paroikoi
Aluminum
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2014
- Location
- Jonesboro, AR, USA
Hi all. I just got my first 10EE to complement my 1943 12CK. My new 10EE is a 1953 MG Navy machine. It's not in great shape, at least cosmetically. I feel like I got a good deal, though, so don't judge it too much in the photos.
Anyhow, the machine hadn't been used in probably 10 years and the oil levels were all below the sight glasses. The sight glasses themselves were also filthy. So, I pulled all the sight glasses to clean them. Of course, the cork gaskets didn't fare so well in most cases. I decided I'd try to use my wife's Cricut machine to cut new gaskets. It worked perfectly. I cut a total of 20 gaskets, enough for my new 10EE and my 12CK plus a couple spares.
In case this is useful to anyone else, I figured I would post about it. Below are photos of the gaskets, the material I used (it was from a local auto parts store), and the sight glasses after installation. If you or a family member or friend have a Cricut machine, I will be happy to email you the .png file I used. I made it with a free 2D CAD program. You'll have to import the .png file into Cricut Design Space. Then scale the .png file until the line in the upper left of the .png file measures 3.0". Then print/cut it with the Cricut set on the highest thickness (poster board on our Cricut). It took less than 15 minutes for it to cut 20 of them then a few more minutes for me to pop them out. Not bad!
I couldn't get the .png file to attach to this post, so here's a link to it on imgur: Imgur: The magic of the Internet
If the .png file there doesn't work, email me and I'll be happy to email it to you. I'll also be happy to answer any questions you have. This is the first time I've used my wife's Cricut!
Cheers!
Josh
Anyhow, the machine hadn't been used in probably 10 years and the oil levels were all below the sight glasses. The sight glasses themselves were also filthy. So, I pulled all the sight glasses to clean them. Of course, the cork gaskets didn't fare so well in most cases. I decided I'd try to use my wife's Cricut machine to cut new gaskets. It worked perfectly. I cut a total of 20 gaskets, enough for my new 10EE and my 12CK plus a couple spares.
In case this is useful to anyone else, I figured I would post about it. Below are photos of the gaskets, the material I used (it was from a local auto parts store), and the sight glasses after installation. If you or a family member or friend have a Cricut machine, I will be happy to email you the .png file I used. I made it with a free 2D CAD program. You'll have to import the .png file into Cricut Design Space. Then scale the .png file until the line in the upper left of the .png file measures 3.0". Then print/cut it with the Cricut set on the highest thickness (poster board on our Cricut). It took less than 15 minutes for it to cut 20 of them then a few more minutes for me to pop them out. Not bad!
I couldn't get the .png file to attach to this post, so here's a link to it on imgur: Imgur: The magic of the Internet
If the .png file there doesn't work, email me and I'll be happy to email it to you. I'll also be happy to answer any questions you have. This is the first time I've used my wife's Cricut!
Cheers!
Josh