Hey y'all,
I've just taken delivery of a late 60s (1968, probably) Deckel FP2, and I'm in the process of assessing the state of the machine. Most everything seems to move freely and the oil gauges all (both?) show oil present. Spindle and feed gears move smoothly, the power feed levers and clutch work like expected.
The only real problem I've found so far is that the horizontal quill doesn't want to move. Before you ask, yes the quill lock is disengaged, though it's possible that I'm overlooking something . I was able to persuade it for about 20 thou or so by tapping on the back of the spindle (with a long piece of wood in between), but that seems like a pretty brutal thing to do.
Is there some other good way to persuade a frozen horizontal quill?
Please be gentle, I and my full complement of 10 thumbs are pretty new to machining...
Siggi
I've just taken delivery of a late 60s (1968, probably) Deckel FP2, and I'm in the process of assessing the state of the machine. Most everything seems to move freely and the oil gauges all (both?) show oil present. Spindle and feed gears move smoothly, the power feed levers and clutch work like expected.
The only real problem I've found so far is that the horizontal quill doesn't want to move. Before you ask, yes the quill lock is disengaged, though it's possible that I'm overlooking something . I was able to persuade it for about 20 thou or so by tapping on the back of the spindle (with a long piece of wood in between), but that seems like a pretty brutal thing to do.
Is there some other good way to persuade a frozen horizontal quill?
Please be gentle, I and my full complement of 10 thumbs are pretty new to machining...
Siggi