rjent
Well here are the pictures finally! LOL
My "reborn" 10ER ..... 😃
A "before" picture
Badge and headstock
Back side
Table, miter, and fence
Thanks to all of our experts. I would not have been able to do this with out you guys.
rjent
A few more because of the picture limit.
Fence detail
Let me know what you think!
Thanks Heath for the color design and MickyD for the inspiration!
joedw00
Looks good, you did a excellent job.
dusty
Looks absolutely fantastic. You can park yours right along side of Mickyd's and feel right proud.
Great Job
heathicus
Fantastic job! I especially like that fence detail!
BuckeyeDennis
Great work!
It makes that PowerPro in the background look like an ugly stepsister. :eek: And I bet I know why the PowerPro has a brush chucked up.
idcook
Oh my. That’s beautiful. That fence detail gives it an unexpected nice flair.
An inspiration to 10ers yet to come. (Such as moi!)
rjent
Thanks guys! I am pretty happy how it came out. I had a good machine to start with, some rusting on the way tubes, knobs, levers, bolts, and table rods, but they cleaned up pretty well, all with a wire brush of some size or another. I went through three of those wire brush wheels in the project Dennis LOL. Nothing was really all that bad, just dirty. I felt guilty at times painting over the original paint, because it was so good after I had clean it up, but I just wanted the "Greenie" 10ER, just a beautiful scheme, again, thanks Heathicus, great idea!
The Mark 7 was very handy because of it's speed control and reversing. I use it in lathe mode at 250 RPM and then had a hand drill with the wire brush going opposite direction of rotation braced against the tool rest. It took some time, but as you see they cleaned up pretty well. A few pits are left, but the headstock and the table carriage work like butter. I found a LOT of sawdust and just grime packed in the carriage locks in both the table carriage and the headstock locks. It was actually acting as a brake material in conjunction with the rough surface of the way tube. A pleasure to operate now. I forgot to put a picture of my tube turning solution (I will get a pic later and include it here). I just took a 4x4 block and turned it down to a cone. Then, with a BFH (Big Ferrous Hammer :) ) drove the tube onto the cone. I figured that at 250 RPM the tube would be easy to control. I was right. The other end of the tube was just riding on the crate pallet that the M7 was delivered on. I used a block screwed into the pallet to hold the tube into one place, the pallet had a couple of boards (not stock yet :p ) attached with wood screws at ninety degrees then another board secured to the end of the M7. It worked obviously :). The cone eventually "polished out" and would not hold the tube tight enough on the second tube, but my wife stepped in with another block I made with a "socket" that she used to press against the end of the tube with her hip to force it on the cone. I kept telling her to "put your weight into it!". She almost quit .... :D
It took me a lot of time to clean the tables. I really can't say why, it just did to get the "look" I was wanting. They are not perfect (nor finished yet) but good enough.
Dennis, I was thinking the same thing about the Mark 7. I was thinking if I walked into a showroom and was wanting to purchase a machine, the 10ER is more appealing ..... :eek:
The fence detail, was just an inspiration from my hot rod and classic car overhaul days. I saw that 50's looking line and something just told me that needed a paint line. I just used a small ball peen hammer and cut the masking tape like I used to do with gasket material, then painted it. I am pleased with how that worked out.
Anyway, she's done, I look forward to getting my new saw blade in a few days (Amazon). I will tell a secret if nobody will tell anyone. Right now, I like using the 10ER table saw better than the M7. The 7 was just doing a better job, but I think the new blade will change that. I know the PowerPro is far better for heavy and thick, but for small work pieces, I seem to drift to the 10ER more. I know, what can I say, I am a green horn ..... :rolleyes:
I can email any and all picture in their full 4 meg size if anyone wants them.
Dick
kablerj
That is amazing!! Great job.
Jack Wilson
Quit a transformation. Very nice.
Mike vonBuelow
SHAZZAM !:cool:
"Wild Bad Bob"
I have 3 of those "work horses" I was going to make a "show pony", but then decided to just use em and abusem'!! Cant breakem, get rid of the rust of course, but as Skou sez, "they arent printing them any more"!!!!!!!!!!!!
algale
A really nice job! Every time I see I restore thead using the Greenie color scheme I dream about making my 520 a green machine. I've said it before and will say it again: Shopsmith should offer this as a factory option paint job on the new Mark 7. It just looks soooooo much better than grey.
"Wild Bad Bob"
algale
I agree, the greenie and goldie where the best!! and some of the restores of a wrinckle finish and some variations of the color schemes are the BEST!!
rjent
" wroteI have 3 of those "work horses" I was going to make a "show pony", but then decided to just use em and abusem'!! Cant breakem, get rid of the rust of course, but as Skou sez, "they arent printing them any more"!!!!!!!!!!!!
What makes you think I am not going to use it? :confused:
I would rather work with something nice and know I have touched every part. I was that way with cars, and now I know what I have, and as a bonus, I can admire a beautiful machine as I use it .... win win for me .... :rolleyes:
skou
Dick, haven't posted here yet, but that is my issue. (Kinda late to the party!)
You have resurrected an old machine, and the results are simply amazing. Keep it, use it, and enjoy it. (I just hope one of my machines ends up looking that good!)
steve
JPG
Very nice job!!!!
Post a couple pix
here and link to this thread.
megastevo81
WOW that looks fantastic. Certainly gives me motivation to complete my restoration too!!
paulsgreenbarn
Excellent job on the restore.The green looks great.You could probably stay busy doing that for others.Put me and my 10er in line.
"Wild Bad Bob"
rjent,
I did not mean to imply you were not going to use it. My 3 are in pristine shape for there age as far as paint and finishes go, one has rusty tubes, but I will redo those this winter. At this point in time, I am too busy making/using them to take the time/effort to tear them down for new paint and polish. I just cleaned up some of the aluminum to smooth it and get rid of some oxidation on it.
