pickup this old valve grinder couple years ago with a bunch of motors. at the time i really didn't want the thing.
Wow, am so glad i got it now.
today i got it out of the shed and gave it a quick clean off and over look everything to see if this thing would move and yes everything was free. well almost everything.
it seem to have a hard time spinning everything at once. i discounted the main belt and only spun the motor. no problem there.
notes right away a pully/idler bearing was gum up. also the pump bearing needed cleaning and regrease. has a grease insert right on the pump shaft housing.
then it also has a cable drive that go's to the valve chuck unit and spin's that.. so i just got alot of cleaning and cleaning so everything can get free up and then we will be good.
pump will need cleaning
i did get to test it out little. i just spun the unit that held the valve and also the grinding stone and it started to clean up the surface of the valve very nicely.
so i will just keep cleaning and cleaning until everything spins free again.
also need to look into what kind of coolant this old machine use? just good old cutting oil? or what?
Wow, am so glad i got it now.
today i got it out of the shed and gave it a quick clean off and over look everything to see if this thing would move and yes everything was free. well almost everything.
![](https://preview.ibb.co/mmLq0H/20180318_163502.jpg)
![](https://preview.ibb.co/n8CsEc/20180318_163512.jpg)
it seem to have a hard time spinning everything at once. i discounted the main belt and only spun the motor. no problem there.
notes right away a pully/idler bearing was gum up. also the pump bearing needed cleaning and regrease. has a grease insert right on the pump shaft housing.
then it also has a cable drive that go's to the valve chuck unit and spin's that.. so i just got alot of cleaning and cleaning so everything can get free up and then we will be good.
![](https://preview.ibb.co/nyG50H/20180318_202541.jpg)
pump will need cleaning
![](https://preview.ibb.co/bKg50H/20180318_203036.jpg)
i did get to test it out little. i just spun the unit that held the valve and also the grinding stone and it started to clean up the surface of the valve very nicely.
![](https://preview.ibb.co/kqL9Sx/20180318_163630.jpg)
so i will just keep cleaning and cleaning until everything spins free again.
also need to look into what kind of coolant this old machine use? just good old cutting oil? or what?