?

As is the race to the highest price.?

You can make super good parts anywhere in the world. All you have to do is establish the standards and enforce them. The race to the lower price is generally a loser for anyone.

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Guenther Paul <paulguenter@...>
Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2019 10:40:44 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] Royal live center

I am firm believer to buy Original American made replacement parts. I did find that the American brand bearings are made in china as well so how can you change that. I bean buying bearings from VXB Bearings on line, so far I have no complaints with them and yes they are china made.
Mercedes makes all there crank shafts in china, I saw a video that plant is so clean one can eat of the floor so now the oldest car maker in the world making there main part of there engines in china there is something wrong with the process

GP

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On Sun, 1/6/19, Dave Matticks <dpm100@...> wrote:

Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] Royal live center
To: [email protected]
Date: Sunday, January 6, 2019, 10:27 AM

I used the same bearing, good clean up and new
grease did the trick.A good new bearing
isn't real cheap. McMaster has them around $40.00 for
the 3202 open bearing, Chinese are cheaper but......I have a Czech made center that's ok but wanted
to use the original!DaveOn January 6, 2019 at 9:19 AM Guenther Paul
<paulguenter@...> wrote:

Nice job Dave
Looks like new
again. Did you make sure you have the proper bearing a
pressure bearing ? How much was the bearing. I have a live
center I made years ago need to replace bearing on it

GP

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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Date: 1/5/19 18:16
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[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