Does anybody have a 9" SB with a similar configuration? My 1941(?)
"Precision Model A" headstock has Timken roller bearings and no back gear
(as seen from the attached photo). Nothing hangs off of the two ears on the
headstock casting. With the headstock 3-step cone-pulley along with another
4-step jack-shaft on the floor-mount pedestal I get 12 speeds. The
jack-shaft and motor were cobbled together from pillow blocks and a
non-reversing repulsion motor. I'd like to re-engineer the power train
starting with a TEFC 1 HP induction motor and possibly add a two-step pulley
setup off the motor shaft in order to get the equivalent of a back-gear.
Spindle speeds? I'd like to end up with 25-2100 RPM. I would imagine the
roller bearings could handle the high speed safely. Flat belt? has anybody
purchased a belt and cement from SBL? Others? Cost? Is it worth machining
v-belt pulleys and getting rid of all that flat belt stuff? I read/heard
that flat belt slip is a good safety factor if you should crash your cutter
into the chuck (or whatever).
BTW, surfing the SBL web site I found more history/documentation on the 9"
series at:
Paul R. Hvidston
Upland, CA
