Restoring a Rockwell/Delta Disc/Belt Finishing Machine

110 degrees sounds hot, but a couple of years ago, I helped my niece move from Colorado to New Orleans LA. were it was in the high 90's, with about 95% humidity.
Spent a week down there (love the place). I then drove directly to Tucson where the temp was topping out at 114deg., but the humidity was almost non existent and it was far more comfortable and felt a lot cooler than New Orleans. Really love that place too. After 2 weeks I went back to Colorado where the temp was in the low 80's with 20% humidity. Ahhhhh, great to be back home, and I REALLY love this place.

CHuck the grumpy old guy
 
Its 69º inside the shop as I write this with outside temps at 101.7º. Swamp coolers where made for Arizona shops :). I see Phoenix forecast for this coming week are 117+. Stay cool John.
 
102-104 f. 20% humidity next 6 days. Got the AC working , need a swamp cooler though.
 
Finally had some free time to mount the castors.

Here's the brackets ready for mounting. The two left brackets and backing plates mount to the rear of the cabinet as does the single spreader.
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An inside shot of the cabinet showing the backing plate (1/8") with capture nuts. The cabinet thickness is 16 gauge and probably would have had considerable flex without the "sandwich" type mount. As mentioned previously, the rear of the cabinet tapers in toward the top and has a large motor opening (missing cover) that required the two caster brackets to be tied together due to lateral flexing . Two caters bolts did the trick and still allow the brake levers to be accessed in any position.

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With the base kept close to the floor, the machine glides smoothly and is stable with the locks engaged.
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I still need to make a motor cover to keep the inside clean during use. The dust recovery system is on deck but it turns out I will need to separate the machine from the cabinet once more. There's a 1.250" flange where the top portion of the cabinet bolts to the lower portion preventing the hose alignment to the hose adaptor on the disc end. Its fairly congested as well with the drive belt being close by, but a "mouse hole" should get the relief required to make it work. I can't access this with the unit assembled and will need to separate the cabinet to complete. Poor planning on my part.:eek:

Thanks for looking.
Turn and burn!
Paco
 
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That looks real nice, and will role easily around the shop. With the work you do the dust collection system should be no problem. Again nice work. How bad is the heat in the shop. My garage is hot. and it is just over 100 here.
 
I put all my machines on wheels, I started doing it with my woodworking machines , I pushed them outside to use . Much more room cutting full sheets of plywood. I can't believe now the amount of work I use to do even being crippled up. I'm still in the process of putting casters on all my machinery. If I ever get out of pain after the surgery.
I like the paint job , looks like a machine should . Great job.
 
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Thank you fellas,

It got a bit warm today with the high around 113º. The shop temp was around 82-84º. I still need to add castors to the plate roller and vertical band saw. It nice to have the ability to reconfigure the work space for larger projects/production runs. In the old shop they where necessary for me to do any work as I was packed in.

Check out the old work space that made me a castor believer.:)
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Paco
 
As always, very nice art work Paco.

Your work is beyond compare. Thanks for sharing.
 
Thank you Allan, but not really all that, just a pinch of pride. I do appreciate the kind words and hope to stimulate ideas, lord knows I get inspired/ideas from this site.
Peace
 
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