Rebuilding a Warco Major Mill/Drill

摘要

I bought my Warco Major Mill/Drill about thirty years ago and it has been used quite a lot. It was dismantled when we moved house and remained so for some time. When I reassembled it I found the motor had died. Space is tight in my new workshop and with the pulley drive and motor hanging out the back I had problems finding a space to put it I decided that rather than just replace the motor I would fit a new inverter based drive with the motor located in front of the column allowing the machine to go back against the wall. The new motor would have a simple timing belt drive to the spindle. All the bearings were well worn and needed replacing. The final result is shown in the photo, right.