Re: Motor Brackets

I assume your talking woodruff keys .... just lay a pair of wire
cutter jaws parallel to the shaft and squeeze down on the end of the
key and push down on the handles ,,,, I would not suggest useing a
hammer on the screw,,, the sand on the inside of the castings or the
Bondo on the out side well fall out. Duffy








-- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Phil Whittingham <philw3@c...> wrote:

> John,
>
> I thought about the tap and drill approach but this seemed like

overkill

> for such a simple issue. Know I know this is a legitimate approach

I may

> try that.
>
> I'll check out the photos. I like the sound of the off the shelf
> approach!
>
> Thanks
>
> Phil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stevenson_engineers [mailto:machines@n...]
> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 7:14 PM
> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y...
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Motor Brackets
>
>
> >--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Phil Whittingham <philw3@c...> wrote:
>
> Two ways to remove keys Phil. One is to tap on the end with a sharp
> chisel to force the key up and the other is to drill and tap it and
> insert a jack screw to extract it.
> Not knowing what type of mill you have you can have a look in the
> photos section on the web site at some files near the end marked

Taig

> xx.
> This is the design I chose to use to reduce overhang and cheap off
> the shelf drive components.
>
> John S.
>
>
> > I'm starting to look at designing motor brackets for my mill
> conversion
> > but have an issue.
> >
> > I'm trying to remove the key from the x and y screws but having no
> luck.
> > Is there a trick to this ? I've tried tapping it with a hammer but
> no
> > luck.
> >
> > It looks as though I need to remove this key before I can slide

the

> > dials and end caps off the shafts.
> >
> > Has anyone got pictures/designs for motor brackets when using

timing

> > belts and pulleys ?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
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