MattF
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Thought I might as well start a thread on this now. A good portion of parts have either been cleaned up, oiled and stored away else cleaned up and painted, so there's at least the odd bit or two which is visible now. This is how she was when I got her:
Finally made a start on her almost two and a half years after getting her due to the fact that I could do with her up and running to sort a few bits for the large Rapidor, (progress on that has stopped until I can get this lathe up and running), which would be a push to do on any of the other lathes. Plus, she will take up less room, (something I'm seriously short of), when reassembled.
The little bits which I've derusted and painted over the last few weeks. The large backgear gear, handwheels and leadscrew brackets. As per usual, they just need any excess paint scraping off the machined surfaces before I refit them now.
The banjo unit.
Put the first coat of paint on the tailstock housing today, after she came out of the vat. This is how it looked originally.
I'm hoping it's beginning to look a bit perkier now.
The handwheel for the tailstock is that solid one in the first painted bits photo.
The topslide originally.
After being derusted and painted.
Had a devil of a time getting the chuck backplate off the headstock spindle, as it was rusted on solid and had a bit of swarf in the threads too for good measure, so ended up using a method which was suggested by a member on the Drummond list.
Could apply a bit of grunt to it that way without risking damage.
Also made this up for derusting nuts, bolts and other small parts. Electrolysis is fine, but it's a right pain in the **** when you're continually winding every little piece onto a length of wire for conductivity, so decided to try a makeshift wire mesh basket instead.
Chucked a load of nuts, bolts and studs in there without knowing whether it would work or not, but it did actually work surprisingly well. A lot quicker than the previous method I'd been using.
Finally made a start on her almost two and a half years after getting her due to the fact that I could do with her up and running to sort a few bits for the large Rapidor, (progress on that has stopped until I can get this lathe up and running), which would be a push to do on any of the other lathes. Plus, she will take up less room, (something I'm seriously short of), when reassembled.
The little bits which I've derusted and painted over the last few weeks. The large backgear gear, handwheels and leadscrew brackets. As per usual, they just need any excess paint scraping off the machined surfaces before I refit them now.
The banjo unit.
Put the first coat of paint on the tailstock housing today, after she came out of the vat. This is how it looked originally.
I'm hoping it's beginning to look a bit perkier now.
The handwheel for the tailstock is that solid one in the first painted bits photo.
The topslide originally.
After being derusted and painted.
Had a devil of a time getting the chuck backplate off the headstock spindle, as it was rusted on solid and had a bit of swarf in the threads too for good measure, so ended up using a method which was suggested by a member on the Drummond list.
Could apply a bit of grunt to it that way without risking damage.
Also made this up for derusting nuts, bolts and other small parts. Electrolysis is fine, but it's a right pain in the **** when you're continually winding every little piece onto a length of wire for conductivity, so decided to try a makeshift wire mesh basket instead.
Chucked a load of nuts, bolts and studs in there without knowing whether it would work or not, but it did actually work surprisingly well. A lot quicker than the previous method I'd been using.