Axelson 16" Refurbishment EYE CANDY!

swatkins

Titanium

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Jul 24, 2011

Location

Navasota / Whitehall Texas

• Nov 4, 2020

• #1

A few months ago I sold my Axelson 16 to Don to make room for an Axelson 20". Don has taken a good machine and made it better and a joy to look at!

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Inprogress.....

 

C

CastleRocker

Plastic

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Dec 9, 2011

Location

Washington State

• Nov 5, 2020

• #2

Wow! That is gorgeous! I'm just starting the refurbishment process on one here at work. If it's OK, I'd like to ask you some questions, as I have NO experience doing this. The one I'm doing looks a lot like yours, but it's a 24x120. As far as I can tell, this particular one came out of a shipyard as WWII surplus.

 

swatkins

Titanium

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Jul 24, 2011

Location

Navasota / Whitehall Texas

• Nov 5, 2020

• #3

Sure Ask away! What kind of lathe is it?

 

Ja_cain

Cast Iron

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Feb 9, 2012

Location

USA, Virginia

• Nov 6, 2020

• #4

Beautiful work! Where are you fellas located?

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Ja_cain

Cast Iron

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Feb 9, 2012

Location

USA, Virginia

• Nov 6, 2020

• #5

Btw, I want to do that to this old girl.View attachment 303923View attachment 303922

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Ja_cain

Cast Iron

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Feb 9, 2012

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USA, Virginia

• Nov 6, 2020

• #6

Didn't mean to throw those pics in your thread. Just realized it was you who posted!

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swatkins

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Navasota / Whitehall Texas

• Nov 9, 2020

• #7

Ja_cain said:

Beautiful work! Where are you fellas located?

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Near Houston

 

Ja_cain

Cast Iron

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Feb 9, 2012

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USA, Virginia

• Nov 10, 2020

• #8

swatkins said:

Near Houston

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Awesome! My wife has an office there. I was planning on tagging along next time she goes down so I can hang out with a couple of friends. Would love to meet up and check out your shop/projects!

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swatkins

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Jul 24, 2011

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Navasota / Whitehall Texas

• Nov 10, 2020

• #9

Ja_cain said:

Awesome! My wife has an office there. I was planning on tagging along next time she goes down so I can hang out with a couple of friends. Would love to meet up and check out your shop/projects!

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It could be arranged

 

TDegenhart

Diamond

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Mar 26, 2011

Location

Geneva Illinois USA

• Nov 10, 2020

• #10

The before pictures shows the old gal has working clothes in addition to the party dress.

Tom

 

swatkins

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Jul 24, 2011

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Navasota / Whitehall Texas

• Nov 10, 2020

• #11

TDegenhart said:

The before pictures shows the old gal has working clothes in addition to the party dress.

Tom

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Yes she served me well!

She is getting a bit of an internal makeover the last few nights. The compound is being scraped back into shape...