Knowledge You Can Build On — Est. 1998
Spindle problem w/3520?
Joel Hunnicutt
>I have a friend that got the drive spur stuck in his 3520. Once he finally got it out, he noticed that the inside of the spindle had scored pretty badly. I seem to recall seeing a couple of similar issues here. If so, could you email me, I told him I would let kim know if it was a warranty repair. Thanks.
Re: Spindle problem w/3520?
Russ Fairfield
>Was the rough surface caused by the center getting stuck, or was it it already that way?? I would suspect that the taper in the spindle was made with a reamer and was already a little rough. If that is the case, then a ding of "bench rash" on the male taper was what caused the bind.
Turn a matching taper from a piece of Pine, coat it with a little valve grinding compound, and work it around inside the taper (by hand). Wrap some wet sandpaper around it and lubricate with some thinned oil if there is no grinding compound available. Clean it out with some paint thinner.
And make that male taper is smoothed out, or it will happen again.
