Sorry everyone for being so slow with the updates.
I do have a progress to report:
I had mess around with the with the return spring on the quill. As far as I could determine the spring kept poping out for no reason, seemed like everything was as designed but it wasn't working. I ended up using a little JB weld to help hold the return spring in its groove. Seems to work good now.
Next up was to clean up and repaint the last few pieces. I sand blasted them and then just brushed the paint on. As it wasn't worth setting up the spray gun for 3 small parts
Assembled:
Installed on the head:
I also polished up a few brass screws that had been overlooked:
Next it was time to turn the head upright:
And install what I think is the actuating mechanism for the back gear:
And now the lower head is pretty much completed. That is as far as I got for now. I just need to mate the lower, middle and upper parts of the head and install on the machine... then look into a phase converter or VFD.
I do have a progress to report:
I had mess around with the with the return spring on the quill. As far as I could determine the spring kept poping out for no reason, seemed like everything was as designed but it wasn't working. I ended up using a little JB weld to help hold the return spring in its groove. Seems to work good now.
Next up was to clean up and repaint the last few pieces. I sand blasted them and then just brushed the paint on. As it wasn't worth setting up the spray gun for 3 small parts
Assembled:
Installed on the head:
I also polished up a few brass screws that had been overlooked:
Next it was time to turn the head upright:
And install what I think is the actuating mechanism for the back gear:
And now the lower head is pretty much completed. That is as far as I got for now. I just need to mate the lower, middle and upper parts of the head and install on the machine... then look into a phase converter or VFD.