03-22-2012, 06:37 PM
HI Ed, great write-up so far!
You may find that an ER collet nut wrench fits the bearing locknut... It does on a lot of the smaller RF mills and clones, I know because I've used them for the job!
The ER32 or ER40 wrench may just fit that nut, if so next question: How are you going to hold the shaft to get it off? The smaller mills often have a slot for a tommy bar - beware though, the slot's usually in a piece of Chinese top-quality hardened putty, so make sure the bar's a *good* fit or be prepared to do some tidying up with file and stones afterwards...
Dave H. (the other one)
You may find that an ER collet nut wrench fits the bearing locknut... It does on a lot of the smaller RF mills and clones, I know because I've used them for the job!
The ER32 or ER40 wrench may just fit that nut, if so next question: How are you going to hold the shaft to get it off? The smaller mills often have a slot for a tommy bar - beware though, the slot's usually in a piece of Chinese top-quality hardened putty, so make sure the bar's a *good* fit or be prepared to do some tidying up with file and stones afterwards...
Dave H. (the other one)
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