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Bill
If you make a live center don't use soft steel make it form tool steel, the center part needs to be hardened. Now if you figure the cost of the steel and bearing you can save if you buy a live center on e-bay they are as low as $ 15.00 I have one no complaints so far

GP

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On Sun, 1/6/19, Bill in OKC too via Groups.Io <wmrmeyers@...> wrote:

Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] Royal live center
To: [email protected]
Date: Sunday, January 6, 2019, 10:59 AM


Does yours have the MT2 or MT3 shank? I see
they made them up to MT5, mine is MT2. I've got some
scraps of metal here I could make into a 2-piece collar, for
that matter. Spent way too much money getting my wife set up
to heal after her shoulder surgery late in October, and
I'm officially done spending money on my new SB lathe
until she says otherwise. ;) Gotta admit I milked it pretty
good while I could. I'll hope the bearing can be cleaned
out. Seems Amazon wants about $41 for the cheap one, and up
like a skyrocket from there. I'll have to call Fleck
Bearing, our local bearing shop, and see what they want.

Thanks a
bunch for the info! I was trying to find it about a week
ago, and not having any luck. Was gonna take a hack at it
sometime this week and hope I didn't butcher it.
I'll probably take it to work and put a little Mobile
Polyrex EM in it. Thin, as greases go, very water & heat
resistant. It's what is specified for all the monster
motors on our mat machine, which has that 60hp motor I think
I've mentioned here. Among 11 or 12 others, ranging down
to 1.5hp.

Thanks again!
Bill in OKC







On Sunday, January 6, 2019, 8:52:22 AM
CST, Dave Matticks <dpm100@...> wrote:





Hi
Bill,Here we go.It's not real obvious how
to take these guys apart as you may have noticed!
I drilled and tapped two 10-32 holes in
the front cover plate and used a slide hammer to pull it
out, not necessary as that didn't really help in the end
and I had to make a new replacement!
Anyway, the od of the point on mine is
around .740. Put a 3/4" shaft collar on it leaving a
gap between that and the body and use 2 screwdrivers/ pry
bars, whatever to extract the tip.The shank is
separate, use maybe a 1/2" diameter pin to push that
out. I used my 10 ton Dake screw press, it's on a taper
so when it pops, it's out. Put a box of rags or
something under it so it doesn't get damaged.Then
flip it over and use something around 5/8" diameter to
press out the bearing along with the front cover.
Easy!
It uses a double row
angular contact bearing, 3202 I believe. I was able to
remove the cages intact for a good cleaning.Old
hardened grease was the problem. Looks almost new and runs
like new.?Polish everything up and put it
back together. I first used NLGI #2, had to do it again, too
much drag so I switched to a Lithium #1. Shell Gadus S3
V220C1 to be exact, couple dollars at McMaster. I love that
place and they're about 2 miles from my house! Don't
use white lithium and don't over pack.
My youngest son was USAF, now he's
Air National Guard and a high school "industrial
technology" teacher, AKA machine shop.?
Hope this helps.
Dave
On January 5, 2019
at 7:21 PM "Bill in OKC too via Groups.Io"
<wmrmeyers@...> wrote:

I may have something at work
I can borrow, if necessary. I've made some small parts
for them, so my boss is good about loaniong tools. Get
yourself settled, and take your time. I retired from the
USAF over 20 years ago, but still remember being jetlagged
after getting home from some long trips.


Bill in OKC
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On Sat, 1/5/19, Dave Matticks
<dpm100@...> wrote:

Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] Royal live
center
To: [email protected]
Date: Saturday, January 5, 2019, 6:40 PM

Hi
Bill, I
have more pics and can tell you the first

try way and the easy way to get it apart! Just
got home from Iceland yesterday but I'll
try to do
something tomorrow.? Mine is
nice and smooth now
and runs out less than
.0002". You're
going to have to
invest in a 3/4" 2 piece shaft collar

though, 1 piece clamp on could work as well. Set screw
collars are garbage. Dave



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message --------From:
"Bill in OKC too via
Groups.Io"
<wmrmeyers@...>

Date: 1/5/19 18:16 (GMT-06:00) To:

[email protected] Subject: Re:

[atlas-craftsman IO] Royal live center

Dave,I
only see one pic, and I'm VERY
interested because I got
one with my SB
10L lathe, and mine is more than "a

little crunchy." Poor baby spent some years in an open

barn. More photos would be welcome. More
info on how you got
it apart, too. Mine
spent a few days soaking in evaporust

after a day in purple power degreaser. Still real crunchy. I

have a small arbor press in the home shop,
and a 20-ton HF
hydraulic press available
at work. Looks like I'll need
a new
bearing, from your photo.?


Thanks for a really timely

post!
Bill
in OKC



On Sat, Jan 5, 2019 at 5:50
PM, Dave

Matticks<dpm100@...> wrote:

Hi guys,?
I have a Royal
Products , Regal live center that either came
with or was
purchased along with my
dad's lathe. Whatever, first one
I
ever used.?
Recently rebuilt it. Nothing

wrong except for the crunchy bearings due
to dried up?
grease.?

Couple pics of the process.?

Dave