Hey all, I am new to the forum and generally new to machining. I recently had the opportunity to purchase a 1963 Gorton 9J Trace-Master from a friend....and I did it.
from what i know it was in full operation until December of 2017 and has sat since....surface rust is more the present but all in all seems to be still in mostly good shape...so at this time I want to clean it up and get it back as operational as possible but I have a few questions for anyone that has experience with Gortons/9J's/or trace-masters.
1)If I want to clean up and repaint the unit does anyone know of the color grey that Gorton used? also what type of paint have you used on your mill? has it held up well?
2)the hydraulics on this unit are HUGE! is this machine a tracer or bust or is there a way to disconnect the hydraulics and use as a manual mill?
3)DRO? has anyone hooked up a DRO to an old Gorton 9J or similar? if so what kind did you use?
4)We had currently pulled the motor as it was the only way to get into its location so I plan to do a general clean up on it any maintenance items i should do while its off?
5)Anything I should inspect extra thoroughly?
let me know any help is much appreciated!
Thanks
Alex
from what i know it was in full operation until December of 2017 and has sat since....surface rust is more the present but all in all seems to be still in mostly good shape...so at this time I want to clean it up and get it back as operational as possible but I have a few questions for anyone that has experience with Gortons/9J's/or trace-masters.
1)If I want to clean up and repaint the unit does anyone know of the color grey that Gorton used? also what type of paint have you used on your mill? has it held up well?
2)the hydraulics on this unit are HUGE! is this machine a tracer or bust or is there a way to disconnect the hydraulics and use as a manual mill?
3)DRO? has anyone hooked up a DRO to an old Gorton 9J or similar? if so what kind did you use?
4)We had currently pulled the motor as it was the only way to get into its location so I plan to do a general clean up on it any maintenance items i should do while its off?
5)Anything I should inspect extra thoroughly?
let me know any help is much appreciated!
Thanks
Alex