Pete.
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As already pointed out in this thread I have just bought a Myford MG9 cylindrical grinder. It popped up on the homeworkshop buying and selling website and it turns out I know the seller, so I didn't have to worry about it being mis-represented. Here is the advert pic.
As I knew the seller we agreed that he would strip the top off the machine for me so I could load it in my van. He has a little pedestrian forklift which was ideal for the job. This is a compact little machine and you can see how small it is in this pic. You can also see that under the machine casting all the paint was flaking and the top tray showing rust.
So, this morning I took a trip to Oxford to collect it. I got up early and made the 250-mile round trip home by 9.30.
Looking at it the paint on the machine is actually very good, but the cabinet paint horrible and flaking. I have decided to paint the cabinet and leave the machine for now. It'll be like one of those weird 2-tone machines that look like they are made up from different parts but I don't have the time to paint all of the working bits. Besides, I have to re-commission it first and I can't do that with it fresh painted.
So the top half got strapped to a pallet truck and brought round to the alley behind my workshop. It's in pretty good nick but everything is gummed up. The guy I got it off bought it a few years ago and never got round to using it.
The cabinet came round next and straight away I could see it needed a coat of paint
So an hour and a half later the cabinet is sanded and wire brushed. Like all my machines it's getting a 'ten foot paint job' (looks good from ten feet away). They are machines after all not show pieces.
Then another hour later it's in primer.
I'm just shaping up for spraying a top coat of ferguson dark grey enamel.
More later...
As I knew the seller we agreed that he would strip the top off the machine for me so I could load it in my van. He has a little pedestrian forklift which was ideal for the job. This is a compact little machine and you can see how small it is in this pic. You can also see that under the machine casting all the paint was flaking and the top tray showing rust.
So, this morning I took a trip to Oxford to collect it. I got up early and made the 250-mile round trip home by 9.30.
Looking at it the paint on the machine is actually very good, but the cabinet paint horrible and flaking. I have decided to paint the cabinet and leave the machine for now. It'll be like one of those weird 2-tone machines that look like they are made up from different parts but I don't have the time to paint all of the working bits. Besides, I have to re-commission it first and I can't do that with it fresh painted.
So the top half got strapped to a pallet truck and brought round to the alley behind my workshop. It's in pretty good nick but everything is gummed up. The guy I got it off bought it a few years ago and never got round to using it.
The cabinet came round next and straight away I could see it needed a coat of paint
So an hour and a half later the cabinet is sanded and wire brushed. Like all my machines it's getting a 'ten foot paint job' (looks good from ten feet away). They are machines after all not show pieces.
Then another hour later it's in primer.
I'm just shaping up for spraying a top coat of ferguson dark grey enamel.
More later...