StrayAlien
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Aug 18, 2014
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
Hi all,
I hope this is the right forum.
I recently acquired this old chuck. It is kind-of associated with a 1928 Brown and Sharper #2 grinder I am restoring but I do not know if they are contemporary. It looks old.
Despite the handle moving freely, it is as dead as a doorknob. Barely a trace of magnetism.
It looks like it has been dis-assembled at some time - maybe to fix it, maybe that is why it is dead. :-) Who knows.
I can get it re-magged locally so I'll get it cleaned up and fix what needs to be fixed if I can. I'm not so concerned about losing magnetism by dis-assembling it because it is already dead.
I have it apart. It is full of what look like 100 year old camel poop.
I have some questions if I may:
* Notice the bolt/nut left of the eccentric. It sticks out. I can push it back in, but when I operate the eccentric it pills that plate forward but when it goes back the bolt remains out. Do these bolts undo and just push through the assembly of magnets? Will it all fall apart if I do that?
* Does the magnet assembly 'lift off' from the chuck top or is it secured somehow?
Last question: what is that camel poo??!! Grease? So, when I reassemble it all do I smear (non-drying) grease over everything?
Many thanks,
Greg.
I hope this is the right forum.
I recently acquired this old chuck. It is kind-of associated with a 1928 Brown and Sharper #2 grinder I am restoring but I do not know if they are contemporary. It looks old.
Despite the handle moving freely, it is as dead as a doorknob. Barely a trace of magnetism.
It looks like it has been dis-assembled at some time - maybe to fix it, maybe that is why it is dead. :-) Who knows.
I can get it re-magged locally so I'll get it cleaned up and fix what needs to be fixed if I can. I'm not so concerned about losing magnetism by dis-assembling it because it is already dead.
I have it apart. It is full of what look like 100 year old camel poop.
I have some questions if I may:
* Notice the bolt/nut left of the eccentric. It sticks out. I can push it back in, but when I operate the eccentric it pills that plate forward but when it goes back the bolt remains out. Do these bolts undo and just push through the assembly of magnets? Will it all fall apart if I do that?
* Does the magnet assembly 'lift off' from the chuck top or is it secured somehow?
Last question: what is that camel poo??!! Grease? So, when I reassemble it all do I smear (non-drying) grease over everything?
Many thanks,
Greg.