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As you can see the top of the spindle has a little Gits oiler cup, which, as far as I can see, has nothing in it but a straight hole down into the spindle which should probably be full of nice light weight oil. Unfortunately it would appear that the seal on the bottom of my spindle is 100% shot, so I'll probably have to track one down/figure out how to get to it in the mill... Has anyone had their spindle apart? Has anyone screwed off the piece on the bottom of the spindle/quill with the spanner holes in it?
In other Rockford/Fenlind/Rock-Mill news, it turns out that the company was renamed from Fenlind Engineering at some point to Rock-Mill Inc, which was then later renamed to Production Machine Company, which only closed its doors in 2015 with an auction in Rockford, IL. The man who sold it all off was Steven Hall, who signed the quote for parts in 1985 I mentioned in the last post. Surprisingly recent, all things considered.
Thanks,
Will
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My god guys, this is a WEALTH of information on my new mill. I have the EXACT one. I wasn't even sure about it, but something kept drawing me back to it and ended up taking this one over a nicely refurbished BP. I have some photos I'd like to post as well of what I have, but I"ll have to get them from my phone (currently dead) but I will post them. Are you still planning on fixing this thing up Will? This is so great. I also need that belt you have in the pictures. Mine is missing. I also have some sort of arm that extends over the top of that gear, not even sure what that is. Hoping to get mine looking beautiful. I still can't stop staring at it, it's an incredibly beautiful machine!