Montgomery Wards Logan Refurb

[bmwrd0]

I have a son, UB, but he seems to mostly like working on bicycles and electric guitars, not machining. He also moved across the country for grad school, and I don't see him coming back here as he is getting married next month.

To get everything adjusted right, you need to cut a screwdriver slot on the eccentric that the back gears ride on, like so





Not much space in there to get everything lined up right, but it helps to install the spindle with bull gear to make sure everything works.




Of course, that is when you realize that if you had put the spacers in at the same time you would have the spindle installed.

But no.

When I pulled the spindle out to install the spacers and whatnot, that is when it decided to fight me every step of the way. Bearing shields that would not go in place, woodruff key that kept popping out and jamming things, and so on. I ended up having to re-contour the shield edge, clean up the keyway in the bull gear, and stone the sides of the key itself to get everything to go smoothly. That and a bit more bearing grease to keep everything in place and slide home. But we got there!


That is the first time a chuck has been mounted on her in probably 50 years.

There is still a lot to do, such as measure up and order a new flat belt, find a woodruff key to mount the left side train gear, and the final bearing spacer is too long, mostly as that side bearing is brand new and has been re-speced to be thicker. But she spins freely and very nicely.

Now, to clean up.