Ok, I'm sipping my victory beer ccasion1
Copious pics will follow tomorrow, as I'm done for the night.
As a teaser.....
I have totally disassembled and pulled the shot bearings out of an old Craftsman 1/2 sheet sander.
Then, with the help of some folks on the board, I got the new bearings today in Raleigh. Ended up at both stores (Allied and Motion) to find all three sizes.
Over the course of this week, I designed and built a hydraulic press out of 2x4's and a bottle jack.
And it worked!!!! I was able to press on all three bearings.
Sure, I could've bought a new cheap sander for the cost of the bearings and bottle jack. Sure, I could've taken it to a machine shop to do the bearing work. Sure, I could've bought a hydraulic press or arbor press.....
But that wouldn't be at all like me :gar-Bi
Jim
Copious pics will follow tomorrow, as I'm done for the night.
As a teaser.....
I have totally disassembled and pulled the shot bearings out of an old Craftsman 1/2 sheet sander.
Then, with the help of some folks on the board, I got the new bearings today in Raleigh. Ended up at both stores (Allied and Motion) to find all three sizes.
Over the course of this week, I designed and built a hydraulic press out of 2x4's and a bottle jack.
And it worked!!!! I was able to press on all three bearings.
Sure, I could've bought a new cheap sander for the cost of the bearings and bottle jack. Sure, I could've taken it to a machine shop to do the bearing work. Sure, I could've bought a hydraulic press or arbor press.....
But that wouldn't be at all like me :gar-Bi
Jim