Good picture which shows where the comm hits, and therefore, hood shift needed.

"thumbsup"I suscribed to your post.
very instructive

Cool.

How out of wack was it?

Here's the other Integy 45 turn.

I took the brushes out first. Pretty centered. Both showing a fat on one side comm.

If you have not cut the comm yet, mic it before and after. Curious as to how much your taking off.

Oh, and here's the arm, wire winds are alright I guess, much better looking than that one I posted back a few ago.

Mine was not bad at all.....just worn a little where the brushes hit.

Straighter........still look a little loose though.

I don't have a tool, but I got the numbers on the dial and I'm keeping track.

First cut was at .135

Second cut at .140 looks like this.

Here's where it gets good. This is what I was expecting. This is the 3rd cut at .145

The three pictures are of the same cut. One's almost clean, and one is barely touched.

I didn't keep taking pictures until I was done.

Notice I'm showing the same side that was nearly untouched on the third pass.

Only eight cuts. Four until the 15 mark, then I cut it up into thirds for the final few.

You loose this?:mrgreen:
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/attac...1&d=1267384314

That was borrowed. And now I'm without.

I was shopping around today for one. Anyone got suggestions?

Harbor Freight for an inexpensive set so you can take em to the track/rock pile and not worry too much about destroying a nice one. I think I paid $11 for mine on sale. I have a super nice high end set that's more precise, but I wouldnt dream of taking them to the rock pile or track... ever. The Harbor Freight piece has lasted me almost 5 years and is still going strong.

x2 That is what I have. I have a really expensive set myself and they have some sharp ass points on them. I dropped then on my bare foot on day tinkering around in the rc room. They were open @ 1-1/2 or so. Don't believe a snake bite could have hurt worse:evil:

I have 3 electronic lMitutoyos. Two 6" coolantproof versions and a 4" standard version. Love all three of them. If you can swing it I would spend the money on a good one and be done.

http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INSRIT?P...PARTPG=INLMK32

http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INSRIT?P...PARTPG=INLMK32

Nice thread. Now I'm looking at motor lathes.:mrgreen:

this is a sweet thread. "thumbsup" :mrgreen: "thumbsup"makes me want to start savin my pennies and try getting a lathe to rebuild my own motors. .. . however i have been looking around a bit on fleabay and have no idear on a good one. i would like to get a fairly good one, without spending an arm n a leg. anyone got any suggestions?? thanks "thumbsup"

You can get just about any of these in the thread for under $100 easy if you search around on rctech.

Ive been using a Cobra lathe just like the one Eee Pee's been showing in the pics for years. It was the first one I bought way back in the day. Once it's set up properly its bullet proof, but it did take some adjustments to get it that way. I have used and owned other lathes over the years and I really like the Hudy stuff. I had a manual one that I scored in a trade during my last spin with carpet racing and it was really nice and a friend had the automatic one that was really nice. At one time I had a trinity lathe that used bearings instead of V blocks and it was great until the bearings started wearing out. I wouldnt get a consistent cut because the arm and bearings would float a bit due to slop. I dont think Ill ever go back to that style.

cool, i guess what i should have asked is is there one in particular that i should try and grab up over another?? i would like to spend no more than 150 IF possible. .. . thanks for the reply. ima have to check out that rctech NOW "thumbsup"