Since there is not a lot of info on these around I figured I'd document my refresh here.
Serial number on front of carriage is 2592, can someone tell me the date of manufacture?
Calling it a refresh vs rebuild as it will be a clean, paint and reassemble. The ball bearing ways show the usual marks from bearings rolling in a track but nothing that I can tell needs to be addressed at this point. As noted in another thread I will be changing most of the ball's (they are cheap) but the roller bearings will stay at least for now (as they don't seem as easy to source).
Given my usual level of progress this may take till the spring (the shop gets very cold in the winter). Hopefully posting this will get me to work a bit faster. Also with parts being spread everywhere while being painted at the moment, I've got incentive so I don't have to step over everything to get around..
The machine came to me mostly disassembled but the price was right and I believe all the parts are there. A few pictures of the "kit" it had been painted an awful (to me) light yellow;
loose parts
carriage and table
A few pictures of the cleaning process, I'm not finding any problems or issues at this point. I'll take a few more pictures in the next day or two as most of the major parts have one or two coats of paint at this point.
column off;
column - tilt dovetails on only one side;
Carriage with one of table V ways removed - the pic looks like there are marks on the bottom of the V way - there are non on the actual parts.
Bottom of carriage showing scraped surface that roller way attaches to. Front of carriage is removable and located with dowel pins - this is where the only serial number I have found seems to be located.
That's enough pictures for one message.
Paul
Serial number on front of carriage is 2592, can someone tell me the date of manufacture?
Calling it a refresh vs rebuild as it will be a clean, paint and reassemble. The ball bearing ways show the usual marks from bearings rolling in a track but nothing that I can tell needs to be addressed at this point. As noted in another thread I will be changing most of the ball's (they are cheap) but the roller bearings will stay at least for now (as they don't seem as easy to source).
Given my usual level of progress this may take till the spring (the shop gets very cold in the winter). Hopefully posting this will get me to work a bit faster. Also with parts being spread everywhere while being painted at the moment, I've got incentive so I don't have to step over everything to get around..
The machine came to me mostly disassembled but the price was right and I believe all the parts are there. A few pictures of the "kit" it had been painted an awful (to me) light yellow;
loose parts
carriage and table
A few pictures of the cleaning process, I'm not finding any problems or issues at this point. I'll take a few more pictures in the next day or two as most of the major parts have one or two coats of paint at this point.
column off;
column - tilt dovetails on only one side;
Carriage with one of table V ways removed - the pic looks like there are marks on the bottom of the V way - there are non on the actual parts.
Bottom of carriage showing scraped surface that roller way attaches to. Front of carriage is removable and located with dowel pins - this is where the only serial number I have found seems to be located.
That's enough pictures for one message.
Paul