Thanks for stopping in I like to watch your channel as well . I do really like this machine I did a lot of work to it since I got it . paint cleanup and other stuff like that
I have the same issue with the motor frequency. My HBM was built in Europe for Europe and then at some point in its life it was brought to North America. I alway make a chart that I keep near each machine which gives the surface feet per minute for various diameters at each listed spindle speed. For my HBM I multiplied all the surface speeds by 60/50 = 1.2 to give the actual surface speed when the motor is running on 60 Hz. I like the boring and facing head on your machine, very handy. Ken
Get the job done faster with the extra 10HZ! lol If the speed was critical, you could have always went down on speed settings and got close that way! Was the machine made in Belgium for the US market, or did someone buy it and have it shipped here?
The mechanism to move the boring/facing head slide, is that run by rack and pinion teeth on the quill? In other words if the quill is extended or retracted, does that move the boring/facing head slide?
No Wotan does it that way, but this is an integral facing head, it has 2 spindles in the head casting, similar to other European HBMs (Kearns, Union, Scharmann, etc) Theres a gear in the carrier that transfers motion to the facing head, I forget if internally it had a leadscrew or not, but spindle in/out doesn't have anything to do with slide movement
@@procyonia3654Thanks for the replies. I have a Pfeifer HBM (German built). It has rack teeth cut into the quill. I am surmising that they were to actuate a slide on a boring and facing head. I can’t thing what else they are for. It is a really long shot but I am hoping somehow to find, adapt or build a boring/facing head for it.
