Anatol
Aluminum
- Joined
- Jan 19, 2018
- Location
- Los Angeles
I’m rebuilding a 1959 10K bought from an estate sale. (110V back motor) I have the ILION book. Now working on saddle. Mine seems different in some ways from the ILION example. For instance, the 'cross feed screw' had no blind hole for pin wrench – I had to drill one.
I have some questions/problems -
1. How do you remove the brass crossslide nut? Mine looks pretty rough
2. Can’t remove compound from crossslide – one of the locking ‘shoes’ is stuck in there and will not drop out – probably congealed/crystalised lube from the look of encrustations on the gib etc – like shellac. I poured a bunch of PB blaster in the hole and let it sit. Also Acetone. No dice. What deadly solvent is recommended to soften/dissolve congealed oil?
3. I can’t get the compound to unscrew off its thread – I loosened gib screws, pulled out gib. The ILION book says use a pin wrench, but I see nowhere to use it (lathe has many coats of paint, its possible its painted over (see pics)
4. Inside faces of compound gauge are finely scored – see pic – should I polish?
FYI - pic of my slotted wrench for compound ball crank nut – made from a broken spade drill.
thanks for any advice
I have some questions/problems -
1. How do you remove the brass crossslide nut? Mine looks pretty rough
2. Can’t remove compound from crossslide – one of the locking ‘shoes’ is stuck in there and will not drop out – probably congealed/crystalised lube from the look of encrustations on the gib etc – like shellac. I poured a bunch of PB blaster in the hole and let it sit. Also Acetone. No dice. What deadly solvent is recommended to soften/dissolve congealed oil?
3. I can’t get the compound to unscrew off its thread – I loosened gib screws, pulled out gib. The ILION book says use a pin wrench, but I see nowhere to use it (lathe has many coats of paint, its possible its painted over (see pics)
4. Inside faces of compound gauge are finely scored – see pic – should I polish?
FYI - pic of my slotted wrench for compound ball crank nut – made from a broken spade drill.
thanks for any advice