rockwell 3400 question(s)

Jan 27, 2009 1 Replies

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tom 17 years ago

Hello Group- just found you :-)

I have a new-to-me' Rockwell 3400 lathe, Ser# 142467- is there any way I can pull a mfg date from that serial# ?

After several days of soaking it in penetrating oil, I finally managed to get the live centre out of the tail spindle- is there a way / trick to get the bearing out to replace it, or is it a toss-and-new ?

thanks

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Bill Noble 17 years ago

if the live center has only one bearing, throw it away and get one that has a more suitable setup - I tried a new one of those single bearing centers a while back, turned something for about 10 minutes max, and the bearing failed

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