Got the grinder today. The one guy who was gonna help was out of town working, so needless to say it was a 5.5hr ordeal getting it loaded. But we got it! Got home too late to get it unloaded, so that'll happen tomorrow, thankfully my neighbor has a big tractor to help me.
I'll take some pictures when I get it cleaned up, but it looks as though someone has rebuilt this machine before, and did quite a good job (from what I can tell) lots of bondo to bring everything to a smooth finish, some of it is chipped and broken off, so ill probably fix it and then put a fresh coat of machinery grey rattle can paint on it to make it look nice.
The ball ways look perfect, and the V ways on the saddle are scraped. The V ways on the machine seem to have some kind or turcite/molgice (may have botched the spelling) material on them that looks professionally done, with all oil ports and oil channels added. I'll be getting it cleaned up and oiled soon. Do I need grease or oil for the ball ways? I have a really great NGLI 1.5 grease I'd like to use for it. Everything else is oiled by a manual oil pump in the rear of the machine.
Every picture I try to add says it's too large. I need to crop then or something
I'll take some pictures when I get it cleaned up, but it looks as though someone has rebuilt this machine before, and did quite a good job (from what I can tell) lots of bondo to bring everything to a smooth finish, some of it is chipped and broken off, so ill probably fix it and then put a fresh coat of machinery grey rattle can paint on it to make it look nice.
The ball ways look perfect, and the V ways on the saddle are scraped. The V ways on the machine seem to have some kind or turcite/molgice (may have botched the spelling) material on them that looks professionally done, with all oil ports and oil channels added. I'll be getting it cleaned up and oiled soon. Do I need grease or oil for the ball ways? I have a really great NGLI 1.5 grease I'd like to use for it. Everything else is oiled by a manual oil pump in the rear of the machine.
Every picture I try to add says it's too large. I need to crop then or something