Timbuck
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Pete Sent me the drum support arm from his Jet 10-20 drum sander..He wanted me to see if I could fix it for him..The thread on the lifting screw had stripped causing the sander height adjustment to fail..It wasn't the thread on the steel leadscrew that had stripped but the female thread in the extruded aluminium arm ..I thought of a few ways of fixing it but couldn't decide which to go for..so this morning I went into the shed to take some measurments from off my Jet 10-20, I wound down the adjusting screw to the bottom setting, then started to wind it back up again but nothing happened the handle turned the screw shaft turned...then I realised what had happened THE HOWLETT CURSE had come to visit me..Mine had stripped as well...A quick search around the Web proved that this is a common fault with the 10-20 and I found about six owners in 5 minutes of searching who had the same problem...."Now I have two machines to fix"....I think that the problem is that the extruded aluminium material is not thick enough at 15mm or strong enough or suitable to lift the weight of the roller assembly and motor combined...In this thread I'll attempt to show you how I went about the fix.....
EDIT Due to Photobucket for removing all my pics and asking for a ransome to restore them ..I have made a video of the repair and it can be seen here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsmnY8dCODA
EDIT Due to Photobucket for removing all my pics and asking for a ransome to restore them ..I have made a video of the repair and it can be seen here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsmnY8dCODA
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