Hi diesel kid. Sorry for the very late reply. Nice work on the saw. Although different from the Manchester but a great machine to haveFirst coat on, happy
Big improvement from a few days back.
@spencer 427 I’m missing your input here, hoped to see you since you have three of these machines (though rapidors I think).
Hi diesel kid. Sorry for the very late reply. Nice work on the saw. Although different from the Manchester but a great machine to have
Yes I have to small Manchester's and the big rapidor. I will be doing a rebuild on the rapidor. I started a thread ages ago on the smaller one .I will be adding to this in the next few weeks.Just received the ‘like bomb’ from you haha lit up my alerts
Is it a major and two little ones you have? Be interested to see if there’s a restoration thread
not at all. it is nice to have some things looking real good as well as mechanically sound .its just I haven't the time and just do things I like . I don't like dirty crappy gear thoughI installed acorn nuts underneath the saw on the cast bracket which holds the secondary pulley on. Very nice I think, though I’m sure @brightspark will hate it being dressed up like this!
The switch box is also now attached. I bought a carbide tipped masonry bit which happily ripped through the cast iron. I needed these holes drilled so I can begin removing the paint and cleaning this casting.
it is nice to have some things looking real good as well as mechanically sound
It makes a big difference to the look of the machine.
Some (in my experience, generally ex-forces - no personal inference to anyone here) will tell you that the screw slots should all be parallel
Ideally yes. Can I be bothered? No