Head stock oil cup bosses removed.
I whipped up a sort of puller today to pull the bosses that the oilers thread into on the head stock. I considered grinding the casting to make clearance for the right hand oil cup, but it seemed like I would have to grind too much. So I went about copying what others had made, a slide hammer puller of sorts. I ended up milling a piece of steel from my scrap bin, and after several tries at fitting and trimming a little more, I got it to fit, quite tightly too, which I wanted, because it's an awkward pull. So I thought, well, heck, maybe this will work as a pry/wedge instead of the slide hammer approach. I was just about to give up on it and cobble together a slide hammer for the piece I milled and it started coming loose. Done! I even pulled the left oiler with it because there was so much sludge and junk in the oil reservoirs, that it was proving difficult to clean.
About 1" wide, 2" long, 1/4" thick. Slot is about 3/8" wide, and the relief slot is 1/2" Pretty rough, but works.
I used a screw driver behind the puller to give it leverage off the casting of the head stock and prevent it from pushing on the boss. So ginger tapping with the good ol' brass hammer and they actually came out quite easily once I got the leverage points just right. It's all about technique!
Note the hammer.....It has steel in it....Does anyone know why a brass hammer would have steel like that in it?
The head stock is in the soup right now. Can't wait till it's ready to be rinsed off.
Thanks for looking.
I whipped up a sort of puller today to pull the bosses that the oilers thread into on the head stock. I considered grinding the casting to make clearance for the right hand oil cup, but it seemed like I would have to grind too much. So I went about copying what others had made, a slide hammer puller of sorts. I ended up milling a piece of steel from my scrap bin, and after several tries at fitting and trimming a little more, I got it to fit, quite tightly too, which I wanted, because it's an awkward pull. So I thought, well, heck, maybe this will work as a pry/wedge instead of the slide hammer approach. I was just about to give up on it and cobble together a slide hammer for the piece I milled and it started coming loose. Done! I even pulled the left oiler with it because there was so much sludge and junk in the oil reservoirs, that it was proving difficult to clean.
About 1" wide, 2" long, 1/4" thick. Slot is about 3/8" wide, and the relief slot is 1/2" Pretty rough, but works.
I used a screw driver behind the puller to give it leverage off the casting of the head stock and prevent it from pushing on the boss. So ginger tapping with the good ol' brass hammer and they actually came out quite easily once I got the leverage points just right. It's all about technique!
Note the hammer.....It has steel in it....Does anyone know why a brass hammer would have steel like that in it?
The head stock is in the soup right now. Can't wait till it's ready to be rinsed off.
Thanks for looking.