM #4GOLD MEMBER
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Anyone with a milling machine or shaper should be able to do it, not a hard job, takes longer to set up than to do it though. I had a similar thing happen on my car engine, the machinist re machined the crankshaft and cut a new key. Yesterday my metal lathe stripped a plastic gear, pulled it apart and the shaft needs the key way re cut. To make matters worse, my mill, stripped one of the cast metal gears inside the head.
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18th July 2015, 07:52 AM #5Philomath in training
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Send a PM to Ewan (Ueee) as he's Canberra based and he'd have the gear to do that or probably suggest someone who can.
Michael
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18th July 2015, 09:29 AM #6GOLD MEMBER
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Do you know why or how the damage occurred.
It may be possible to still use the existing key way.
It may only require a clean up with a file.
The replacement key could be drilled and the shaft tapped, allowing you to secure the key to the shaft.
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18th July 2015, 11:13 AM #7GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks all, much appreciated.
The damage occurred because the nut holding the pulley came loose, in spite of it being a left hand thread. That presumably allowed the pulley to move around a bit, which then allowed the key to move. Upshot was that the belt came off and melted its way through the plastic cover. Very ugly.
On researching I found that this is a known design problem. The shaft nut is a half nut with a coarse thread, only about 3 threads in contact. And no room on the end of the shaft for a locknut.
I intend to Locktite the new key in, plus the nut.
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19th July 2015, 11:48 AM #8GOLD MEMBER
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Have now got the cutter head out, and attach a pic of the damaged keyslot. Also a pic of the belt cover after the belt melted it.
IMG_9743.jpgIMG_9745.jpg
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20th July 2015, 08:27 AM #9Mechanical Butcher
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An alternative to a sunk key could be to use a roll pin, through a hole drilled right through the pulley and shaft.
That would have an advantage in that it wouldn't rely on a nut alone, to ensure it all stays together.
Jordan
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20th July 2015, 09:23 AM #10GOLD MEMBER
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Just curious did the original pulls have a grub screw in it to lock it on to the key?
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20th July 2015, 01:28 PM #11GOLD MEMBER
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20th July 2015, 03:39 PM #13Senior Member
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How complicated is the shaft? Is it feasible to remake the shaft with an extended LH thread to allow the fitting of a castellated nut and split pin?
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20th July 2015, 03:56 PM #14GOLD MEMBER
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If the pully has enough room I would suggest a grub screw through the pully and onto the key.
You may also consider an alternative to the pin through the pully and shaft and consider putting a pin through the nut and shaft.
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20th July 2015, 04:29 PM #15GOLD MEMBER
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Here's a thread that shows that others have been plagued by this problem - the 560 is almost the same as mine.
http://forums.finewoodworking.com/fi...p12quot-planer
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