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Motronic posted:For those who don't know, these originally came with leather belts that were held together by "clipper lacing" (metal staples and a center pin) or just plain old fabric/thread lacing:
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Mar 7, 2016 08:58
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The lathe should do fine. If the bed has any serious issues, you can start studying up on hand scraping, or hire someone with a big enough surface grinder. Backlash in the screws isn't a big deal if you know how to deal with it, or add a DRO. My biggest concern is what condition the half-nuts are in, which will directly impact your ability to do good threading, and if you have the necessary change gears for the threads you want to cut.
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Mar 7, 2016 18:29
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I'm surprised you didn't remove the spindle before unbolting the headstock. I would say inspecting the bearings for scoring or any other nastiness should be high on the list before you put a whole lot of effort into anything else.
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Mar 8, 2016 22:09
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I'm at a loss for words on this one. If you want to soak it, why not build a little box with 2x8's and line it with a tarp or something? When I did mine I just had it sitting on 2x4's in the driveway, cleaned it, and hosed it down.
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Mar 10, 2016 03:34
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If doesn't weigh hundreds of pounds, it ain't poo poo.
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Mar 10, 2016 04:07
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Looks nice. Did you have to mix paints to get that color, or did you find one out of the can like that? Got a shot of how the ways turned out?
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Mar 10, 2016 14:45
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Sheet metal will get you more surface area and work alot better. If you don't mind spending a small amount of cash, check out ebay for HP lab power supplies that are both voltage and current limited. They are built like brick poo poo houses.
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Mar 21, 2016 01:57
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On my lathe I did 1 part, the back gear cover, with electrolysis. I used a very crude electrode, a lovely piece of 1/4" plate that I wire wheeled with the angle grinder, and an ordinary battery charger. The results worked surprisingly well. The rest I ended up just using naval jelly and citristip on however mostly because I just wasn't in the mood to gently caress with the electrolysis. That's my way of saying that if you wish to take the time to make a good setup (the graphite is the way to go from what I've heard.) I know it will produce you good results. Edit: I had a local powder coating guy blast the headstock, the door, and a few other parts for me. He did a beautiful job and was very inexpensive, and he avoided all the machined surfaces I told him to. He had his own lathe so he knew what he was doing. If I was doing it over again, I would have had him do more of cleanup work for me. AbsentMindedWelder fucked around with this message at 02:44 on Mar 21, 2016 |
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Mar 21, 2016 02:39
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Did this involve any scotchbrite or is it straight into and out of the electrolysis bath and rinsed off?
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Apr 5, 2016 00:44
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Looking nice! I'm jealous of the guys don't have to deal with cutting and glueing flat belts.
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Apr 11, 2016 14:52
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We are long overdue on a progress update...
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Jun 1, 2016 15:40
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Don't feel bad, you will still have your South Bend running before mine. (probably)
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Sep 27, 2016 01:13
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I can almost smell the cutting oil in the air and imagine the chips falling off.
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Oct 4, 2016 12:58
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