PAINT!
Finally the paint arrived today! Thanks to my good buddy who sent me some leftover paint he had from painting his South Bend 9. With the snow, I have had some time off work and I have been going nuts. The paint has been holding me up and it should have been here on the 16th, but after seeing the package, I realized, the box exploded and there it sat in Harrisburg for who knows how long, until they taped it back up and sent it on it's way.
It's a Sherwin williams Pro industrial alkyd enamel. Gauntlet grey is the color. The color in person is very similar to the pictures at:
http://www.lathes.co.uk/southbend9-inch/page9.html In my pictures it looks more grey, but this paint has more green in it, giving it a slight look of a drab. I am very happy with it. I wanted something that was just a tad off from GREY.
Thankfully he put the paint in these quart containers and not a standard paint quart.
Look at that damage! No leaks though!
Also, in the goody box was some scrap metal stock (a few pieces were missing which I assume they are rolling around on the floor at some sort facility)
Got a boring bar and boring bar holder, also an atlas micrometer carriage stop for my atlas, which I never have had one for.
I built that shelf in the kitchen. I can use it for what I want. :roflmao: This is all for my sanity.
Like I said. Looks more grey in these pics than it really is in person. I can see a hint of green in the pics on my end though. It's interesting, I noticed, depending on the light, it takes on different shades, from more olive drab, to a more plain grey.
First coat is done. Will do the second tomorrow, hopefully. Then I can get these parts put all back together and move on to the rest of the lathe. I want to complete what I have taken apart so far as to not get too confused about which parts go where and space is also an issue.
Thanks for looking.
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Go over to the yahoo group Heavy 10 and look for Steve Wells Heavy 10 restoration project,he made a tool for removing the cup and the plug.Lots of pics and good reading material.Myself I did what Woodtick said,took a 4" angle grinder and remove alittle metal,testing each time to see if cup would clear.Tape off the cup just in case you bump it with the wheel.I think I remove almost 1/8 material then I was able to remove the cup but it was still hitting the side.Once out I round over the edge that I made,painted the headstock install the cup and had to just touch it up alittle.
Your project is looking great---kroll
If I knew how I would try to cope Steves pics and post them but it would not let me.
I've been trying to find that thread, but Yahoo is.... Can you send me the link?
