So i have been cutting alot of orders for fathers day and today while jogging the machine around we were hearing funny sound, sounded like something crossed between a ticking and scraping.
Well we spent ages trying to find it. Finally with the help of a stethoscope tracked it down too one of the bearings on the gantry.
When we removed the bearing block sure enough one of the bearing was notchy and slightly tighter than the others, so my intention was to go to the bearing shop tomorrow (Monday) here in Oz tho get a replacement, But when we finally got the pin out ( what a pain in the ass that was) we found this ( See below Pic ) so now that it is apart the bearing runs fine so can only assume it was caught on assembly.
No big deal will replace bearing while out anyway.
If you have a small press like an Arbour press removing the pins is rather easy. Bearings. I bought 100 off ebay for 20 bucks and got 20 of the smaller ones for the torch carrier for 14. I must have lost the paper the bearing # s was on. Or as Heath stated im sure you could buy the whole assembly or the bearing blocks with bearings pre installed.
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Hey Glen sorry about that. Send an email to support@langmuirsystems.com and they’ll send you a new bearing block assembly under warranty. Just let them know which type you need.
