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I had a little setback today. I was driving the roll pins out of the caster assembly and cracked one of the feet.

JPG40504 wrote:'Early' goldies were the same( conflicting reports on the tubes).

Well that clears things up! Thanks for the info. Looks like I won't be returning the gold and copper paint I picked up

I'd love to hear some opinions on the Gilmer vs. poly v drive. Should I switch? I'd like a 2 bearing quill at some point. I see Bill Mayo sells one for the Gilmer drive.

I was quoted approx $300 for powder coating the Headstock, carriage end pieces and legs. This did not include Initial prep. They wanted an additional $200 for sand blasting. I could get another SS for that so I skipped it. I could probably set up my own Powder coating operation for less than that. ...

dusty wrote:Copper and Gold on Green. I'd put money on Copper and Gold being a rustoleum job over what was the Greenie.

Thats what I was thinking too. The green paint underneath is so much more solid.

Hmmmm. This machine is starting to make me wonder. Several of the parts had green paint under the gold/copper. Now that I'm doing some more research on the drive system, I believe I have a Gilmer drive. Did the Greenie ever come with a 1 1/8 hp motor? Or did the Goldie ever come with the Gilmer driv...

terrydowning wrote:Or be wiling to scrape it all out. I thought about Powder Coating mine until I saw the price tag on that.

Rattle can all the way baby.

How much was it going to cost?

JPG40504 wrote:Just make sure it doesn't go where not welcome.(bore holes)

Ah yes. That would be miserable!

I'm still searching for a base. I have plenty to do before I find one anyway. Here's a question for you guys. What are the thoughts on changing the color of a machine? Its not that I don't like the gold and copper, I'm just thinking of having everything powder coated.

Another caveat! The greenie(and early goldies) have a slightly different base than the older versions. They were designed for the larger 1 7/8" bench tubes. The opening is NOT the difference. The difference is the side stop(s). The later stops protrude further from the side than the older ones...