Matthew
12-28-2006, 11:56 AM
Hi all,
I've encountered a problem where the brass stops on the end of the flex shaft inserted into the cutter head have come loose. My flex shaft has two of these on that end. The first has come off and in trying to crimp it back in place, I broke it. The second one has also come loose.
Can anyone tell me where I might get replacements? Is this something my local hardware store would have? Does anyone know what it would be called and what size it is? Also, since both of mine have come loose, is there a better way to attach it? Would a polyurethane glue or JB Weld work or would those cause other problems?
Right now, I'm completely down. The flex shaft just won't stay in the motor to get anything useful done. As a background for everyone else, I kept getting Z-axis stalls. After each stall, I'd restart and the bit wouldn't turn. Re-seating the flex cable into the cutter head fixed the problem, but then it would happen again later. Check for the brass stops let me see them, but I didn't notice for quite a while that they were loose and moving around on me.
I've encountered a problem where the brass stops on the end of the flex shaft inserted into the cutter head have come loose. My flex shaft has two of these on that end. The first has come off and in trying to crimp it back in place, I broke it. The second one has also come loose.
Can anyone tell me where I might get replacements? Is this something my local hardware store would have? Does anyone know what it would be called and what size it is? Also, since both of mine have come loose, is there a better way to attach it? Would a polyurethane glue or JB Weld work or would those cause other problems?
Right now, I'm completely down. The flex shaft just won't stay in the motor to get anything useful done. As a background for everyone else, I kept getting Z-axis stalls. After each stall, I'd restart and the bit wouldn't turn. Re-seating the flex cable into the cutter head fixed the problem, but then it would happen again later. Check for the brass stops let me see them, but I didn't notice for quite a while that they were loose and moving around on me.