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Posted by: 1955CJ-5
« on: July 12, 2013, 04:25:01 PM »

I want one too....!
Posted by: athawk11
« on: July 12, 2013, 01:51:44 PM »

That is a very cool machine.  I guess I should check out a local flea market to see if I can find a gem like that.

Tim
Posted by: Quebec Jeep
« on: July 12, 2013, 11:30:59 AM »

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On a side note, its seems the older service (from the 50s and early 60's) manuals go into more detail on how to REPAIR stuff than to just REPLACE it. Imagine that!
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"Repair"??? My spell checking is correcting it with "replace"...Figure this out! :-?
 
I'm working with electronic/pc stuff since 15 years and we don't repair anything anymore! We replace it. That's it.
I do remember repairing a 386 by fixing resistor on the motherboard, now we just go buy a new pc...

So I'm not the Maytag repair man but Maytag replace man...

I wonder why a choose a Willys as an hobby. I'm 37 and already feeling old!  ;D
Posted by: gmcjr
« on: July 12, 2013, 11:00:36 AM »

Thanks Fbill, as far as I can tell, its a Wood Trucut armature lathe, picked it up at flea market awhile back.
Evidently, they where pretty common in garages back in the day. Its pretty simple, the bearing sufaces of the armature just ride in the dead centers on the end of the lathe, a belt wrapped around the armature spins it, and a carbide cuttiing tool cut a little off the communtator. The little wheel is to undercut the mica. Good Eye! The handle on the bottom moves the undercutter back and forth after you center it between the copper bars.
Ive noticed too that most shops dont undercut anymore.

On a side note, its seems the older service (from the 50s and early 60's) manuals go into more detail on how to REPAIR stuff than to just REPLACE it. Imagine that!
Posted by: F Bill
« on: July 12, 2013, 08:20:38 AM »

Okay, you can't show a machine like that without telling us who made it and what all it does.. I am assuming it is a commutator lathe of some sort.. I see it has the little wheel to undercut the mica...WAY COOL!

I can turn my commutators on my Atlas but the undercutting of the mica between the segments has me stumped. I know some shops do not even bother anymore..but we were taught in SUNY Morrisville Auto Tech classes to undercut.
Posted by: gmcjr
« on: July 11, 2013, 10:08:41 PM »

One thing about using old jeeps, tractors and such....they keep you busy.....

My old starter has commenced to giving me trouble, I'm hoping with cleaning up the commutator, some new bushings and a little TLC,� I won't have to use the hand crank anytime soon.