Well I got the spindle Thingy...an adapter out ..its a Brown & Sharp #9 to Gorton Spring Collet adapter.
After spritizing a load of penetrating fluid into the top of the spindle a coupl days ago, today I took a draw bar from my working Gorton and screwed it into the top of the #9 adapter and tapped it a few times and it came out.
Now Ive got to figure out why the quill wont drop. It kinda sorta moves....before I removed the #9 adapter, I was able to beat it down about 3/4" with a big hammer (and a block of wood) and was able to drive it back up again..but it didnt want to move very far. So its time to strip the head down, and see whats going on. I suspect that the quill drive gear is either bad, or has sheared its pin on the lever assembly.
I was kinda hoping it was B&S #10....there is a guy on ebay selling #10 to R8 adapters for $90...sigh..and getting a #9 ground to R8 costs $250 plus shipping from Wells-Index. Shrug...but Ive got a full set+ of R8 kicking around in secure storage..so Looks like Im gonna have to bite the bullet and have it ground to R8.
Im not a big fan of B&S #9..though it does work and Ive got a few pieces of tooling.
I wish I could find a carcase with NMTP 40 spindle in it....sigh
Gunner
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