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Just thought I would share my near complete restoration of my Super 55. I might get bashed for posting this because someone may say I'm double posting from a different sub-forum, but the Wells Index forum is kind of small.
Super excited to make some chips with this machine. I scraped it(link here), had Wells Index grind the spindle to an R8, purchased a VFD, and removed a massive pile of nasty dried up grease and crud. I'm in the market for a DRO, currently. One of the first projects will be to make the bracket for the power feed that is attached to the right side of the table. It was broken into several pieces when I bought it. The gear on the sliding shaft of the power feed is also wollered out and the key is stripped on the keyway, too. Anyway, just sharing what I'm up to in my garage.
Some pics of the progress more can be seen in the above link.
Super excited to make some chips with this machine. I scraped it(link here), had Wells Index grind the spindle to an R8, purchased a VFD, and removed a massive pile of nasty dried up grease and crud. I'm in the market for a DRO, currently. One of the first projects will be to make the bracket for the power feed that is attached to the right side of the table. It was broken into several pieces when I bought it. The gear on the sliding shaft of the power feed is also wollered out and the key is stripped on the keyway, too. Anyway, just sharing what I'm up to in my garage.
Some pics of the progress more can be seen in the above link.
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That is factoring in my learning curve when it comes to understanding alignment, moving things around in the garage, knocking together some wood cribs/cradles/etc. for the saddle, table, gibs, and knee.
Uh hem.... If you ever get bored you'd be welcome to come out and fix up my WI 860. 
I'm almost embarrassed to look at mine now.
