[Mikbul]

I'm still making a list of 8K's. The following I don't have info for:

harisom

keith mcelhinney

wizbaa

lesvor

j Herndon

EDN

BTW hello everyone

Mikbul

[Mikbul]

Awhile back I made a mod to the spindle lube setup on the 8K. I drilled out the ball & spring in the oilers and made brass plugs.
Mod two is made from a heavy but flexable plastic folder I cut fit inside the headstock as a shield to keep oil out of the head stock, roughed up and inside of headstock roughed up and epoxied in place.
Mod three is a drain hole drilled in the pulley side bearing flange at the exact same height as the chuck side drain (bottom of inside of flange) which is exactly at the center of the lowest roller bearing. That's where Timkin says shold be max oil level to stop churning/friction/heat.
The other mod is P5 bearings from FAG found at "Locate Ball Bearings", they still have seventy in stock at $80.00 apiece.

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[Mikbul]

If you're wondering why stopped posting to the old thread I got extremely busy at work and couldn't do three threads. I kept PM and HMEM going and almost stopped HMEM. PM is at 29,000 views and HMEM 23,000. The old CNC Z. was 13,000 or so. Unemployment has given me the time to come back and post updates of relative info.
Mikbul