Rainbows,

I routinely extract my 2MT arbour from my Senior horizontal mill with a piece of scaffold tube fitted over the arbour, a big washer on the end to fit fit over the srbour and use the arbour clamp nut to tighten.

The tapers release easily and without any drama and there is no need to belt away at the end of the draw bar. I barely have space behind my mill to use a hammer anyway.

Try it, it is a lot less hassle

Brian

Hi Rainbows,

I have no knowledge of your machine, however, if the taper is a morse taper or similar I would recommend you make a pair of split wedges to fit between the arbor and spindle nose. The use of wedges is a lot gentler than beating the back of a taper yet generates much more separating force.

Hope this helps.

Peter,

As Peter T says, use a pair of wedges between the end of the spindle and the back of the arbor, plenty of room to access. Close the wedges with a G clamp, nice and easy.

Edited By KWIL on 13/10/2017 19:28:16

I made a pair of wedges and they have worked well, but I like the way Brian does it.

Pipe can hang up beside/behind the mill, with the alternative drawbars, so not so easily "misplaced" as wedges (even though the wedges have holes, for hanging on a nail).

Wedges, on balance, are a better solution in most cases – thinking here Clarkson or ER collet holders), and my home made arbor is shorter than the one that came with the mill…

Also remember never to put a cold arbor into a warm socket… after you get it out. My home made arbor was shrunk fitted together (MT blank + round bar) and that has not come loose … yet.