Hi All,
Thanks again, this is really very useful. A helpful member here has
sent me a manual by email which covers my machine, so I can study that while waiting for the machine to show up. It clearly shows that for lifting one should attach to lift bars to the front, attached with bolts provided for this purpose. See photos below.
Tyrone, regarding the balancing stand, I think the gap in my lathe bed
is deep enough for the wheel to clear, and the bed is as level as I can make it with a 0.02 mm/m precision level. If the balancing arbor is long enough I might just be able to use that. Otherwise I'll make
something that I can set on top of that. Having a grinder should make
it easy to flatten the top edges and make them parallel to the base.
Adama, my shop vac has a stainless steel cannister, but you are right:
the sparks getting sucked in will probably melt the hose and/or
damage the filter. So I'd need to fit some kind of cyclone or other
pre-filter to catch the sparks and hot stuff. If I want to go this way, I'm think that I am better off just waiting for the right air cleaner/filter unit to show up for sale.
I'll figure out the dresser bit when I have it in hand. If there are no helpful markings, PM is very very good at identifying obscure tools and tooling: someone here will recognize it.
Given how easy the table is to lift, I'll probably have a look under it to clean, even if it's not really needed. Any idea how much the table weighs?
Peter S, thanks for the help! If one of these balancing stands and the
cabinet showed up nearby at a good price, I probably wouldn't resist!
Sable, I am hoping that the machine was produced in green for the
German market. There was apparently a period when for insurance
reasons (!!!) all machine tools in German industry needed to be green, because it was claimed that this color led to lower rates of accidents. From the photos it doesn't have any of the obvious signs of sloppy repainting: the edges of the name-plates have no green paint on them, the underside of bed-parts matches, there are no peeling sections visible. I just wish that were true of my milling machine, which was originally gray but still has significant patches of green that refuse to fall off.
Tyrone, since the machine has flood coolant, and putting it into use
won't cost me much (a bottle of cooling concentrate) I will certainly try it.
Mark, I've now seen pictures of the lifting recommendations, thanks to
the manual that I received. Here are the relevant snapshots and the
floor plan for others who might need them in the future.
I've got no plans to repaint the grinder, too many other projects in the works. And yes, I do hope that the scraping marks are not worn away in the middle of the ways. From everything I have been told about the hydraulic/hydrostatic ways, I am judging that this is unlikely given the condition of the ends, but it's certainly possible. Fingers crossed! And yes, I read you loud and clear regarding the coolant. I really don't want abrasive dust inside the other machines in my shop!
Cheers,
Bruce