Good Morning folks,
I made a recent purchase of a Craftsman/Altas 12 inch lathe. The gearing all was good but it was stuck in back gears and after a little dissection I found the eccentrics were frozen in place and the back gear shaft completely shot underneath the lever end. It appears the eccentrics had frozen and one of the past owners tried to drill into one of them and insert a setscrew so it might turn. If I get a chance I will post the picture of these two parts what a mess. The Clausing folks had the parts I needed for a few bucks and they are on the way.
Anyway since I have the headstock mostly apart I was thinking of repainting everything.
It has two coats of paint with the last coat brushed on terribly and flaking.
When I got my Delta Drill Press when I was 22, long long ago, I restored it, changed all the bearings and took it down with glass beads to bare metal. I was a kid then but even today I felt like I did a good job. Used duct tape, masking tape, and corks to insure machined surfaces that were not supposed to be beaded didn't get beaded. Painted with Rustoleum. The thing still looks good today 28 years later.
I was planning on doing the same for the lathe. I was thinking Rustoleum gray again. Close enough to its original color.
Any thoughts on whether to blast bead the parts or use a different means to remove the paint?
Thanks
I made a recent purchase of a Craftsman/Altas 12 inch lathe. The gearing all was good but it was stuck in back gears and after a little dissection I found the eccentrics were frozen in place and the back gear shaft completely shot underneath the lever end. It appears the eccentrics had frozen and one of the past owners tried to drill into one of them and insert a setscrew so it might turn. If I get a chance I will post the picture of these two parts what a mess. The Clausing folks had the parts I needed for a few bucks and they are on the way.
Anyway since I have the headstock mostly apart I was thinking of repainting everything.
It has two coats of paint with the last coat brushed on terribly and flaking.
When I got my Delta Drill Press when I was 22, long long ago, I restored it, changed all the bearings and took it down with glass beads to bare metal. I was a kid then but even today I felt like I did a good job. Used duct tape, masking tape, and corks to insure machined surfaces that were not supposed to be beaded didn't get beaded. Painted with Rustoleum. The thing still looks good today 28 years later.
I was planning on doing the same for the lathe. I was thinking Rustoleum gray again. Close enough to its original color.
Any thoughts on whether to blast bead the parts or use a different means to remove the paint?
Thanks